Operation Vijay (1999) · May – July 1999Operation Blue Star · 1–8 June 1984Operation Vijay (1961) · 18–19 December 1961Operation Sindoor · 7–10 May 2025Operation Bandar · 26 February 2019Operation Polo · 13–18 September 1948Operation Meghdoot · 13 April 1984 — presentOperation Trident · 4–5 December 1971Operation Pawan · 1987 – 1990Operation Safed Sagar · 26 May – 26 July 1999Operation Python · 8–9 December 1971Operation Cactus · 3–4 November 1988Operation Ganga · February – March 2022Operation Parakram · December 2001 – October 2002Operation Sankalp · June 2019 — presentOperation Raahat · April 2015Operation Talwar · May – July 1999Operation Devi Shakti · August 2021Operation Kaveri · April – May 2023Operation Maitri · April – May 2015All 20 operationsIndian Army · Service Before SelfIndian Navy · May the Lord of the Oceans be Auspicious Unto UsIndian Air Force · Touch the Sky with Glory163 platforms catalogued63% built in India22 systems inducting or in development18 supplier countries
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Fighter and interceptor aircraftSoviet Union · 1963 — retired · Reserve
MiG-21 Bison
Supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft.
Overview
About the Bison
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.
Service record
Operations
Named operations this catalogue records MiG-21 Bison as having taken part in.
- 26 February 2019CombatOperation BandarThe first Indian airstrike beyond Kashmir into Pakistan proper since 1971.
- May – July 1999CombatOperation Vijay (1999)Retaking ridgelines above 16,000 feet, in the highest-altitude war ever fought.
- 26 May – 26 July 1999CombatOperation Safed SagarThe air component of Kargil, flown where aircraft barely fly.
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