A water salute is being given to the MiG-21 aircraft as it set to retire on September 26 at a decommissioning ceremony, in Chandigarh on Wednesday.(ANI) After six decades of service as the Indian Air ...

The Indian Air Force will decommission the MiG-21 ‘Night 21’ on September 26 after 63 years of service.(Screengrab @ANI) Indian Air Force's MIG-21 fighter aircraft made one of its final flights today ...

Group Captain Suresh Ratnaparkhi struggled to hold back tears as he sat in his wheelchair and stretched his hand out to touch a MiG-21 Bison that had just landed after its last operational sortie at ...

Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains requested the Indian Air Force to station five recently retired MiG-21 aircraft at prominent state schools. This initiative aims to inspire patriotism and ...

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 (September ...

Inducted in the early 60s, India's first supersonic fighter and interceptor aircraft, the Air Force's MiG-21 sailed into the sunset on Friday after years of service to the nation. The last of the jets ...

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 - that most redoubtable of fighter jets, the ...

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 ...

CHANDIGARH: The legendary MiG-21 -- the first supersonic fighter jet of the country and the backbone of the IAF's combat fleet for more than six decades -- roared in the skies for one last time on ...

India retires the MiG-21 fleet after six decades of service, marking the end of an era with a ceremonial flypast and emotional tributes from veterans and defence leaders The MiG-21 Operational Flying ...

Marking the end of an era, the Indian Air Force (IAF) formally decommissioned its legendary MiG-21 fighter jets at a grand ceremony held at the Chandigarh Air Force Station on Friday. Inducted in the ...

Veteran pilot and former IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal A Y Tipnis (retd) says the MiG-21 "taught us how to be innovative and produce results". (Photo source: IE) The Indian Air Force‘s MiG-21, the ...