She left IAF after 10 years to support family, then lost husband in MiG-21 crash; Supreme Court backs her reinstatementAfter leaving the Indian Air Force in 2013 to support her family, Squadron Leader Priyanka Saxena sought a return to service after her husb...
HAL shares rise nearly 3% as GE Aerospace delivers 3 more F404 engines for Tejas Mk1AHAL shares rose nearly 3% after GE Aerospace delivered three F404-IN20 engines in August for India’s LCA Tejas Mk1A programme. The deliveri...
Kargil: Mirage 2000, MiG-21s deployed under Op Safed Sagar turned tide of war in India's favourOperation Safed Sagar utilized precision bombs, striking intruders at high altitudes. Mirage 2000 jets delivered a decisive blow, hastening...
MiG-21: The Soviet born jet that became India’s national pride & fought against PakistanThe Indian Air Force retired the MiG-21 after six decades of service. The MiG-21 played a key role in wars with Pakistan and other conflict...
MiG‑21: India’s first supersonic fighter jet retiresA concise, source‑verified look at the MiG‑21’s six‑decade legacy in the Indian Air Force, using information drawn only from official India...
MiG-21’s last operational flight captured in a Bollywood movie, will appear with Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal on screenThe Indian Air Force bid farewell to its MiG-21 fighter jets after nearly six decades of service, marking a historic moment in Indian milit...
Last recorded kill of IAF MiG-21 to be PAF F-16, shot down "all generations" of aircraft: Wing Commander Jaideep SinghThe Indian Air Force is phasing out the MiG-21 Bison fighter jet, a cornerstone of India's air power for nearly six decades. The jet's lega...
IAF bids farewell to MiG-21 Bison aircraft, paving the way for India's indigenous fighter jetsThe MiG-21 Bison aircraft bid farewell in a historic ceremony in Rajasthan, marking the end of their service and the beginning of a new era...
IAF to stop flying MiG-21 by 2025, aircraft to take part in last IAF Day parade this year: IAF chiefAmid the efforts to replace its old Russian-origin aircraft, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is all set to replace all MiG-21 squadrons with the...
India’s air power outnumbers Pakistan’sNumerically, the Indian Air Force is much superior to the Pakistan Air Force.
IAF chief Birender Singh Dhanoa flies single-seater MiG-21The MiG-21 "Type-96" the almost 60-year-old "Tony" Dhanoa flew is the oldest version of the single-engine fighter still in service with the...
MiG-21 FL fighter jet takes its last flightThe MiG-21 FL fighter jet, which had heralded the "supersonic era" in IAF and had changed the course of the 1971 Indo-Pak war, flew into th...
IAF to phase out MiG 21 FL combat aircraft on December 11The iconic Mig-21 FL fighter jet which dealt severe blows to Pakistan Air Force in the 1971 war, will be phased out from the IAF on Wednesd...
50 years on, MiG-21 continues to showcase combat flyingIt was before the 1962 conflict with China that India had begun to look for "high-altitude supersonic interceptors" to counter the F-104 St...
Rs 25,000 crore Tejas fighter jet won't be combat-ready before 2015At a time when the US is fast-developing hypersonic bombers, India’s Tejas light combat aircraft will ‘not be ready to go to war’ anytime b...
- Only pilots with experience to fly MiG-21s: IAF
The Indian Air Force (IAF) today said it has decided that after December 2012 only experienced pilots will fly the fighter jet aircraft.
- End of the MiG era by 2017, says Antony
Russian-origin MiG-21s were the first truly supersonic fighter jets to be inducted into IAF in 1963, which then was a move by India to coun...