'So Long, Farewell': India Bids Adieu To The MiG-21, A Beloved Warhorse
Friday, September 26, 2025. This is the end of an era for the Indian Air Force, one that has lasted over six decades. Today the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 - that most redoubtable of fighter jets, the hero of four armed conflicts with Pakistan - will make its last flight, tipping its wings in a sombre yet joyful salute to the generations of pilots it trained and with whom it flew into deadly dogfights.
