A Cold War legend faded into history on Monday with the phasing out of the MiG-25 aircraft by the Indian Air Force. It was the world's fastest and highest flying aircraft.
Feared as the Foxbats, the last four of the MiG-25 fleet were retired by the IAF at a ceremony at the Bareilly airbase. The Foxbat was used for strategic reconnaissance across borders.
Flying at three times the speed of sound and at heights of up to 100,000 feet, this aircraft was virtually impossible to intercept or hit while it collected images across frontiers. The IAF is the last Air Force to phase out the MiG-25.
Speaking about the Blackbirds and the U2s of the US Air Force that had become redundant, Air Chief Marshal Tyagi said that better technology had to and would take the place of the MiG-25s.
Better known as strategic reconnaissance aircrafts the MiG25 aircrafts successfully touched the stratosphere of glory during their 25 years of existence.
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They were one heck of an aircraft.
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