As India prepares to retire the last MiG-21 jets that defined its aerial power for decades, the nation reflects on a legacy ...

MiG-21 FL fighter jet. Photo: Wikipedia The MiG-21 FL fighter jet from Indian Air Force (IAF), which had changed the course of the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh due to its accuracy, flew into ...

Currently, the IAF has around 70 MiG-21 aircraft and 50 MiG-29 variants. In the past few years, several MiG-21s have crashed drawing attention towards safety record and the ageing fleet.

The MiG-21 has a takeoff and landing speed of more than 330 kmph compared to 200 kmph for the Kiran tainers. ... drawing attention to the sharp drawdown of India’s fighter fleet.

There have been countless discussions over which is the better fighter jet— the U.S.-made Northrop F-5E Tiger II or the Soviet MiG-21 Fishbed. That can be a hard argument to settle. The Iran ...

The word MiG was synonymous with the USSR’s military might. BBC Future looks at these incredible aircraft and the designer who helped create them.