IAF's four existing MiG-21 squadrons to be grounded by 2025, starting this September https://ift.tt/4Mo7Tve

The four existing squadrons of the old single-engine MiG-21s, inducted by the IAF in 1963 and plagued by an alarmingly high crash rate in later years, will finally be retired by 2025. The phasing out has been repeatedly deferred due to the depleting number of IAF fighter squadrons and the huge delays in induction of new fighters, especially the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft.

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