IAF MiG 27 crashes in Rajasthan, pilots safe

February 12, 2013 17:02

Shiv Aroor of Headlines Today tweets: An IAF MiG-27 crashes in Uttarlai in Rajasthan's Barmer District. Engine flame-out. Pilot ejects safely.

Two years after it grounded the MiG-27 fleet following a fatal crash, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to phase out the accident-prone fighters by 2016. At the same time, the non-upgraded version of MiG-21 fighter aircraft will also be phased out by March 2018.

The IAF hopes to induct a large number of the medium multi-role combat aircraft, which it will buy in the first phase and the indigenous light combat aircraft as the new platforms of choice.

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