Sumit Mukherji: Fishbed, Flogger, Foxbat, Fulcrum
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In this episode, we interview Air Marshal Sumit Mukherji, who is perhaps one of the few officers to have commanded and actively flown every type of MiG in the Indian Air Force's inventory - MiG-21, 23, 25, 27 and 29. In this interview, among other things, he talks about force landing a Kiran with a seized engine, flying the MiG-25 Foxbat, and commanding a MiG-29 Fulcrum squadron.  Air Marshal Mukherji's profile can be found here: http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/12925 His excellent Hush-Kit article on the Foxbat is here: https://hushkit.net/2018/12/12/loneliness-at-mach-3-interview-with-a-mig-25-foxbat-pilot/
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