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India’s military strength is bolstered by a fleet of advanced fighter jets that provide a strategic edge over its neighboring country, Pakistan. These cutting-edge aircraft, equipped with state-of-the-art technology and unmatched agility, play a crucial role in maintaining air superiority in the region.
An Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter aircraft has crashed near Hanumangarh, Rajasthan during its routine morning sortie on May 8, 2023. The aircraft had taken off from the Suratgarh Air Force Station of the Sri Ganganagar District in Rajasthan.
The Indian Navy has recovered some debris of the MiG-29K aircraft that went missing in the Arabian Sea.
Search is underway for missing pilot Cdr Nishant Singh.
The Indian Navy said that the MiG-29K trainer aircraft sea was ditched on evening of November 26.
One pilot has been rescued search is on for second pilot.
Currently, the Russian Air Force flies Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29, MiG-35, MiG-31 and MiG-31K with the pilots using Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) built in Ukraine. Russia's Electroautomatics Experimental Design Bureau, which has already replaced Ukraine's SURA systems used by Sukhoi Su-27SM3, Su-30SM and Su-35S pilots with its HMD, will soon start supplying the same for the MiG pilots after the necessary modifications.
If depleting numbers in the fighter fleet of Indian Air Force (IAF) are a cause of concern, lack of procurement and delay in indigenous production are not the only reasons. India regularly loses aircraft in accidents and over the past five years, nearly one squadron has been lost to crashes.
Imran Khan said Islamabad will release captured IAF pilot tomorrow as 'peace gesture'. Watch full video to know more.
India began its search for new planes for the Indian air force in 2003 to replace its Soviet-era MiG fighters
Russian military aviation firm MiG on Sunday said it was not averse to joint development of MiG-29 K jets with Indian companies.
India's mainstream naval fighter jet plane MiG-29K faces operational deficiencies due to defects in engines, airframe and fly-by-wire system leading to very low availability, top government auditor has said even as it slammed the delay in construction of the indigenous aircraft carrier.
A MiG-27 fighter aircraft crashed adjacent to a house in an open area in Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
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