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On September 26, the Indian Air Force (IAF) will bid farewell to the MiG-21 fighter aircraft after serving it for over six decades. The aircraft have been referred to as both a "flying coffin" and a "warhorse," but the tale cannot be completed without acknowledging the person who commanded them for the first time - Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh.

India was being threatened by China and Pakistan increasingly during the early 1960s. The IAF required more speed, power, and newer aircraft. This is when India selected the Soviet MiG-21, a supersonic jet that travelled faster than the speed of sound.

In 1962, Singh was selected to be trained on the MIG 21F. In 1963, young Wing Commander Dilbagh Singh led the first batch of seven ch

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