New Delhi, July 29: The Indian Air Force has drawn up a timeline of three years to phase out the remaining four MiG-21 fighter squadrons with one of them likely to retire from service in September, people familiar with the development said on Friday.
The IAF also plans to start the phasing out of the three squadrons of MiG-29 fighter jets in the next five years, they said.
At the same time, they added that the plan to phase out the Soviet-origin aircraft fleet is part of the IAF’s modernisation drive and it not related to the accident of a MiG-21 in Rajasthan’s Barmer last night.
