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MiG-27 flies into sun set over Jodhpur
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- MiG-27 flew for the last time from the Jodhpur air base after 34 years of service in the Indian Air Force.
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- Commissioned in 1985: Commissioned into the Indian Air Force in 1985, the MiG-27 remained an integral part of the Indian Air Force's combat strength.
- Nicknamed Bahadur: It was due to the jet's heroics during the Kargil war that the aircraft earned the nickname "bahadur" from Air Force pilots.
- More about MiG-27
(1) The Mikoyan MiG-27 is a variable-geometry ground-attack aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union and later licence-produced in India by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
(2) Upgraded in 2004: The MiG-27's completed a two-year long avionics upgrade in 2004 conducted by a Bangalore-based unit of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and carried out onsite at HAL's Nasik facility.
Source
The Hindu