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MiG-27 goes into history: Legacy of Indian Air Force's bahadur valiant


Thirty-four years is a long time. It makes little difference whether we are talking about a human being or a military aircraft. In the armed forces, this period is commensurate to the length of the career of a high-ranking officer.
On Friday morning when the last squadron of the MiG-27 took off for its last sortie and soared into the skies of Jodhpur in Rajasthan, an era came to an end. After today's flight, all seven planes of this squadronScorpion 29will be decommissioned, following which none of them will fly anywhere in the country.
Based at the at Jodhpur Air Base, Scorpion 29 was the only remaining squadron comprising seven upgraded MiG-27. Before this, two squadrons of MiG-27 had been decommissioned at the Hashimara Air Base in West Bengal.
Commissioned into the Indian Air Force in 1985, the MiG-27 remained an integral part of the Indian Air Force's combat strength. It was due to the jet's heroics during the Kargil war that the aircraft earned the nickname "bahadur" from Air Force pilots.

A day before its scheduled decommissioning, the defence ministry in a statement said, "The MiG-27 fleet of earned its glory in the historic Kargil conflict when it delivered rockets and bombs with accuracy on enemy positions. The fleet also took active part in Operation Parakram." Source : India Today

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