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.

For this session in Microsoft Flight Simulator, I’ll be flying the Russian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, a Cold War icon that was produced in larger numbers than any other supersonic jet fighter in ...

The MiG-21 had no official Russian identifier, but its popular handle was Balalaika, after the triangular folk instrument—an obvious reference to the MiG’s delta wing.” In designing their ...

In fact, names such as MiG, Sukhoi, and Ilyushin -- companies ... Some of the notable aircraft made by this Russian aviation giant include the MC-21-310 commercial passenger jet, the Sukhoi ...

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 last time at the annual Air Force Day parade on October 8, with the IAF rolling out the process to phase out the remaining ...

A Russian-built MiG-21 jet suffered an "onboard emergency" and crashed into a house in the western state of Rajasthan. The Cold War-era Soviet plane, in the skies since 1955, was once the backbone ...

This comes two weeks after a MiG-21 Bison aircraft crashed in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh village after taking off from Suratgarh air base. Recommended India to ground last of its Russian fighters ...

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 ...