When talking about fighter jets, the most common names that come to mind include popular American F-series planes such as the F-22 Raptor, the F-35 Lightning II, and the F-18 Super Hornet. These ...

The Cold War set the stage for aerial combat between iconic jet-powered fighter aircraft. By the early 1950s, the world's superpowers' first generation of jet fighters were ready for battle. They just ...

Friday, September 26, 2025. This is the end of an era for the Indian Air Force, one that has lasted over six decades. Today the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 - the MiG-21, that most redoubtable of fighter ...

As is typically the case with Russian aviation projects, the West knows little about the MiG-41. The new jet will replace the MiG-31, and it is considered a sixth-generation project. But the Russians ...

Russian jets were scrambled to prevent two U.S. military long-range bomber aircraft from crossing over into Russia, Moscow's Defense Ministry said on Sunday. Russian MiG-29 and MiG-31 fighter jets ...

Summary and Key Points: The MiG-35 was meant to restore the Mikoyan Aircraft Corporation’s former glory, but the project has faltered. Although marketed as a “fourth generation-plus” fighter with some ...

The Indian Air Force will formally retire its last MiG-21 fighter jet on September 19, ending a six-decade legacy of service and combat, India Today reported on Tuesday. The final ceremonial sortie ...

NEW DELHI — India retired its last fleet of Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter jets Friday, ending more than six decades of service with an aircraft once celebrated for its combat prowess but later derided as ...

Ukraine can only expect to receive additional Polish MiG-29 fighter jets once the country receives modern F-35 fighter jets as replacements, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on ...

For a quarter of a century, much of the news about the Indian Air Force (IAF) has been about the abysmal flight safety record of its premier fighter – the redoubtable MiG-21. On September 26, after ...