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Sunday, December 08, 2013

Supersonic jet set for last sortie

MiG-21FLThe Indian Air Force will phase out its first supersonic fighter jet, the MiG-21FL, which will fly its last sortie over the Kalaikunda airforce station in Bengal next week.

The first aircraft was inducted into the IAF fleet 50 years ago in 1963. In later years, several crashes of the aircraft earned it the unflattering sobriquet “Flying Coffin”.

But the IAF has been flying the MiG-21FL well past its service life in the absence of replacements and delays in inductions of newer aircraft. The IAF calls the aircraft “the most-widely exploited platform” in its history.

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