A MiG-21 has crashed at 86th Base during Borcea Open Day. Pilot has died. A Romanian Air Force MiG-21 LanceR has crashed at around 13.30 LT on Jul. 7 at Base 86 Borcea during Borcea Open Day. The ...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – NATO member Romania has grounded its remaining fleet of military MiG 21 LanceR jets as of Friday given their “considerably high accident rate”, and will speed up a planned ...

NATO member Romania has grounded its remaining fleet of military MiG 21 LanceR jets as of Friday given their "considerably high accident rate", and will speed up a planned purchase of second-hand ...

Romania is ending operations with its Mikoyan MiG-21 LanceR fleet on May 15, leaving just one European country left flying the iconic Soviet-era fighter. The Romanian Air Force will transfer its ...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A Romanian air force MiG-21 Lancer fighter jet crashed during an airshow in eastern Romania on Saturday, killing its pilot, the defense ministry said. Eyewitnesses at the airshow ...

Given their “considerably high accident rate”, all the Romanian MiG-21 LanceR aircraft have been grounded. The Romanian Air Force has suspended all the flight activities of the remaining MiG-21 LanceR ...

The upgraded MiGs were due to serve until 2024, but it is now considered unlikely that they will be returned to service. A two-seat LanceR B leads a pair of LanceR Cs during a training mission from ...

NATO member Romania will continue flying its remaining fleet of military MiG 21 LanceR jets for one more year until May 15, 2023, as it speeds up a planned purchase of second-hand F-16s from Norway, ...

The Romanian Defence Ministry has grounded its remaining old MiG jets after a recent plane crash near Constanta resulted in the death of the 36-year-old pilot,Florin Rotaru. An F16 jet of the US Air ...