Jump to content
Sign in to follow this  
Gr.Viper

Indian "Good bye" to Fishbed

Recommended Posts


Ready for the museum!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

They rightly should've been retired at the turn of the century, but were forced to go on far past that.

 

Too many pilots were lost to its deficiencies in the past decade.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

The MiG-21Bison will retire in 2014, if you read the article carefully.

What means, that it will still fly for 2 years.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

"The IAF has inducted a total of 946 MiG-21s in its fleet and 476 of them have been lost in various accidents over the past 45 years."

Beautiful plane, but sadly they are way too old.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

The Indians have made ​​the right choice, like the Chinese did it. If the PLAAF had decreased from 3400 aircrafts to 2600, this is only the removal of obsolete equipment such as A-5, H-5 and then the J-7.

Edited by B52STRATO

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Given it's less than stellar safety record, as well as it's age, I say it's past due. Too many men died flying a Fishbed.

 

Still, I admit to being a little surprised to hear the Bison will be leaving service when it is. Quite a bit of time, resources and funds were poured into making it the

aircraft what is probably the most modern and deadliest of the Fishbeds. (Aerostar's LanceR may have this honour, I am not certain...)

Edited by Fofo3

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

sad to hear a plane is retired but in this case it's for the best..

 

Cheers :salute:

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
Sign in to follow this  

×

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue..