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Saturday, October 04, 2008

World will see ‘capable’ IAF in 7-10 yrs

Air Force Chief Fali Homi Major on Friday said that the world will see a very “capable and different” Air Force in the “next 7 to 10 years”.

During the annual Air Force Day parade media interaction, the Air Force chief on Friday said plans to acquire 126 multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA) was “on track” with technical evaluation of the bids submitted by the six top fighter aircraft manufacturers expected to be completed by this year end and the flight evaluation of the selected lot of aircraft early next year.

He said that Su-30 MKI’s were the most potent aircraft in the IAF, adding that a total of 230 of the platforms would join the fleet by 2014 with HAL trying to speed up licensed production of the Russian fighter.

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  1. Kumar4/10/08 12:47

    The IAF is actually lagging behind its neighbours in the acquisition of new and advanced platforms. It is high time the IAF increased the pace for acquring new weapons systems. Particularly so because the political and security environment in the region is quite delicate.

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