ISLAMABAD – Indian Air Force has lost at least 10 aircraft in 2019 tillSeptember 25, including the front line Su 30 MKI, Mirage 2000 and Jaguars, Indian media has revealed highlighting the professional incompetence ofthe Indian Pilots.
In the latest event, Indian Air Force MiG-21 Type 69 trainer aircraft ofthe Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed on Wednesday morning in Gwalior, MadhyaPradesh. Both the pilots, a Group Captain and a Squadron Leader, managedto eject safely.
A Court of Inquiry has been ordered by the IAF into the crash which tookplace during a routine training mission. The MiG-21 had taken off from theMaharajpur 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 DevelopmentEstablishment (TACDE) school, also known as the Top Gun school of the force.
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Almost three weeks ago on September 2, the Indian Air Force (IAF) Air ChiefMarshal BS Dhanoa along with Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman had flownanother MiG-21 Type 69 trainer in Pathankot, Punjab. This sortie was thelast one by ACM Dhanoa before his retirement on September 30, 2019.
