INDIA’S MIG-21 RETIREMET: PAKISTAN’S STRATEGIC EDGE IN REGIONAL AIRPOWER
(By Khalid Masood) On 19 September 2025, the Indian Air Force (IAF) will ceremonially decommission its obsolete MiG-21 fighter jets at Chandigarh airbase, ending a 62-year saga of the so-called “Flying Coffins.” Once India’s pride, these Soviet relics, plagued by over 400 crashes, expose New Delhi’s chronic failure to modernise its air force. For Pakistan,…