1971 war veteran Squadron Leader Anil Bhalla (Retd) dead

1971 war veteran Squadron Leader Anil Bhalla (Retd) dead
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Last Updated: May 11, 2021, 04:32 PM IST
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Sqn Ldr Bhalla, who joined the National Defence Academy's 32nd course after studying at Sainik School Satara in western Maharashtra, was commissioned into the IAF's fighter wing in 1968 and operated from the Tezpur-based 28th Squadron, flying the Russian-origin aircraft.
The fighter flown during the 1971 Indo-Pak war being cleaned
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Squadron Leader Anil Bhalla (Retd), who as a young Flying Officer flew MiG-21 sorties during the 1971 Indo-Pak war, has died after battling coronavirus, his family sources said on Tuesday.
The 74-year-old flying ace, a native of Mumbai, died on Monday night at Hyderabad where he had settled after retirement from the Air Force in 1984, the sources said.

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