A day in life of a Soldier. | Surendra Singh Tyagi. | TEDxGCET

A dauntless soul whose only motto engraved in his life was to serve the nation against all odds. Surendra Singh Tyagi,who flew MiG 21,MiG 23, 27 & 29, Jaguar,Vampires, Mirage 2000, Chetak, MI 18 and Canberra Bomber and survived to tell his hair-raising tales. Adding laurels to his glorious career he has has been felicitated and honored by The Prime Minister P.V. Narsimha Rao in 1993. The chief minister,chief of air staff and also has been awarded The Vayu Sena Medal. From the tales of Camaraderieship to the time when he had a near death experience, he takes us through his journey of life. "I have cheated death for 4000 hours" Retired Air commodore, wing Commander and Vayu Sena medal awardee "When in cockpit, I feel like meditating" A dauntless soul whose only motto engraved in his life was to serve the nation against all odds. Surendra Singh Tyagi,who flewed MiG 21,MiG 23, 27 & 29, Jaguar,Vampires, Mirage 2000, Chetak, MI 18 and Canberra Bomber and survived to tell his hair-raising tales. Joined Air Force in 1963 and an air commodore of 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan operated MiG 21. Confuting the myth of MIG- 21 as a flying coffin,he has the highest ops mission on MiG21 in the world with 6316 flies and 4000 hours out of 8000 total flight hours. He has long, illustrious and decorated career spanning over 33 years as an Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot. During this period he has been appointed as Air force examiner, Principal Director Dte of spac, Dte of Ops and has commanded Flight Squadron 32 and 35. Has been deputed in Russia ,Iraq and USA. Tyagi’s achievement was ackno This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx