First inducted in 1963, will be retired after 62 years of service with the indigenously developed Tejas aircraft replacing it in all the current squardrons. The squardrons operating the MiG 21 plane are currently in Rajasthan's Nal Airforce base.
Actor Veer Pahariya, set to make his Bollywood debut in the upcoming war film 'Sky Force', recently met the family of Squadron Leader Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya, the Mahavir Chakra recipient who inspired his character.