MiG jets to be phased out by 2017
But with WHAT!!!!!!!!! That’s like replacing 23rds of ur airforce!
http://www.defenceindia.com/05-jul-2k4/news36.html
New Delhi, July 16, 2004 (IANS)
The Indian Air Force (IAF) would phase out its Russian-made MiG-series of jets between 2006 and 2017, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday.
“The IAF is in the process of phasing out the MiG-21, MiG-23 and MiG-25 fighter aircraft depending on the calendar life/total technical life of the aircraft,” he said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
“These aircraft will be phased out from service between 2006 and 2017.”
The jets would be disposed of according to laid down procedures when they were no longer airworthy, he said.
Mukherjee did not say when the IAF’s MiG-27s and MiG-29s would be phased out.
Over the past few years, the MiG-21s were involved in a series of crashes, killing both pilots and civilians on the ground.
The IAF has drawn up plans to phase out older versions of the MiG-21, which first entered service with the force in 1964, over the next few years. At the same time, it is upgrading 125 newer variants of the MiG-21 to keep them flying till the end of the decade.
The IAF is also inducting new aircraft like the Su-30s, 140 of which will be built under licence in the country.
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