11:16 AM, 26-Sep-2025
MiG-29 A Beautiful Machine
Retired Wing Commander Rajiv Battish said that there is a very long story of MiG-21 and so many people gathering here are proof that we are all connected to this aircraft … As far as India is concerned, the maximum number of aircraft fed on the fighter aircraft is MiG-21 … Most powerful aircraft, and most of the Eastern block countries flew it. It was a puzzle for the western region … as far as the flight is concerned, the MiG-29 was a beautiful machine, and the proof of this is that so many people came from across the country to see the final light and say goodbye from abroad.
11:09 AM, 26-Sep-2025
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh reached the program
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has reached the program.
10:55 am, 26-Sep-2025
MiG-21 was the great power of Airforce
The maximum speed of MiG-21 is 2,175 km per hour, which is why it becomes invisible to the mission and it becomes invisible quickly.
10:33 AM, 26-Sep-2025
Memories will be reduced to the book
The Commanding Officer of MiG-21 aircraft switch-off squadron will hand over a large book to Air Force Chief as Form-700. This will include all their investigation reports before the flight of the aircraft and feedback reports of the pilots after the flight. That is, memories related to the operation of MiG-21 will now be reduced to this book.
10:12 am, 26-Sep-2025
Memory lane will be made in Chandigarh
Air Chief Marshal AP Singh will also fly the MiG-21 for the last time in the cloud-quarter formation. This is called call sign. Since the first squadron of this aircraft was formed in Chandigarh, after its farewell, a memory lane is also being built here, which will showcase the indomitable courage and valor of MiG-21 from 1963 to 2025.
10:04 am, 26-Sep-2025
Six MiG-21 panthers will fill in flying in formation
Other pilots under the leadership of Squadron Number 23 (Panthers) Commanding Officer Group Captain Rajendra Nanda will roar in the sky for the last time in the MiG-21 panthers formation. Priya Sharma, the seventh fighter fighter of the Air Force, will also be present in it.
09:44 AM, 26-Sep-2025
The first squadron started in three tents
Six former Air Force President will become witnesses of this historic initiative. In 1963, MiG-21 was brought from Russia. If there was no talk at Adampur Air Force Station and Hindon Base, its first squadron was started in three tents in Chandigarh. For this reason, it is being given a final farewell from Chandigarh 12 Wing Air Force Station itself.
09:39 AM, 26-Sep-2025
IAF MIG-21 Retirement Live: Last farewell of the country’s first supersonic fighter aircraft, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh arrives
After serving the country for 62 years, India’s first supersonic aircraft MiG-21 is now going to retire. A grand event is being organized in Chandigarh on 26 September to farewell to India’s super jet. It is also reaching the country’s Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief of Defense Staff Anil Chauhan, Air Force President AP Singh, Army President Upendra Dwivedi and Naval President Dinesh Kumar Tripathi.