Registration / Serial:C499
Aircraft Original Type:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
Aircraft Generic Type:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
Aircraft Version:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FL
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:India - Air Force
Unit Markings:8 Sqn. "Eight Pursoots"
City / Airport:Delhi - Indira Gandhi International (VIDP / DEL)Map
Country:India
Collection:Indian Air Force Museum (Palam)
Photo Date:8 January 2007
Photo by:Arjun SarupContact
Photo ID:617424Submit Correction
View count: 244
On display at IAF Museum Palam with the emblem of No. 8 Sqn "Eight Pursoots." Inducted into the IAF in Apr 1963, the MiG-21F-13 or Type 74 equipped No. 28 Sqn "First Supersonics" under Wg Cdr Dilbagh Singh, followed by the PF and licence-built FL or Type 77 with R2L radar. The FL was used to good effect in the 1971 Indo-Pak War on both fronts. In the west, FLs from No. 47 Sqn "Black Archers" and No. 29 Sqn "Scorpions" shot down four PAF F-104s without loss, besting the Starfighter. The last FLs were retired in Dec 2013. The 57° wing sweep is visible with a span of 7.15 m and area of 23.04 m².
Registration / Serial:C499
Aircraft Version:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FL
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:India - Air Force
City / Airport:Delhi - Indira Gandhi International (VIDP / DEL)Map
Country:India
Photo Date:8 January 2007
Photo by:Arjun SarupContact
Registration / Serial:C499
Aircraft Original Type:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
Aircraft Generic Type:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
Aircraft Version:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FL
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:India - Air Force
Unit Markings:8 Sqn. "Eight Pursoots"
City / Airport:Delhi - Indira Gandhi International (VIDP / DEL)Map
Country:India
Collection:Indian Air Force Museum (Palam)
Photo Date:8 January 2007
Photo by:Arjun SarupContact
Photo ID:617424Submit Correction
View count: 244
On display at IAF Museum Palam with the emblem of No. 8 Sqn "Eight Pursoots." Inducted into the IAF in Apr 1963, the MiG-21F-13 or Type 74 equipped No. 28 Sqn "First Supersonics" under Wg Cdr Dilbagh Singh, followed by the PF and licence-built FL or Type 77 with R2L radar. The FL was used to good effect in the 1971 Indo-Pak War on both fronts. In the west, FLs from No. 47 Sqn "Black Archers" and No. 29 Sqn "Scorpions" shot down four PAF F-104s without loss, besting the Starfighter. The last FLs were retired in Dec 2013. The 57° wing sweep is visible with a span of 7.15 m and area of 23.04 m².
Registration / Serial:C499
Aircraft Version:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FL
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:India - Air Force
City / Airport:Delhi - Indira Gandhi International (VIDP / DEL)Map
Country:India
Photo Date:8 January 2007
Photo by:Arjun SarupContact