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South African artists Ralph Zimon needed 5 years and tens of millions of colorful glass beads to turn a symbol of oppression ...
August 1999, less than a month after Kargil War. A Pakistani maritime patrol aircraft Breguet Atlantique takes off and approaches the border with India. Two MiG-21 bis from the squadron No 45 of ...
How the Soviets Built the Greatest Fighter of Its Age. At the time of the MiG-21’s introduction, the so-called “Fishbed” warplane was the first Soviet aircraft to break the Mach 2 barrier ...
It has operated a raft of MiG-21 variants -- Type 74, Type 76, Type 77, Type 96, Type 75 or MiG 21 Bis and the MiG-21 Bison. The MiG-21 has been the most flown fighter aircraft in IAF.
While it was easy to claim the MiG-21 Bis of the IAF, which was shot down on February 27, 2019, by the PAF, ... The aerial kills by PL 15E AAMs, launched from J 10C aircraft, ...
This MiG-21 has a total of 1,774 hours on the airframe and 224 hours since the airframe was overhauled. There are 226 hours remaining on its Tumansky R11F25K-300 engine before recommended overhaul.
It has operated a raft of variants — Type 74 or MiG 21F, Type 76 or MiG 21PF, Type 77 or MiG 21FL, Type 96 or MiG 21M, Type 75 or MiG 21 Bis and the latest MiG-21 Bison.
Nasik, Feb. 14: The first Hindustan Aeronautics-built MIG 21-M aircraft was handed over to the Indian Air Force by the Minister for Defence Production, Mr. V.C. Shukla at a ceremonial function ...
The MiG-21 LanceR was the longest serving fighter jet in Romanian Air Force. After 61 years of career, the iconic MiG-21 LanceR, the longest-lived fighter aircraft in the history of the Romanian ...
The IAF has 31 combat aircraft squadrons including three of the MiG-21 Bison variant. The MIG-21 was inducted into the IAF in the 1960s and 800 variants of the fighter have been in service.
India: MiG-21 aircraft crashes into house, 3 dead 05/08/2023 May 8, 2023. A Russian-built MiG-21 jet suffered an "onboard emergency" and crashed into a house in the western state of Rajasthan.