The Bison participated in the Indo-Pakistan wars of 1965 and 1971, the 1999 Kargil conflict, and the 2019 Balakot air strikes, but around 400 were written off, resulting in the deaths of over 200 pilots and more than 60 civilians, earning it grim nicknames such as the ‘Flying Coffin’ and ‘Widow Maker’.
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