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 ...
India's Russian-built MiG-21s flew for the final time Friday, marking the end of an era for the country's first supersonic fighter jet -- lauded for its valour but tarnished by a legacy of some 400 ...
The Indian Air Force bade a solemn farewell to the MiG-21, the supersonic fighter that defined India’s combat air power for over six decades. The MiG-21 was never just another fighter jet in India’s ...