Aircraft
MiG-27 Bows Out of IAF Service
India was almost certainly the last user of the MiG-27 ground-attack derivative of the MiG-23 “Flogger” fighter.
A MiG-27 Bahadur fires its GSh-6-30 rotary cannon in a low-angle dive strafing run. (Photo: Indian Air Force)
A MiG-27 Bahadur fires its GSh-6-30 rotary cannon in a low-angle dive strafing run. (Photo: Indian Air Force)

The Indian Air Force has retired its last squadron of Mikoyan MiG-27s. The aircraft was formally decommissioned in a ceremony held at Air Force Station Jodhpur in Rajasthan, northwestern India on December 27, 2019. The last unit operating the type was No. 29 Squadron “Scorpios,” commanded by Group Captain KU Rao, which still had seven aircraft on charge on that day, five of which took part in a flypast.