Thursday, March 19, 2009

Indian Air Force to get Israeli Phalcon radar in May

Il-76 PhalconIndia will acquire Israeli Phalcon radars for its Air Force in May to strengthen the country's air surveillance capabilities, a senior Indian government official said Thursday.

"India will get the first consignment of the three Israeli Phalcon Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) in two months, a year-and-a-half behind schedule.

The remaining two consignments will be delivered to India by 2010," said the official on condition of anonymity.

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous19/3/09 12:17

    So that makes it 9 Awacs right ?

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  2. Unknown19/3/09 12:45

    first consignment of the three Israeli Phalcon Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS)

    I make the number of Il-76 Phalcon AWACS aircraft three (3)

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