21 Jan 2014:
Mig 21 (UM)
Pilot survived.
27th May 2014 (Awantipur)
Mig 21 bison
Bird hit but pilot ejected but not survived due to injuries.
Sqn Ldr. Saurabh raghuvanshi.
03 July 2014:
Mig 21 bison
Pilot safely ejected.
31 Jan 2015
Mig 21 bis
Crashed near beed village
Pilot safely ejected.
24 Aug 2015
Pilot safe.
12 may 2016
Mig 21 bis
Pilots safely ejected
10th September 2016
Mig 21 UM
Crashed during training sortie
Both ejected in airfield.
20th September 2016
Mig 21 bison
Aircraft caught fire upon starting, mission aborted.
2017- No Crash Reported
18th July 2018
Mig 21 bison crashed after tests near HAL facility.
Sqn Ldr Meet Kumar (KIA)
8th March 2019
Mig 21 bison
Got hit by amraam of F16
Wg cdr Abhinandan Vartaman landed in Pakistan and got freed by Pakistan after some days.
25th September 2019
Mig 21 (UM)
Plane crashed while landing.
Pilot Sqn Ldr Shivanand (KIA)
2020: No Crashes Reported.
5th Jan 2021
Mig 21 bison
Engine fire but landed safely
Fire extinguished
17th March 2021
Mig 21 UM (23sqn)
Wg cdr Ashish Gupta (KIA)
20 may 2021
Mig 21 bison
Sqn Ldr Abhinav choudhary (Abby)
23sqn
KIA near village langiapura
25th aug 2021
04 sqn
Fire soon after takeoff
Pilots landed safely.
24th Dec 2021
Mig 21 bison
Wg cdr harshit Sinha(Kia)
51 sqn
Crashed near Jaisalmer in night.
28 July 2022
Mig 21 UM
Both pilots attained Veergati after fire engulfs fighter.
Wg cdr Mohit Rana (KIA)
Flt Lt. Advaita Bal (KIA)
Both where in training sortie in night.
4 sqn
How Tejas can replace ageing Mig 21
Tejas is far better than MiG-21 in every aspect. In 21st century you can’t stick with cold war era technologies. Perhaps you should ask where LCA stands in competition with other contemporary medium role fighter aircraft around the world. Technically, there is no competitor for Tejas. Not because it has some state of the art technologies or it’s the stealthiest or it is the most lethal plane ever made but, it has altogether a very different role and specifications which makes it unique in every sense. It’s a 3rd line of air defense after Sukhoi 30 MKI and MiG 29. It has very small range and combat radius and mainly designed for attacks in peripheral areas in Pakistan and China. It can also be used in ground attacks due to many modifications done eventually in its design, avionics, and engine. Some planes which it’s been compared with the most are; F 16 ( USA), JF 17 (China, Pakistan), Saab JAS 39 Gripen. JF 17 is a piece of crap with no specialty. F 16 is a gem and an inspiration for engineers and scientists. Tejas has a few pros and a few cons too. It is made compatible to both Russian as well as western missiles and armaments. It has high instability which gives it an edge in maneuvering. It has high thrust to weight ratio due to its near 70% composite material body. But the engine is inferior and the radars are not as powerful as other contemporary fighters have. In the end, Tejas was just a start for Indian agencies to try their hands in developing a fighter jet from scratch and they have gained significant expertise which will be useful in future projects (AMCA, FGFA, AURA, Kaveri Engine) and Tejas also didn’t have any crash records after these years of devlopment and usage. So by this means it’s a reliable fighter to rely for.
