India's MIG-21 dominated the sky, Pakistani Miraj piled up from the K-13 rack, here the biggest MIG-21 knows

The bravery of Mig fighters is the saga of bravery in the air of India. MIG aircraft acted for decades like the backbone of the Indian Air Force and proved their superiority to enemies. Not long when the Air Force Group Captain Abhinandan Vardhman killed a Pakistani F-16 of MIG-21 Bison in the India Pakistan War. Now on September 19, 2025, the Indian Air Force MIG-21 will formally retire to a brilliant service of 62 years. Although known today by the infamous of ‘Udta Coffin’ or ‘Flying Coffin’, the mig-21 saga is not only of accidents, but also stories of the death of enemy aircraft in war. Mig’s bravery was the first supersonic fighter plane designed by MIG-21s Soviet Union Company Mikoyan-Gurevich. India chose it in 1961 and was admitted to the Air Force in 1963. It was India’s first supersonic ray that flew at a velocity of 2,230 km/h. Because of the speed and lightweight, this ray has become synonymous with fear of enemies. The War in 1965 MIG-21 played a limited but effective role in the Indo-Pakistan War in 1965. The fast pace also surprised the Pakistani Air Force aircraft. It was the first time MIG-21 had entered the war for India. The lights, agile and modern design gave India a technical lead in the field of fighter jets in the 60s itself. MIG-21, a victim of the war in 1971 and MIG-21, was given the right opportunity to show his power in the air in the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War to 6 years. In this war, F-86 Secers and F-104 Starfighters were the most important aircraft of the Pakistan war fleet. But during this time, MIG-21 killed six Pakistani aircraft. The accurate bombing on the MIG-21 destroyed Pakistani airports and provided air domination to India. According to official data, Mig-21 killed 13 fighter aircraft from Pakistan. This war established MIG-21s as a high-speed interception that could penetrate major goals. Pakistan uses Chinese fighter jets F-6 in this war. An MIG-21 also killed it. In the 1971 war, Pakistan claimed the third generation of French fighter Mirage-3. Due to the Delta wing design and the ability beyond the visual range, these fighter jets were challenging for the Indian army. A battle of December 9, 1971 must be mentioned here. The first MIG-21 FL fighter plane on the western front was Pakistani Mirage III EP. On December 9, Sindghta Subbaramu, leader of the squadron, faced a single enemy Miraj in Poonch, Kashmir. They blew MIG-21 FL the day. In the eye of an eye, he stained both his K-13 missiles on that mirage, within a few seconds, Pakistani Miraj disappeared from his radar. That is, this aircraft flying in the air was struck by missiles fired from MIG-21s. According to a report from the first post, four MIG-21 aircraft of the 47th black archery clothes successfully destroyed a Pakistani Radar Station in Badin, Sindh, in a very difficult mission. Flight Lieutenant Summer Bikram Shah of 29th Scorpions is specially mentioned among those who have done the most damage to Pakistanians with MIG aircraft. Summer Bikram Shah, who flew MIG-21, protected a squadron of Indian HF-24 Marut from three Pakistani F-6 (MIG-19) cuts over the Uttaralai Air Force Station in Rajasthan. With a spectacular step, Shah fought face to face with an intercept of the Pakistani air force and killed him in the air with his 23 mm canon. Then he chased the remaining two and blew one of them with the K-13 missile. At the end of the war, Shah killed three MIG-21 aircraft. This included two F-6A and one F-104A stars. In the Kargil War 1999 Kargil War, India had a challenge to drive out the enemies occupied by snow -chopped hills. During this, MIG-21 participated in exploration and auxiliary activities. It attacked the shelters of the enemy under difficult Himalayan conditions with aircraft such as Mirage 2000, MIG-29 and Jaguar. After the Balakot attack, the golden moment of the MIG-21 battle came at the golden moment of MIG-21 when Pakistan tried to infiltrate the Indian air base in response to the Balakot attack in India in 2019. This Pakistani aircraft was challenged by group captain Abhinandan Vardhman, who blew Mig-21 Bison. He chased the Pakistani F-16 of Mig-21 Bison and killed the plane. At this time, however, his plane also crashed. The incident again proved the relevance of MIG-21s, although it was flown by an advanced Bison version. In his six decade-long flight, Mig-21 not only fought the enemies, but also maintained the Indian Air Force in the air. This has seen India’s military confidence, technological advances and the tireless courage of its pilots.