mithyaa
MPA (400+ posts)
Re: Zaid Hamid: The Mujahid Nation waits for...The only one who can save us now !
MiG 21 played a big role in the 1971 war. So much so that 120 Iraqi pilots came to India to train for MiG 21 pilot training.
Dude ...your comebacks are lame...wirh all these years in partnership with Israel and Russia ...you've not gained anything ??... Where do you want me to start ??
INdian airforce ...500 crashes ...flying coffins ?? ...what have you achieved ??
Flying coffins: Half of MiGs are lost in deadly crashes
By GAUTAM DATT
PUBLISHED: 20:56 GMT, 2 May 2012 | UPDATED: 01:00 GMT, 3 May 2012
The tendency of MiG aircraft to come crashing down - right from the time it became the backbone of the Indian Air Force over four decades ago - earned the fighter jet epithets such as 'flying coffin' and 'widow-maker'.
On Wednesday, figures divulged by defence minister A.K. Antony in Parliament reinforced in numerical terms how the ageing Soviet-era fleet had shockingly been on a wing and a prayer for such a long period but still not grounded.
The Rajya Sabha was informed that over the last 40 years, India had lost more than half of its MiG combat fleet of 872 aircraft. The minister disclosed that '482 MiG aircraft accidents took place till April 19, 2012'. Antony also revealed that these crashes led to the loss of precious lives of 171 pilots, 39 civilians and eight persons from other services.
MiG 21 played a big role in the 1971 war. So much so that 120 Iraqi pilots came to India to train for MiG 21 pilot training.