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Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Indian Navy to induct MiG-29 Ks by Oct

MiG-29KThe first four ship-borne Russian-made Mig-29 K/KUB fighter jets, purchased for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, will be inducted in the Indian Navy by October, officials here said.

Pilot training for the squadron, to be named Black Panther, were completed in the US and Russia, said a senior Indian Navy official.

The jets were purchased by the Indian Navy as part of the $740 million contract signed in January 2004 for Admiral Gorshkov, to be commissioned as INS Vikramaditya in the navy.

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