The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, the Cold War's defining fighter aircraft and the workhorse for air forces on four continents, sits today at a complicated juncture, its legendary status now inextricably ...

New Delhi, Sep 25 (PTI) 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 ...

August 13, 2025: Next month India will retire the last of its Russian-designed MiG-21 fighters. India is the last major country to abandon MiG-21s. This aircraft entered service in 1959. In 1986 ...

India has retired its last fleet of MiG-21 fighter jets, closing a six-decade chapter with an aircraft once hailed for its combat prowess but later derided as a “flying coffin” due to frequent crashes ...

October 17, 2025: India recently retired the last of its Russian-designed MiG-21 fighters. India is the last major country to abandon MiG-21s. This aircraft entered service in 1959. In 1986 MiG-21 ...

SEATTLE — A steel gray fuselage with a bright red star painted on the side tail was about as ornate as the Soviets got when painting their MiG-21 fighter jets. But in Seattle, a surplus variant of the ...

With its top speed, armament power, stealth, and maneuverability, the F-22 remains one of the world’s best fighters. Compared to contemporaries like the American F-4 Phantom II, the MiG-21 was less ...

With its top speed, armament power, stealth, and maneuverability, the F-22 remains one of the world’s best fighters. To commemorate the passing of Col Gail Peck (ret.), the former commander of the ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India retired its last fleet of Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter jets Friday, ending more than six decades of service with an aircraft once celebrated for its combat prowess but later ...