Gr.Viper 131 Posted March 1, 2012 The veteran is finally being phased out. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2946454.ece Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Muesli 2,168 Posted March 1, 2012 Ready for the museum! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted March 1, 2012 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
+Gepard 11,413 Posted March 1, 2012 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
Juhis 3 Posted March 1, 2012 "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
B52STRATO 215 Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) 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 March 1, 2012 by B52STRATO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fofo3 4 Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) 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 March 1, 2012 by Fofo3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nesher 628 Posted March 3, 2012 sad to hear a plane is retired but in this case it's for the best.. Cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
