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Sunday, September 20, 2009

MiG-21 'Bison’ aircraft hold the fort for IAF’s fighter fleet

MiG-21 Bison (Fishbed)If it was not for MiG-21 ‘Bison´, an upgraded Russian-made aircraft, the Indian Air Force would have been left with a depleted fleet strength much before induction of its modern fighter jets.

“Bisons have helped the IAF to prolong the life of its MiG-21 fleet, whose Bison, Bis and M version are currently flying with the Air Force. If Bison was not there in the fleet, we would have had to do away with the MiG-21s altogether,” IAF sources said on Saturday.

The IAF at present has six squadrons of the Bisons, which are mainly deployed on the western frontiers of the country along the Pakistan border.

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