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India Retires Mig-21 Fighters after Six Decades as Air Force Stretches to Improve Fleet

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The Associated Press

10:33 JST, September 27, 2025

NEW DELHI (AP) — India retired its last fleet of Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter jets Friday, ending more than six decades of service with an aircraft once celebrated for its combat prowess but later derided as a “flying coffin” due to frequent crashes.

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