TUKWILA, Wash. — "I love just how clean it is and all the little details," said South African artist Ralph Zimon as he looked over the MiG-21 Soviet fighter jet at the Museum of Flight. He didn't ...

NEW DELHI: The first truly supersonic fighters to be inducted by the Indian Air Force from Russia in 1963 but plagued by an alarmingly high crash rate in later years, the MiG-21s will fly for the last ...

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 ...

September 26, 2025, will forever be etched in the annals of Indian aviation history. On this day, the Indian Air Force bid farewell to its most trusted companion – the MiG-21 fighter jet – after an ...

India has retired its last Mikoyan MiG-21s after more than 60 years of operation. Some 850 examples of MiG-21s in various marques served with the Indian Air Force. Of those, around 600 were ...

SEATTLE — Tens of millions of small colorful glass beads, needled together by hand, now make up the body and interior of a decommissioned Cold War-era, Soviet-designed MiG-21 fighter jet. The Museum ...

Ralph Ziman has always been a pacifist — so much so that he became a conscientious objector and left his home country of South Africa to avoid being conscripted into the military. So, the idea of the ...

To compensate for the considerable advantages the F-4 Phantoms had over MiG-21s, the North Vietnamese developed innovative hit-and-run tactics. The Cold War was one of the most interesting times for ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — 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 ...