The Indian Air Force retired the last batch of MiG-21 fighters and held an official retirement ceremony for these MiG-21s at Chandigarh Air Force Base.
India began using the MiG-21 in 1963, and this fighter jet and its variants have served in the Indian Air Force for a full 60 years. The latest variant of the MiG-21 equipped by the Indian Air Force is the MiG-21-93 "Bison," which is also the final modernized version of the MiG-21 in India. This MiG-21 is equipped with the "Spoon Rest" pulse Doppler radar from Russian Fazotron Company, capable of tracking 8 targets simultaneously and attacking 2 of them; it can launch R-77 medium-range air-to-air missiles (with limited beyond-visual-range combat capability), R-73 short-range dogfighting missiles, as well as air-to-ground missiles and precision-guided bombs.
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