Caption

This beautiful and immaculate lone Chetak (Aérospatiale Alouette III) from INAS 321 "Angels" based at INS Shikra located barely 2 minutes flying time from here at the southernmost tip of Mumbai sits at the base of INS Viraat's ski-jump, lit-up on the occasion of the ship's retirement. The 'Grand Old Lady' which has been the flagship of our incredible Navy retired today as The Oldest aircraft carrier in service in the world.