 Sqn Ldr AY Tipnis was the Flight Commander of the newly converted Mig 21MF sqn (later Chief of Air Staff).Sqn Ldr SP Tyagi (later Chief of the Air Staff) was also with the Sqn in 1973.The Sqn was the first IAF Sqn to convert to the Mirage 2000, in a ceremonial parade on 29 June 1985.