Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman flies MiG-21 sortie with Indian Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa
5 years, 4 months ago

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman flies MiG-21 sortie with Indian Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa

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In a historic event, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa and Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who had piloted a MiG-21 Bison retaliating Pakistan Air Force’s attempt to attack India after India’s airstrike at a terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot in February, flew a sortie together in a two-seater version of the Russian-origin MiG-21. According to the reports, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman flew a joint sortie with Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa in MiG-21 fighter. #WATCH IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa flew a sortie with Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman at Air Force Station Pathankot today in a MiG-21 trainer. It’s an honour for me to do my last sortie in IAF, in a fighter aircraft, with his son.” Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa commanded a squadron of frontline ground attack fighters and flew MiG-21 during the Kargil war in 1999.

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