India's first supersonic fighter aircraft MiG-21 flew into the sunset on Friday, after serving the nation for more than six decades. A farewell ceremony was held at Chandigarh Air Force Station where ...

The Indian Air Force (IAF) bid a historic adieu to its iconic MiG-21 fighter aircrafts on September 26, 2025, in a grandiose ceremony at Chandigarh Air Force Station. The MiG-21, India's first ...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said, “For decades, the MiG-21 has witnessed countless acts of heroism. Its contribution spans multiple conflicts and operations. From the 1971 war to the Kargil ...

Between 1971 and April 2012, as many as 482 MiG crashes were reported, killing 171 pilots India retired its last fleet of Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter jets on Friday, ending more than six decades of ...

After six decades of service, the Indian Air Force is set to retire its iconic MiG-21 fighter jets on September 26. The decommissioning ceremony and flypast will occur at Chandigarh Air Force Station, ...

Russian MiG-29 fighter jets have touched down in Iran, giving the country’s aging air force a short-term boost amid escalating Middle East tensions, an Iranian lawmaker said Tuesday. Abolfazl ...

CHANDIGARH: After 62 years, the Soviet-origin iconic Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, IAF's first supersonic air combat interceptor, will fly into the sky for different formations at the decommissioning ...

For a quarter of a century, much of the news about the Indian Air Force (IAF) has been about the abysmal flight safety record of its premier fighter – the redoubtable MiG-21. On September 26, after ...

The Indian Air Force will officially retire its legendary MiG-21 fighter jets on September 26, marking the end of nearly six decades of service for the aircraft widely hailed as the “workhorse” of ...

Three Russian jets violated Estonia’s airspace on Friday, according to the country's foreign minister. The MiG-31 jets flew together, two NATO sources independently told Fox News Digital. The jets ...

A Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) was spotted with a camouflage scheme typically associated with Azerbaijan, armed with R-27 medium-range and R-73 short-range air-to-air ...

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 ...