INDIA'S MIG -21 RETIRED AFTER 62 YEARS

MIG -21 STARTED IT'S SERVICES IN 1963 

* TOOK PART IN 1965 ( INDIA - CHINA WAR) SQUADRON OPERATION 

* IT TOOK PART IN 1971 BANGLADESH PAK DIVISION ( OPERATION CACTUS LILLY) 

* IT TOOK PART IN 1999 CARGILL WAR 

* IT TOOK PART IN 2019 BALAKOT ( ABHINANDAN ) 

* MIG -21 FACES 300+ CRASHES SO FAR 

* Till OPERATION SINDOOR DEDICATED TO NATION 

* AT THE END ITS DECOMMISSIONED IN CHANDIGARH AFTER 63 YEARS OF SERVICE TO INDIAN AIRFORCE ON 26/09/2025.

* Union DEFENCE MINISTER UNVEILED A POSTAGE STAMP TO COMMEMORATE THE MIG -21 

* DEFENCE MINISTER RAJNATH SINGH TRIBUTE BIRD OF ALL SEASONS 

* SQUADRON LEADER PRIYA SHARMA, ONE OF INDIA'S PIONEER WOMAN FIGHTER PILOT  HAILED FROM RAJASTHAN, BECAME THE LAST WOMAN PILOT TO TAKE MIG -21 TO THE SKIES IN 2018.

* FEW IMPORTANT - 

- GROUP CAPTAIN SURESH RATNAPARKHI, FLEW MIG -21 DURING 1966-89 

* AIR COMMODORE S S BUNDLE TYAGI WHO CONTROLS MIG -21 MORE THAN 6000 HOURS ( A RECORDS DURING 1971 WAR)