Mig 29 Indian Air Force

The indian air force iaf has three squadrons of mig 29 fighter jets in operation two of them at the adampur air force station.

Mig 29 indian air force. On 4 february 2009 the russian air force resumed flights with the mig 29. Thales will upgrade the mig 29 fighter with iff1 combined interrogator transponder cit and cryptographic national secure mode nsm. Air marshal harish masand is a decorated veteran of the 1971 war and a pioneer of the mig 29 in the indian air force. We spoke to him about flying the formidable mig 29.

However in march 2009 91 mig 29s of the russian air force required repair after inspections due to corrosion. Russian aircraft corporation rsk mig selected thales in april 2010 to upgrade the mig 29 fighter deployed by the indian air force as part of a 900m retrofit project. The russian mig 29s have not received updates since the collapse of the soviet union. The strategically important adampur air force station which is around 100 kms from pakistan and 250 km away from china borders is now equipped with upgraded mig 29.

Indian air force plans to buy 33 mig 29 sukhoi 30 fighter jets a proposal in this regard by the iaf is likely to be taken up before a high level meeting of the defence ministry in the next few weeks government sources told ani. India has agreed to examine if 12 mig 29n operated by malaysian air force can be upgraded and entered back into service with indian air force or can be brought back to be used as spares but relatively newer mig 29s then its own fleet gives high hopes that iaf may agree to upgrade them to latest upg version before inducting them. Approximately 100 migs were cleared to continue flying at the time. One squadron comprises 16 18 aircraft.

Indian air force pilots test fly mig 35 at russian air show an indian air force iaf delegation had visited russia for the international aviation and space salon maks 2019 air show that was held.