A Bangladesh Air Force F-7 BGI fighter jet, a Chinese-made variant of the MiG-21, crashed into a school in Dhaka, resulting ...

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

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to retire the remaining squadrons of the Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter jets in September.

Air Commodore Surendra Singh Tyagi (retd), who flew more MIG-21s after a crash landing in 1978 than before the incident, says ...

But in Iran the type was primarily deployed as a fighter-bomber, armed with different bombs. Operated by nine squadrons, the MiG-21 was the backbone of the Iraqi Air Force, or IrAF.

Inducted in 1963, the MiG-21 fighter jets have served the Air Force for 62 years in various versions. They played key roles in the 1965 war with Pakistan, the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war, the ...

The MiG-21 performed more than adequately in comparable pilot training contexts. For example, Indian MiG-21s flew in the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War and achieved kills in the 1971 War and the Kargil War.

Not a bad upgrade package if you ask us. All the better because the MiG-21 LanceR platform is supported by a native Romanian aerospace firm called Aerostar, based out of the City of Bacau. Apart ...

The MiG-21 LanceR was the longest serving fighter jet in Romanian Air Force. After 61 years of career, the iconic MiG-21 LanceR, the longest-lived fighter aircraft in the history of the Romanian ...