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Thursday, February 24, 2011

End of the MiG era by 2017, says Antony

Mig-21 FishbedRussian-origin MiG-21s were the first truly supersonic fighter jets to be inducted into IAF in 1963, which then was a move by India to counter the F-104 Starfighters provided to Pakistan by US.

The MiG-23s, MiG-25s, MiG-27s and MiG-29s, each with their own specific roles, followed in later years.

The MiGs, in fact, once constituted over 75% of India's combat fleet, and still constitute a bulk of it.

But now, with IAF going in for modern fighters, the end of the entire MiG era, except for the latest MiG-29s, is in sight.

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