IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The MiG-21 was the Soviet Union's ...

BRUSSELS — The MiG-21 came to symbolize the military might of the Soviet Union as it squared off against the West in conflicts in Vietnam, Africa and the Middle East. Now, exactly 50 years after it ...

Stick an ex-Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG 21 onto a modern battlefield with advanced contemporary weaponry, and the results are bound to be like bringing a butter knife to a machete fight. As ...

The legendary Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter jets, the backbone of the Indian Air Force's combat fleet for more than six decades, streaked through Indian skies for the last time on Friday -- its ...

The MiG-21, nicknamed 'Fishbed' by NATO, was the primary Soviet jet fighter from 1972 onward, opposing the F-15 Eagle and F-14 Tomcat worldwide in a variety of conflicts. The MiG-21 firmly holds the ...

Impressive photo shows Croatian Air Force Mig-21 about to crash following engine failure. On Aug. 5, 2014, at around 2:47 PM LT, a Croatian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed “121” crashed in ...

Ivan Mikoyan, nephew of Artem Mikoyan and co-designer of the MiG-29, has passed away on Nov. 25, 2016 at the age of 89. As explained by RT.com, Mikoyan spent most of his career as a leading engineer ...

The iconic Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, the fighter aircraft that served the Indian Air Force (IAF) for more than 60 years, was decommissioned on Friday. The Russian-origin warhorse. which was inducted in ...

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 ...

With its top speed, armament power, stealth, and maneuverability, the F-22 remains one of the world’s best fighters. Compared to contemporaries like the American F-4 Phantom II, the MiG-21 was less ...

India is preparing to say goodbye to its legendary MiG-21 fighters, the country’s first supersonic jets but also an increasingly controversial aircraft, with a spate of accidents in recent years.

The Indian Air Force flew the iconic Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter jets for the last time at a decommissioning ceremony in Chandigarh on September 26, marking the end of an era for India’s first ...