India was one of the biggest operators of the MiG-21, the oldest fighter still in service. However, it sought a replacement for it starting in the 1980s: The Indian government started the Light ...

A single-engine, single-seat fighter that saw extensive use during the Vietnam War, the F-105D had dimensions that included a length of 64 feet 5 inches ... which flew against MiG-15s during ...

The MiG-23 was supposed to be the Soviet answer to the big American fighters such as the F-4 and F-111, a powerful swing-wing fighter that could also perform attack and interception roles.

A high-level committee headed by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh recently submitted its report to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and has accepted the need for getting 114 multirole fighter ...

Source: The National Interest and Globalsecurity.org. There have been multiple accounts of MiG-31 fighters chasing away SR-71s, the legendary high-altitude US spy plane. A Russian pilot claimed he ...

MOSCOW, May 5. /TASS/. Ten MiG-31 fighter jets (NATO reporting name: Foxhound) fitted with the air-launched Kinzhal (Dagger) hypersonic missile are on test combat duty, Russian Deputy Defense ...

The Indian government replaced the MiG-21 with the HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft, a jet capable of Mach 1.8 with a combat range of about 270 nautical miles. The HAL Tejas features a single twin ...