Enjoying summer morning sunshine at IAF Museum Palam after relocation outdoors, whence the 16.8 m length and 4.99 m height of the aircraft can be appreciated. The air bleed doors, blast shield for the wing mounted NR-30 cannon w/80 rpg, 3° anhedral wings at 60° sweep and boundary layer fences can be seen. The aircraft was powered by an AL-7F-1-250 engine producing 66.67 kN thrust dry and 94.1 kN with reheat. Six IAF squadrons flew the Su-7BMK in the ground-attack role from 1968 to 1986. It was used to good effect in the ground-attack role in the 1971 Indo-Pak War, flying around 1,500 sorties.