Chandigarh [India], September 26 (ANI): As the Indian Air Force’s MiG-21 fighter aircraft took its final bow in Chandigarh on Friday after six decades of service, completing its last flypast Squadron leader SS Tyagi, known for the highest flying hours onboard the plane, gave it 80 per cent credit for the victory in the 1971 war.

Speaking to ANI, Tyagi said that the iconic figher planes had conducted rocketry, gunnery, and dropped bombs during the 1971 war.

“We passed on our learnings to our juniors. Amid all the lessons and training, my flying hours kept increasing. I had never thought I had to reach this milestone… We didnt have many aircraft in 1965… MiG-21 actually participated in a war in 1971, where it did rocketry, gunnery, dropped bombs, and achieved various targets in Dhaka… I wo

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