Hailing from the peak era of Soviet stagnation that was 1974, this particular MiG-21 is the special two-seater UM variant. U standing for Uchebnyy ("Training"), and M standing for Modernizovannyy ...

Key Points – The Soviet-era MiG-21 “Fishbed,” first introduced in 1955, became the most-produced jet aircraft in aviation ...

The IAF said the accident took place around 9:10 pm. "A twin seater Mig-21 trainer aircraft of the IAF was airborne for a training sortie from Utarlai air base in Rajasthan this evening," it said.

The twin-seater MiG-21 trainer, which had taken off from the Uttarlai airbase, crashed near Bhimda village during a night-flying sortie around 9.10 pm. Both pilots suffered fatal injuries.

Last year, two pilots were killed after a twin-seater MiG-21 aircraft had crashed in Barmer district of Rajasthan. The aircraft was airborne for a training sortie from Utarlai air base in Rajasthan.

The MiG-21 became the most produced supersonic jet in history and a Cold War icon for Soviet aviation. From its Delta wing design and Mach 2 performance to its combat debut in Vietnam, the MiG-21 ...

A two-seater MIG-21 plane crashed during a military drill on Tuesday in an uninhabited forest area of Slatina in northeastern Croatia but both pilots were rescued, the Croatian Defence Ministry said.

SARAJEVO (Reuters) -A two-seater MIG-21 plane crashed during a military drill on Tuesday in an uninhabited forest area of Slatina in northeastern Croatia but both pilots were rescued, the Croatian ...