1966 - Joined NDA as an Air Force cadet<br /><br />1970 - Joined the Indian Air Force as a pilot<br /><br />1971 – Flew 21 combat missions in a MiG-21 in the Bangladesh war<br /><br />1984- Flew on board Soyuz T-11 with two Soviet cosmonauts, to the space station Salyut 7
