Mig 21 Bison  

Defence minister Rajnath Singh received the first Rafale fighter jet in France while the nation observed Indian Air Force Day wherein Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman flew the MiG-21 Bison during a fly past. A drone that entered India from Pakistan’s side left the Border Security Force on high alert near Punjab. Watch top news in 100 seconds only on MyNation
 

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman flies the MiG-21 Bison on Air Force Day 2019. Indian Air Force (IAF) is celebrating 87th anniversary on Air Force Day 2019 at Hindon Air Base in Ghaziabad.
 

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The “irrefutable proof” by IAF consists of AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) radar images proving that the Pakistani aircraft was indeed shot down by Abhinandan’s MiG 21 Bison before his own aircraft went down in PoK area.

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The US defence department on Friday said it was 'not aware' of any investigation that was conducted after India's Balakot air strikes to ascertain if Pakistan had lost an F-16 in the aerial dogfight on February 27

The IAF, in February alone, lost eight officers in six aircraft crashes. Two of the aircraft lost were in combat — the MiG 21 Bison that Wing Commander Abhinandan was flying and the Mi-17 V5 that went down on February 27. The rest of the crashes have occurred during routine missions.

PM Modi said that when Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman shot down a Pakistani F-16, while flying a MiG-21 Bison, following India's Balakot air strikes, all political parties of the country should have spoken as one and hailed the achievement. However, the opposition kept harping on when Abhinandan would return.

Indian Air Force's official sources said that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman preferred to stay with his squadron in Srinagar than going to his family home in Chennai while on leave

MiG-21s have proved their mettle on several occasions, including the recent F-16 kill. However, what gives the MiG the nickname of ‘flying coffin’ is the high number of crashes involving the aircraft and its variants that has led India to lose some of its best pilots.

Top IAF sources confirmed that Varthaman had fired an R-73 missile to take out the F-16 aircraft, however, his jet was also hit by an AMRAAM missile
 

While speaking to reporters in Indore, Singh said, according to PTI, “I am not questioning the recent IAF action against Pakistan-based terrorist camps. But pictures of any incident in open space can be accessed through satellite technology. So we should also give evidence."