The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO Codename: Fishbed) is one of the defining single-engine jet fighters of any nation in the 20th century. A platform that's so easily adaptable and beloved by its ...

Stick an ex-Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG 21 onto a modern battlefield with advanced contemporary weaponry, and the results are bound to be like bringing a butter knife to a machete fight. As ...

The iconic Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, the fighter aircraft that served the Indian Air Force (IAF) for more than 60 years, was decommissioned on Friday. The Russian-origin warhorse. which was inducted in ...

Aviation technology has come a long way. When Orville and Wilbur Wright completed their first true flight in December 1903, they could scarcely have imagined what the future of flight had in store.

Preparations are underway at Kota Karanth Theme Park in Kotatattu Grama Panchayat for a model display of the MiG-21 fighter aircraft, aimed at giving students and the public a close-up view and ...

In April, the U.S. purchased a number of Soviet-era combat aircraft from Kazakhstan, according to a report from the Kyiv Post on Sunday. The Kyiv Post said Kazakhstan parted with 81 planes for less ...

Key Points - The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 "Fishbed," one of the Cold War's most iconic and widely produced supersonic fighter jets (appx 11,000 units), entered service in 1959. -Designed as a ...

Key Point: These jets are old, but can still kill. Perhaps India was saving its best fighters or another day? The Indian air force defended its decision to send old MiG-21 fighters up against much ...

There’s no reason this mixed force can’t be effective in aerial combat, Cenciotti explained. An old fighter such as the MiG-21 can be deadly under the right circumstances The Indian air force defended ...

It was Valentine's Day 1955 in the erstwhile Soviet Union. On that winter morning - the high was just under -5 degrees Celsius - there was something in the air at Zhukovsky Airfield, an airbase some ...

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.