1960s–70s: Ongoing Catch-Up and Indigenous Assembly

As the Soviet era MiG-21 takes last flight, ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta recounts the 62-year journey of the IAF mainstay of six decades. #CutTheClutter episode 1736 also looks at the IAF’s chequered record of warplane acquisitions.----more----Read Anchit Gupta's article here: https://theprint.in/author/anchit-gupta/----more----Watch Walk The Talk with Shekhar Gupta here: https://www.ndtv.com/video/walk-the-talk-the-men-who-fly-migs-aired-september-2003-288477----more----Read Shekhar Gupta's India Today article here: https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19940515-exporting-terror-755620-1994-05-14