The Soviet Union-era fighter jet, the MiG-21, is called the Fishbed because Soviet and Russian planes rarely receive a codename, so NATO assigns one.

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 “Fishbed,” one of the Cold War’s most iconic and widely produced supersonic fighter jets (appx 11 ...

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO Codename ... accounted for with the upgraded EL/M 2032M pulse-Doppler radar in the newer Lancer Cs built for air superiority. Or an Elta EL/M 2001B in the ...

NEW DELHI, July 30 (Reuters) - India will ground all its Soviet-era Russian fighter jets, the MiG-21, by 2025, following the death of two officers in a crash, the latest in a series of casualties ...

The legendary Russian-origin MiG-21 jets are set to participate for the ... us to assess the achievements of the year gone by and set new targets for the future," Air Chief Marshal Chaudhary ...

the MiG-21 fleet saw over 400 accidents claiming the lives of around 200 pilots. The IAF was to phase out the MiG-21s much earlier but it was extended as newer inductions especially the LCA Tejas ...

NEW DELHI (REUTERS) - India will ground all its Soviet-era Russian fighter jets, the MiG-21, by 2025, following the death of two officers in a crash, the latest in a series of casualties involving ...