India has retired its last fleet of MiG-21 fighter jets, closing a six-decade chapter with an aircraft once hailed for its ...

As the MiG-21 fighter craft are set to be phased out, there are reports that the Ministry of Defence will sign a major ...

Friday, September 26, 2025. This is the end of an era for the Indian Air Force, one that has lasted over six decades. Today the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 - the MiG-21, that most redoubtable of fighter ...

HAL aims to raise output from the current ceiling of 24 aircraft a year to 30 by the end of 2027, according to a source at the defence public-sector undertaking.

Indian Air Force bid farewell to the legacy Russian-made fighter jet MiG-21 on Monday, 25 August 2025, as the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, visited the last squadron ...

The curtains are about to fall on the illustrious journey of the Indian Air Force’s MiG-21 fighter jets, as the aircraft prepares for its last ceremonial flight in Chandigarh on Friday. This marks the ...

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 ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India retired its last fleet of Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter jets Friday, ending more than six decades of service with an aircraft once celebrated for its combat prowess but later ...

FILE -Indian Air Force fighter jets MIG-21 fly past during Air Force Day celebrations at Sangam, the holy confluence of river Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, in Prayagraj, India, Oct. 8, ...