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  Veteran IAF pilots relive 1971 photo, image goes viral

  India | April 30, 2019 18:18 IST

  ​Months ahead of the India-Pakistan war broke out in 1971, it was just another day at work for the five young pilots at IAF's 22 squadron in Kalaikunda as they moved around camouflaged nets and concrete blast pens in their black overalls and bikes, preserving themselves for the action.  

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  Why are MiGs flying coffins for IAF pilots?

  India | August 02, 2013 9:21 IST

  New Delhi: The crash of a MiG-21 Bison and the death of a pilot near Uttarlai air base in Barmer, Rajsthan, on Monday, is yet another  mishap in the troubled history of an aircraft that