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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mig-27 aircrafts has earned the the moniker 'Bahadur' from IAF pilots for the lethal role they had played during the 1999 Kargil War(@IAF_MCC) Indian Air Force (IAF ) today conducts the de-induction ...

NEW DELHI, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The pilot of a Russian MiG-27 Flogger attack jet was able to safely eject before the plane crashed in India, officials said. It is the third MiG-27 crash in India this ...

After series of crashes, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to finally decommission its MiG-27s with the sole remaining squadron in Rajasthan's Jodhpur flying its last sortie this week. A senior ...

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 26 (ANI): The MiG-27s of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be retired at a ceremony at the Jodhpur Air Force Station on December 27. Various functions have been planned ...

For 35 years, a curiously designed fighter-bomber has been at the forefront of the Indian Air Force's (IAF) attack fleet. The MiG-27, known to NATO as the 'Flogger' and to the IAF as 'Bahadur' flew ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...