MIG-23 retires

The MiG-23 MF fighter aircrafts took to the skies one last time today as the Indian Air Force decided to phase out the fighter planes after a 24-year stint. Four of the five remaining MiG-23 MF fighters belonging to a squadron of the IAF made their last historic flights at the frontline Air Force Station in Jamnagar in India's western Gujarat state, heralding their transition into the annals of military aviation history. Air Chief Marshall S P Tyagi, Chief of the Indian Air Force said the IAF had to let go of the fighter planes as they were getting impossible to maintain.