IAF Pilots Professionalism: Indian Air Force lost 10 fighter jets in nine months of year 2019 so far
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ISLAMABAD - Indian Air Force has lost at least 10 aircraft in 2019 till September 25, including the front line Su 30 MKI, Mirage 2000 and Jaguars, Indian media has revealed highlighting the professional incompetence of the Indian Pilots.
In the latest event, Indian Air Force MiG-21 Type 69 trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed on Wednesday morning in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Both the pilots, a Group Captain and a Squadron Leader, managed to eject safely.
A Court of Inquiry has been ordered by the IAF into the crash which took place during a routine training mission. The MiG-21 had taken off from the Maharajpur Air Force Station in Gwalior and crashed at around 10 am.
The crashed MiG-21 was a part of the IAF Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment (TACDE) school, also known as the Top Gun school of the force.
Almost three weeks ago on September 2, the Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa along with Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman had flown another MiG-21 Type 69 trainer in Pathankot, Punjab. This sortie was the last one by ACM Dhanoa before his retirement on September 30, 2019.
