The deafening roar of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 FL afterburner , once the sound of India’s entry into the supersonic age, is set to fall silent forever on Friday . As the Indian Air Force(IAF) retires its last MiG-21s, the country bids goodbye to an aircraft that defined its military aviation story for more than six decades. The MiG-21 was the first supersonic fighter in service of the IAF.

A farewell will be bid to the fighter jets, which have been part of the IAF's combat fleet since the 1960s, at a decommissioning event in Chandigarh, where the iconic aircraft was first inducted over six decades ago.

Inducted in 1963, the MiG-21 was not merely a fighter jet but a symbol of India’s growing strength and confidence. Over the years it became the backbone of the Air Force, writing its n

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