Dwindling jet power worries IAF Chief

Indian Air Force Chief Arup Raha today warned that older aircraft were on their last leg and with new acquisitions running behind schedule, the IAF’s fighting capability might be blunted.

The existing Soviet-era fighter jets of the IAF are scheduled to be phased out over the next eight years.

The IAF presently has 34 fighter jet squadrons (16-18 planes in each) against the need of 45 squadrons to tackle a simultaneous two-front war scenario with China and Pakistan.

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