IAF's "lethal" fighter aircraft MiG 27, which proved to be "ace attacker" during the 1999 Kargil war and earned nickname of "Bahadur" from pilots, are all set to pass into the glorious history of ...

Key point: Distinguished by its flattened ‘duck bill’ nose leading some pilots to nickname it ‘the Platypus,’ the MiG-27 was not widely exported like the MiG-23 fighter it was spun off from. On ...

Key Point: India’s Russian-built MiG-27s aren’t very good and at times just blow up. Clearly, India wants to replace these planes with something much better. The Indian air force plans in December ...

IAF has retired its last “Swing-Wing” fighter. The last Indian Air Force unit to be equipped with the MiG-27, the 29 Squadron / 32nd Wing based at Jodhpur AFS (Air Force Station) bid farewell to the ...

The Indian Air Force conducted its de-induction ceremony of the MiG-27 aircraft, one of the most prominent fighter jets that have several glorious records to its name. The ceremony took place at the ...

The MiG-27 fighter, which proved to be an "ace attacker" during the 1999 Kargil War, will roar through the skies for one last time today after serving the Indian Air Force or IAF for over three ...

Over 100 MiG-27s are yet to take to the skies after being grounded following the crash of one of these 'swing-wing' strike fighters in West Bengal on February 16. NEW DELHI: Over 100 MiG-27s are yet ...

An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-27 plane crashed Tuesday near Jodhpur in Rajasthan during a routine mission. The pilot ejected safely. The IAF has ordered a court of inquiry into the crash. The IAF ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a lifelong desire and dream of Wing Commander N R Kanthy (Retd), the first student from Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram, to join the Armed Forces, to position a fighter ...

Kolkata, Dec 29 (PTI) The last MiG-27 ML aircraft roared over Hasimara Air Force base in Bengal on Thursday for the last time as the IAF bade farewell to this legacy fleet in a function, a Defence ...

NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force drew curtains over its ‘swing wings’ fleet of ‘Bahadurs’, nickname for MiG-27s. The powerful MiG-27 fighter aircraft, which have been the backbone of ground attack ...

A fighter jet crashed in north-west India hitting a man riding a motorcycle, who miraculously survived. Loon Singh, 26, was riding to a village outside Barmer in Rajasthan to hand out invitations to ...