IAF to replace Avro aircraft soon

November 25, 2012 15:13

The Indian Air Force will soon be phasing out the old Avro aircraft and have sought a request for proposal, a senior IAF official said today.

The Avro aircraft will be replaced with modern ones. A request for proposal as been sought by the authorities, Air Marshal Jagdish Chandra, Air Officer in-Commanding in-Chief of IAF Maintenance Command, told reporters on the sidelines of an air show at Sonegaon Airbase today.

Similarly, the Sukhoi-30 aircraft, which is overhauled by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited exclusively, will be joined by the IAF's Base Repair Depot, Nashik in the work, the air marshal said.

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