The MiG-21 was a highly produced and iconic Soviet supersonic jet fighter that, despite its relative simplicity, proved exceptionally effective in Cold War conflicts, leveraging speed and agility ...

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is preparing to retire its fleet of Russian-origin MiG-21 fighter jets in September. The aircraft, which played a key role in India's military campaigns, including the 1971 ...

The MiG‑21 was the backbone of the Indian Air Force, once making up two-thirds of its fighter fleet The first time he throttled the MiG‑21 to full power, soaring 20km above the Earth at twice the ...

India is preparing to say goodbye to its legendary MiG-21 fighters, the country’s first supersonic jets but also an increasingly controversial aircraft, with a spate of accidents in recent years.

Group Captain Suresh Ratnaparkhi struggled to hold back tears as he sat in his wheelchair and stretched his hand out to touch a MiG-21 Bison that had just landed after its last operational sortie at ...

Friday, September 26, 2025. This is the end of an era for the Indian Air Force, one that has lasted over six decades. Today the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 - that most redoubtable of fighter jets, the ...

The legendary Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter jets, the backbone of the Indian Air Force’s combat fleet for more than six decades, streaked through Indian skies for the last time on Friday (September ...

Here's What You Need to Know: The MiG-21 currently serves in eighteen air forces worldwide, including two members of NATO. Military aircraft can have notoriously short lifespans, especially during ...

CHANDIGARH: On 26 September this year, the Indian Air Force (IAF) formally decommissioned its last MiG-21 squadron, Panthers, drawing the curtains on a fighter jet that served as the backbone of India ...

The Indian Air Force's MiG-21, the country's first supersonic fighter and interceptor aircraft, whose induction in the early 1960s catapulted the force into the jet age, will roar in the Indian skies ...