MiG-21 BIS : Single engine, single seater multirole fighter/ground attack aircraft of Russian origin which forms the back-bone of the IAF. It has a max speed of 2230 km/hr (Mach 2.1%29 and carries one 23mm twin barrel cannon with four R-60 close combat missiles.
Air Marshal VK Bhatia PVSM. AVSM, VrC & Bar was the first Indian who dared a tandem skydiving jump in India at the age of 56 yrs.
This daring feat was performed on 17 Sep 1999 at Agra airfield from an An-32 aircraft.
