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NEW DELHI: Amid fresh crashes involving its antique Russian struggle airplane fleet, the Indian Air Power (iaf) is now going to retire yet one more squadron of the MiG-21 Bison airplane by means of September 30.
On Thursday night time, a MiG-21 Sort 69 Teacher airplane crashed in Barmer, Rajasthan killing each the pilots together with a young person Flight Lieutenant A Bal and Wing Commander Rana.
“The 51 Squadron primarily based out of Srinagar air base is being quantity plated on September 30. After this, handiest 3 squadrons of the planes could be left in provider and could be phased out by means of the yr 2025,” resources within the IAF informed ANI.
Now annually, one squadron every of those planes could be number-plated, they stated.
The 51 squadron is known for thwarting Pakistan’s aerial assault on India on February 27, 2019, and getting rid of an F-16 in an airplane flown by means of Wing Commander (now Team Captain) Abhinandan Varthaman.
That is the one example when a MiG-21 airplane introduced down an F-16 in air-to-air struggle, the resources stated.
The IAF has been changing the MiG-21 fighter jets with extra succesful airplane just like the Su-30 and the indigenous Mild Struggle Plane (LCA).
Within the final 20 months, 6 MiG-21s were misplaced in crashes wherein 5 pilots have misplaced their lives.
The MiG-21s had been meant to be retired a very long time in the past however delays in induction of the LCA Tejas airplane have compelled the IAF to proceed flying those planes.
The IAF carries out in depth tests on those planes earlier than flying and all protection facets are looked after earlier than the pilot takes to the air, the officers stated.
The number-plated squadron could be reactivated quickly with a extra succesful airplane within the close to long run, the officers stated.
(With company inputs)
NEW DELHI: Amid fresh crashes involving its antique Russian struggle airplane fleet, the Indian Air Power (iaf) is now going to retire yet one more squadron of the MiG-21 Bison airplane by means of September 30.
On Thursday night time, a MiG-21 Sort 69 Teacher airplane crashed in Barmer, Rajasthan killing each the pilots together with a young person Flight Lieutenant A Bal and Wing Commander Rana.
“The 51 Squadron primarily based out of Srinagar air base is being quantity plated on September 30. After this, handiest 3 squadrons of the planes could be left in provider and could be phased out by means of the yr 2025,” resources within the IAF informed ANI.
Now annually, one squadron every of those planes could be number-plated, they stated.
The 51 squadron is known for thwarting Pakistan’s aerial assault on India on February 27, 2019, and getting rid of an F-16 in an airplane flown by means of Wing Commander (now Team Captain) Abhinandan Varthaman.
That is the one example when a MiG-21 airplane introduced down an F-16 in air-to-air struggle, the resources stated.
The IAF has been changing the MiG-21 fighter jets with extra succesful airplane just like the Su-30 and the indigenous Mild Struggle Plane (LCA).
Within the final 20 months, 6 MiG-21s were misplaced in crashes wherein 5 pilots have misplaced their lives.
The MiG-21s had been meant to be retired a very long time in the past however delays in induction of the LCA Tejas airplane have compelled the IAF to proceed flying those planes.
The IAF carries out in depth tests on those planes earlier than flying and all protection facets are looked after earlier than the pilot takes to the air, the officers stated.
The number-plated squadron could be reactivated quickly with a extra succesful airplane within the close to long run, the officers stated.
(With company inputs)
