Twenty years prior to 1969 most air forces had been flying piston-engined fighters essentially no different from those of ...

The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine has conducted another operation in the occupied Crimea, which resulted in the destruction ...

NEW DELHI — 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 derided as ...

The legendary Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter jets, the backbone of the Indian Air Force's combat fleet for more than six decades, streaked through Indian skies for the last time on Friday — its final ...

The Foxbat could fly at extreme speeds—but in doing so, it would risk damage to the airframe and engines, which were far less sophisticated than their American counterparts. The National Museum of the ...

The most widely flown Russian aircraft is not actually any single MiG fighter jet The Mi-8/17 series was originally introduced in the 1960s but its newer variants came about in the 1980s, and these ...

India has retired its last fleet of MiG-21 fighter jets, closing a six-decade chapter with an aircraft once hailed for its combat prowess but later derided as a “flying coffin” due to frequent crashes ...