MiG 21 Crash 2022: The Indian Air Force's four existing squadrons of the ageing MiG-21s fleet are expected to be grounded by 2025. The supersonic fighter jets were inducted by the IAF in 1963.

Compared to contemporaries like the American F-4 Phantom II, the MiG-21 was less complex and far cheaper to produce—but could ...

This is the only instance when a MiG-21 aircraft brought down an F-16 in air-to-air combat, the sources said. The IAF has been replacing the MiG-21 fighter jets with more capable aircraft like the ...

The plan is to retire all the four MiG-21 squadrons by 2025, people familiar with the development told Press Trust of India. The Srinagar-based No 51 squadron will be number-plated on September 30 ...

NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force has decommissioned one of the four remaining squadrons of the MiG 21 fighters on Friday ... from 30 Jun this year. The IAF has three more MiG squadrons remaining ...

The IAF is set to retire its three remaining squadrons of the MiG-21 Bisons by 2025, the officials said. Each squadron has 16 to 18 fighter planes. The MiG-21 Bis (an upgraded MiG-21 variant flown ...

The Indian Air Force is set to retire its Srinagar-based MiG-21 squadron 'Sword Arms' that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was a part of when he had downed an F-16 combat aircraft of Pakistan ...

On July 28, 2022, the Indian Air Force's official Twitter account confirmed, two pilots were killed when "an IAF MiG 21 trainer aircraft met with an accident in the western sector during a ...

Nasik, Feb. 14: The first Hindustan Aeronautics-built MIG 21-M aircraft was handed over to the Indian Air Force by the Minister for Defence Production, Mr. V.C. Shukla at a ceremonial function ...

MiG-21 crash in Rajasthan: A MiG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed during a routine training sortie in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan on Monday, leaving at least two ...

Also read: Both pilots killed after IAF Mig-21 crashes near Rajasthan's Barmer "The 51 Squadron based out of Srinagar air base is being number plated on September 30. After this, only three ...