TUKWILA, Wash. — "I love just how clean it is and all the little details," said South African artist Ralph Zimon as he looked over the MiG-21 Soviet fighter jet at the Museum of Flight. He didn't ...
It was Valentine's Day 1955 in the erstwhile Soviet Union. On that winter morning - the high was just under -5 degrees Celsius - there was something in the air at Zhukovsky Airfield, an airbase some ...
SEATTLE — Tens of millions of small colorful glass beads, needled together by hand, now make up the body and interior of a decommissioned Cold War-era, Soviet-designed MiG-21 fighter jet. The Museum ...
India has retired its last fleet of MiG-21 fighter jets, closing a six-decade chapter with an aircraft once hailed for its ...
India has retired its last fleet of MiG-21 fighter jets, closing a six-decade chapter with an aircraft once hailed for its combat prowess but later derided as a “flying coffin” due to frequent crashes ...