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TopicMiG-21

Topic: MiG-21

Flying MiG-21 is a tradition for the Varthamans. Dad flew it, son Abhinandan flies it

Wing Commander Abhinandan is the son of former IAF pilot Simhakutty Varthaman who also flew the MiG-21s.

Pakistan exposed as it releases image of F-16 hit by IAF after saying there was no damage

Along with debris of India's MiG-21 Bison, which crashed in PoK, the Pakistan military's publicity wing also put out a picture of the engine casing of an F-16.

Why IAF picked MiG-21s to take on Pakistani F-16s on Wednesday

According to the IAF, patrolling aircraft are rotated based on various factors, and at the time when the Pakistani F-16s attacked, it was the MiG-21's turn.

What happened when Nehru and a former Nazi Germany engineer built first & only India-made operational combat fighter

The HF-24 Marut, which could carry 1,800 kg of bombs, 100 rockets (68 mm) and four 30 mm cannons, played a role in the famous Battle of Longewala.

Avani Chaturvedi becomes India’s first woman fighter pilot in 2018. Why are we clapping?

A decade before Avani Chaturvedi became India's first solo woman fighter pilot, Pakistan had already done it, as had UAE, Somalia and Turkey.

As a MiG-21 variant flies into the sunset, a pilot recalls how he almost crashed in it

From IAF’s Tezpur base, rookie fighter pilots in the early 1980s went on to hone their air combat skills in MiG-21 squadrons.

On Camera

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.