In 2019, Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman (then a Wing Commander) of the No 51 squadron based in Srinagar, while flying a MiG-21 Bison, had downed a Pakistan Air Force F-16 aircraft.
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to ground the entire fleet of MiG-21 fighter jets that have been in service for over five decades.
The Indian Air Force or IAF has drawn up a three-year timeline to phase out the remaining four MiG-21 fighter squadrons with one of them set to retire from service in September, people familiar with the development said.