The year is 1967, the Vietnam war is in full swing and an aggressive aerial bombing campaign known as Rolling Thunder is underway. Rolling Thunder is meant to bring the communist North Vietnamese ...

As our neighbouring country bids adieu to the MiG 21 ‘Fishbed’, once the workhorse of its air force, it is not only a nostalgic moment for its people, but also, in a way, for us Bangladeshis. This is ...

MiG‑21 Fishbed – the Cold War jet that roared past Mach 2 and into the history books – flown by more than 60 nations, fought in every major conflict from Vietnam to the Middle East – simple, deadly, ...

India's iconic MiG-21 warbird completed its final flight from Chandigarh after six decades of service. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh presided over the decommissioning, hailing it as a transformative ...

The Indian Air Force decommissioned the legendary MiG-21, a fighter unfairly labeled "flying coffin." Data from former IAF chief Dhanoa proved its accident rate was among the lowest, debunking safety ...

India retires the MiG-21 fleet after six decades of service, marking the end of an era with a ceremonial flypast and emotional tributes from veterans and defence leaders The MiG-21 Operational Flying ...

The iconic Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, the fighter aircraft that served the Indian Air Force (IAF) for more than 60 years, was decommissioned on Friday. The Russian-origin warhorse. which was inducted in ...

The phasing out of Indian Air Force’s (IAF) iconic MiG-21, the country’s first supersonic fighter aircraft, today has an emotional connect with several officers who flew the jet. Among those who share ...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday (September 26, 2025) described the MiG-21 as not just an aircraft or a machine but a testament to the deep ties between India and Russia, as the Indian Air ...

When Rang De Basanti was released in 2006, it shook the nation with its thunderous impact and its cultural reverberations can be felt even today, two decades later. It was a critical and commercial ...

When Sunny Deol’s Border hit the screens in 1997, audiences were gripped by its dramatic retelling of the 1971 Battle of Longewala. While the film immortalised the grit of Indian soldiers on the ...

Group Captain Suresh Ratnaparkhi struggled to hold back tears as he sat in his wheelchair and stretched his hand out to touch a MiG-21 Bison that had just landed after its last operational sortie at ...