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Farewell for MiG-23 BN aircraft

March 7, 2009
After serving the Air Force for nearly three decades, single-engine strike aircraft MiG-23 BN was given a farewell at a formal 'phasing-out' ceremony at the Halwara airbase in Punjab on Friday.

A befitting farewell in the form of a 'phasing out ceremony' was presided over by Chief of Air Staff Fali H Major. Air Force Station at Halwara had been the home to the Valiants Squadron ever since MiG-23 BN were inducted in February 1982.

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