Aircraft Photo of TU591 | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27UPG | India - Air Force | AirHistory.net #858229
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:TU591
Aircraft Original Type:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27
Aircraft Generic Type:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27
Aircraft Version:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27UPG
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:India - Air Force
Local Operator Name:भारतीय वायु सेना
Unit Markings:29 Squadron "Scorpions"
Location
City / Airport:Delhi - Indira Gandhi InternationalMap
Country:India
Airport Codes:ICAO: VIDP   IATA: DEL   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Indian Air Force Museum (Palam)
 
Photo Date:11 March 2020
Photo by:Arjun Sarup
Photo ID: 858229
Photo Comment

This MiG-27UPG from No. 29 Sqn "Scorpions" is a recent addition to IAF Museum Palam. Last unit to receive the MiG-27ML, Scorpions stood down their MiG-27UPGs on 27 Dec 2019. Units to fly the MiG-27ML before the MiG-27UPG included No. 222 "Tigersharks," No. 9 "Wolfpack," No. 18 "Flying Bullets," No. 22 "Swifts," No. 2 "Winged Arrows" and No. 10 Sqn "Winged Daggers." The IAF was the largest Flogger operator outside the Soviet Union, previously having flown the MiG-23BN, MiG-23UB, MiG-23MF and MiG-27M. The MiG-27ML was used against Pakistani positions in 1999 during Op Safed Sagar.

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