MiG-21’s last few flights at Nal AFS blend with Bollywood’s ‘Love and War’ shoot

BIKANER: (Aug 26) Vanity vans lined up on the tarmac and film crew with cameras waited for that perfect frame to capture MiG-21 jets roaring across the skies of Bikaner Nal Air Force Station for the shooting of upcoming Bollywood movie “Love And War”. The moment marked the jet’s last operational flight ahead of its retirement next month.

The airbase doubled up as a set for the Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed film where the MiG-21 will play a decisive role. “Love And War” stars Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal. The plot details of the movie are still under wraps but there are reports that it’s a love triangle set against the backdrop of war.

Once described as a “rocket with wings”, the Indian Air Force’s MiG-21 fighter jets made their last operational flights at the Nal Air Force Station in Bikaner on August 18 and 19, a month ahead of the formal retirement ceremony to be held in Chandigarh on September 26.

Source: PTI News

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