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IAF fighter jets had bombed a Jaish e Mohammed terrorist training camp in Balakot on February 26 2019 nearly two weeks after the Pulwama terror attack

IAF will be retiring a squadron of its MiG 21 fighter jets, which have been dubbed “flying coffins” due to frequent accidents.

Abhinandan Varthaman MiG-21: Sword Arms is one of its four remaining squadrons of ageing MiG-21 fighter jets. The No. 51 Squadron is to be retired by the end of September.

Decision comes over three years after two Indian aircraft were shot down by Pakistan Air Force on February 27, 2019

Indian Air Force: MiG-21 squadron Sword Arms is one of IAFs four remaining squadrons of ageing MiG-21 fighter jets.

The Indian Air Force is set to retire its Srinagar-based MiG-21 squadron 'Sword Arms' that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was a part of when he had downed an F-16 combat aircraft of Pakistan a day after the Balakot strike in February 2019.

Varthaman had taken to the skies to thwart an aerial attack launched by adversaries and engaged in a dogfight with Pakistani jets during aerial combat

The Indian Air Force is all set to retire its soviet-era MIG-21 squadron, of which wingman Abhinandan Varthaman was a part when he shot down Pakistan’s F-16 combat aircraft a day after the Balakot airstrike in February 2019. The force will be retiring its ageing fleet, which is currently based in Srinagar city of norther Jammu and Kashmir, on September 30, according to reports. The No. 51 Squadron, called the 'Sword Arms', is one of its four remaining squadrons of ageing MiG-21 fight...