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Defence ministry expects 24 Tejas Mk1A jets to be ready by end of year- Who is Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit? All about new IAF Vice Chief with 3,300+ flying hours on MiG-21, other aircrafts
- Indian Air Force Jaguar aircraft issue deepens with shortage of critical ejection seat parts, can indigenous solution work?
- Long before Tejas, how India’s indigenous fighter jet Marut met a painful death that still haunts India todayIndia's HF-24 Marut was its first indigenous jet fighter. Developed with German expertise, it faced engine issues limiting its speed. Despi...19 May, 2026, 04.46 PM IST
- MiG-21 decommissioning: Jairam Ramesh recalls how Nehru withstood pressure from US, UK to choose Soviet jetIndia's MiG-21 fighter jets retired after six decades of service. The country's first supersonic aircraft concluded its operational history...26 Sep, 2025, 10.36 PM IST
- 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...26 Sep, 2025, 03.06 PM IST
- MiG-21 flies through Indian skies for last time, Rajnath terms it 'national pride'The Indian Air Force bid farewell to the MiG-21 fighter jets, its mainstay for over six decades, with a ceremonial flypast in Chandigarh. D...26 Sep, 2025, 02.32 PM IST
- MiG-21 flies for the last time as India retires iconic fighter after 63 yearsThe Indian Air Force retired its iconic MiG-21 fleet at Chandigarh Air Base. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and top military officials atte...26 Sep, 2025, 12.44 PM IST
- 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...26 Sep, 2025, 12.20 PM IST
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to attend MiG-21 decommissioning ceremony in Chandigarh todayDefence Minister Rajnath Singh attended the Indian Air Force's MiG-21 decommissioning ceremony in Chandigarh, marking the retirement of the...26 Sep, 2025, 08.59 AM IST
- IAF to retire MiG-21 on September 26, honouring six decades of distinguished serviceWith the MIG-21's retirement, the IAF closes a historic chapter in Indian military aviation. The aircraft leaves behind a record of unmatch...20 Sep, 2025, 11.03 AM IST
- 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...27 Aug, 2025, 04.57 PM IST
- Meet Retired Air Marshal Brijesh Jayal, who flew India's first supersonic fighter jet into the countryThe MiG-21, India’s first supersonic fighter, is set for retirement after 62 years of service. Over 1,200 were built by HAL, and the jet sa...19 Aug, 2025, 03.46 PM IST
- Navy's MiG-29K aircraft suffers tyre burst at Dabolim airport; passenger flights hitAn Indian Navy fighter jet, the MiG-29K, experienced a tyre burst while taxiing at Dabolim airport in Goa. No injuries occurred, but the in...26 Dec, 2023, 03.42 PM IST
- 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...01 Nov, 2023, 11.13 AM IST
- India’s air power outnumbers Pakistan’sNumerically, the Indian Air Force is much superior to the Pakistan Air Force.28 Feb, 2019, 10.36 AM IST
- 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...11 Dec, 2013, 04.02 PM IST
- 'Russia provides latest military tech exclusively to India'Russia reminded India that it provides latest cutting-edge technology exclusively to New Delhi unlike its "newly-acquired partners" in defe...20 Apr, 2013, 10.20 PM IST
- 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...20 Apr, 2013, 11.56 AM IST
- End of the MiG era by 2017, says AntonyRussian-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...24 Feb, 2011, 05.23 AM IST
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