Today, the Indian Air Force held an official farewell ceremony at Chandigarh Air Force Station for the last third-generation MiG-21UPG Bison fighters, which were in service with the 23rd Squadron "Panthers." They will no longer be operated. This day symbolizes the end of an era in the history of the Indian Air Force, as the MiG-21 family of aircraft has been in service for over six decades.
The USSR began supplying MiG-21 fighters to India in 1963, eventually transferring approximately one thousand such aircraft to New Delhi. Later, India obtained a license to produce and modernize them, which allowed the MiG-21 to be equipped with new radars and engines. Indian engineers also significantly improved the arsenal of weapons for these fighters.
According to Indian media reports, the Indian Air Force previously had 31 combat-ready MiG-21UPG Bison fighters. These aircraft, which served in the Indian Air Force for 62 years, actively participated in four Indo-Pakistani conflicts, the last of which occurred in 2025.
MiG-21 (NATO codification: Fishbed) is a Soviet light supersonic front-line fighter of the second and third generations, developed by the Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau in the second half of the 1950s. The first "MiG" with a triangular wing.
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