Defense News: 20 Navy MiG-29s moved to Ladakh
New Delhi: The Navy’s MiG-29K maritime fighter jets are being deployed at airbases in the northern sector to beef up the Air Force’s strength following the heightened tensions with China at the Line of Actual Control. The MiG-29Ks can be used for combat air patrols in the Ladakh sector. The Indian Navy has around 40 MiG-29K fighters, only half of which are deployed on aircraft-carrier INS Vikramaditya. The MiG-29K jets were procured by the Navy along with the aircraft-carrier over a decade ago. Navy’s MiG-29K maritime fighter jets are b…
Snooping Aircraft celebrates 25yrs service with Indian Navy
The Tu-142M maritime snooping aircraft, which on several occasions picked up Chinese and Pakistani submarines operating close to Indian waters, today celebrated 25 years of service with the Indian Navy. Set to be replaced by the American-origin P-8I anti-submarine warfare aircraft, the Russian origin Tupolev142M has done 28,000 hours of accident-free flying with the INAS 312 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron of the Eastern Naval Command based at Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu. The squadron is also inducting the Boeing P-8I and two of these …
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