LIVE | India bids goodbye to MiG-21, the jet that ruled 6 decades- Watch its final flight from Chandigarh

The Indian Air Force bids farewell to the legendary MiG-21, a Soviet-origin fighter that defined India’s skies for over six decades. First inducted in 1963, the supersonic jet flew in the 1965 and 1971 wars, the 1999 Kargil conflict, and even shot down an F-16 in 2019. For pilots like Chikte, who flew 2,255 hours, it was not just a machine but a trusted companion in life and death.