MIG-21 FL-Phase-out
1) Which version of the legendary Mig-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force, which was also the first supersonic aircraft of the IAF, is being de-commissioned from service during December, 2013? – Mig-21 FL (In 1964 MiG-21 (Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-21) became the first supersonic fighter jet to enter service with the IAF. Being limited in numbers, the Mig-21 FLs played a restricted role in the 1965 war. They, however, played a crucial role in the 1971 war giving IAF the air superiority over vital points and areas in the western theatre. In the first ever supersonic air combat that ensued over the sub-continent in 1971, an Indian Mig-21 FL claimed a PAF F-104 Starfighter with its internal twin-barrelled guns alone. The pin-point accurate attack on the Governor's House at Dhaka by IAF pilots flying the Mig-21 FLs proved to be a turning point in the war forcing the adversary to negotiate an eventual
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