New Delhi, Feb. 29 -- One of the pleasures of retirement is being able to sit back and relax in a comfortable chair, close ones eyes and let the mind drift back into the past. I was doing just that when my mind went back to a day in early February 1957.
I was, at that time, posted as a supernumerary at the Armament Training Wing, Jamnagar. A young Pilot Officer in the Technical branch of the Indian Air Force, the lowest form of human life, as I was repeatedly reminded. But I was on cloud nine and had stars in my eyes. I had just received my posting orders to a new fighter squadron that was being formed, 27 Squadron. It had always been my dream to be the Engineer Officer (EO) of a fighter squadron and I was on top of the world. Packing my p...