After six decades of service as the Indian Air Force's legendary workhorse, the Russian-origin MiG-21 fighter jet is set to be officially retired. A decommissioning ceremony will be held on Friday in Chandigarh, the very city where the iconic aircraft was first inducted into the IAF's combat fleet in the 1960s.

Dilbagh Singh, who became the IAF chief in 1981, had led the first MiG-21 Squadron in Chandigarh in 1963.

Air Chief Marshal AP Singh will fly the last sortie of the MiG-21 Bison aircraft on Friday.

The last of the MiG-21 jets, belonging to the 23rd Squadron, nicknamed "Panthers," will be given a farewell at the decommissioning ceremony at the Chandigarh Air Force station, where Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be the chief guest.

Upon landing, the six MiG-21 jets, belon

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