A Puma helicopter that was launched to search and rescue a missing MiG-21 pilot crashed killing 7 crew members. MiG pilot still missing. Mar. 2, 2022, was a tragic day for the Romanian Air Force.

Key Points - The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 "Fishbed," one of the Cold War's most iconic and widely produced supersonic fighter jets (appx 11,000 units), entered service in 1959. -Designed as a ...

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 ...

India is preparing to say goodbye to its legendary MiG-21 fighters, the country’s first supersonic jets but also an increasingly controversial aircraft, with a spate of accidents in recent years.

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 - that most redoubtable of fighter jets, the ...

The first time he throttled the MiG‑21 to full power, soaring 20km above the Earth at twice the speed of sound, the young fighter pilot felt utterly weightless, as if the sky itself had let him go.

The Indian Air Force's MiG-21, the country's first supersonic fighter and interceptor aircraft, whose induction in the early 1960s catapulted the force into the jet age, will roar in the Indian skies ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Military aircraft can have notoriously short lifespans, especially during periods of technological ferment. The most elite aircraft of World War I could become ...