[MBT ARJUN]

Mig 21 Bison

[Timber Rattler]

I always liked the MiG-21...good, small, cheap, effective dogfighter.

[SampleMan]

The MiG-21 may be the only aircraft in aviation history to have forced a nation to surrender.

I don't think so...

[skinkinthegrass]

who had "the better pilots"?
the Indians?
Paki?
or the IDF?
oblivious the IDF, w/o
good infrastructure...well.

[JRandomFreeper]

Something rarely mentioned in discussions of former Soviet fighters is doctrine and how they were used.

If the IAF didn't use the soviet style centralized command that the soviets did, the aircraft and pilot have the potential to be quite a threat.

/johnny

[Fiji Hill]

By the time hostilities ended on December 16, the MiGs had downed four F-104 Starfighters, two F-6s, an F-86 Sabre and a C-130 Hercules of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF).

The F-104 was West Germany's front-line fighter at the time and was prone to accidents.

An F-86 Sabre vs. a MiG-21? That would be the equivalent of a Nieuport-17 vs. a P-61.

[PapaBear3625]

There are three main areas of importance: aircraft quality, pilot skill, and pilot courage.

It doesn't matter how good the plane is, if the pilot is incompetent.

It doesn't matter how skilled the pilot is, if he's unwilling to actually get up there and engage the enemy.

[Pan_Yan]

How India brought down the US’ supersonic man

I notice you posted both articles.