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The plan to buy the indigenous plane was announced in Spain by Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari soon after receiving the first C-295 transport aircraft
As India was getting ready to scale up its military capabilities after losing to China in the 1962 Sino-India war and facing rising pressures from Pakistan, MiG-21 was acquired by the country in 1963
Over 400 Mig-21 fighter aircrafts have crashed since 1971-72 claiming the lives of more than 200 pilots and another 50 people on the ground, according to a news report
Imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine would help bring the conflict there to a faster conclusion and save lives, Polish ambassador said, as Russia continued a relentless bombardment of several cities
The Pentagon on Wednesday (local time) said it would oppose any plans to provide MiG fighter jets to Ukraine, calling it "high-risk".
Vice Prez Kamala Harris' trip to Warsaw to thank Poland for taking in Ukrainians fleeing war took a turn, she'll be parachuting into the middle of unexpected diplomatic turbulence over fighter jets
The Pentagon has said that Poland's offer to give its MiG-29 fighter jets to the US so they can be passed to Ukraine raises serious concerns for the NATO alliance and the plan is not "a tenable one"
An Indian Air Force pilot was killed after a MiG-21 Bison aircraft crashed in Punjab's Moga district, officials said on Friday
There is already concern that the IAF is down to just 30 fighter squadrons, against the assessed requirement of 42 squadrons
MiG CEO Ilya Tarasenko said his company would submit a detailed proposal to the Modi govt shortly