Pakistani F-16 fighter jet was shot down by the an Indian MIG -21 Bison and that is claimed by the Indian Air Force On 28 February as well as the first time an F-16 was shot down by Russian MiG-21 Bison and also it was the first close aerial combat between the Indian and the Pakistani fighter planes since 1971.
MIG-21 Bison is a Fighter or single engine, single seater fighter and also Interceptor aircraft as well as Design group of the MIG-21 Bison is Mikoyan Gurevich and also primary users of the MIG-21 Bison is Soviet Air Forces, Indian Air Force, Croatian Air Force and also Romanian Air Force.
Range of the MIG-21 Bison is 1, 210 km as well as Maximum Speed of the MIG-21 Bison 2, 175. Service Ceiling of the MIG-21 Bison is 17.8 and also Rate of Climb of the MIG-21 Bison is 17, 678 meters/ min. The MIG-21 Bison is not a vintage aircraft and the original MIG-21 Bison was an upgraded version of the MIG-21 BIS.
Length of the MIG-21 Bison is 14.5 m as well as the Width of the MIG-21 Bison is 7.154 m and also the Height of the MIG-21 Bison is 4 m. Maximum Weight of the MIG-21 Bison is 8.9 tons.
MIG-21 Bison is contains a one twin barrel 23mm and also GSh-23 gun as well as MIG-21 Bison is also contains 4 under wing weapon pylons and also MIG-21 Bison is used an Air to Air missile in R 73 or R77.
On July 14, 1981 the Israeli Air Force shot down the Syrian MIG-21 with the AAM missile in Bekaa Valley and Osiraq raids as well as on February 27, 2019 the Indian Air Force claimed that the MIG-21 Bison is shot down an F-16 over the Pakistan occupied Kashmir.