New Delhi: After 50 years of service, the phaseout of the MiG-21 will begin in 2017 as confirmed by Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne. It is expected to be replaced by the Light Combat Aircraft (LAC) Tejas.
IAF operates about 80 (four squadrons) of these Russian-origin planes in its fleet and due to the recurring problems in their engines, it had to ground all of them after a crash.
A few years ago, a study was conducted to check the problems in the engines of the aircraft and it was found that the R-29s engines have developed some defect which was very difficult to be corrected.
After the report, IAF took a considered decision about retiring these aircraft from operational service in a phased manner, the officials said. "The first to be phased out would be the two squadrons based in Kalaikunda and then by 2017, the remaining two deployed in Jodhpur would also be on their way out of the force," they said....
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07:59 AM, Mar 23, 2013
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12:33 PM, Mar 13, 2013
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05:20 PM, Mar 12, 2013
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10:25 PM, Feb 03, 2013
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12:37 PM, Feb 01, 2013
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01:38 PM, Dec 14, 2012
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11:42 AM, Dec 10, 2012
An Indian Air Force corporal committed suicide on Sunday by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in the barracks in Jodhpur air base in Rajasthan, police said. Corporal Rahul Singh, 24, committed suicide in Jodhpur, over 340 km from here, said a police official. ...
06:07 PM, Dec 09, 2012
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10:27 AM, Nov 28, 2012
