| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | C499 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 |
| Aircraft Version: | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FL |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | India - Air Force |
| Local Operator Name: | भारतीय वायु सेना |
| Unit Markings: | 8 Sqn. "Eight Pursoots" |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Delhi - Indira Gandhi InternationalMap |
| Country: | India |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: VIDP IATA: DEL Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Indian Air Force Museum (Palam) |
| Photo Date: | 8 January 2007 |
| Photo by: | Arjun Sarup |
| Photo ID: | 617424 |
| Photo Comment |
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On display at IAF Museum Palam wearing the emblem of No. 8 Sqn "Eight Pursoots". First inducted into the IAF in April 1963, the MiG-21F-13 or Type 74 equipped No. 28 Sqn "First Supersonics" under Wg Cdr Dilbagh Singh. This was followed by the PF and finally the FL or Type 77, which was licence manufactured by HAL. The FL was used to good effect in the 1971 Indo-Pak War on both fronts. In the West, FLs from No. 47 Sqn "Black Archers" and No. 29 Sqn "Scorpions" shot down four PAF F-104s without loss, clearly besting the Starfighter. The last IAF FLs were decommissioned in Dec. 2013. This photo is copyright © Arjun Sarup, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 5 November 2023, and has since been viewed 197 times. |