IAF lost 29 fighter planes in past 3 years,Antony says

[indian_foxhound]

NEW DELHI: In the last three
years, the Indian Air Force has
lost 29 fighter planes including
12 MiG-21s in crashes in which
six pilots lost their lives, the Lok
Sabha was informed on Monday. The aircraft lost in the crashes
were 12 MiG-21s, 8 MiG-27s, 4
Su-30MKis, 2 Jaguars, 2
Mirage-2000s and 1 MiG-29,
defence minister AK Antony said
in reply to a written question. "In these accidents, a total of six
pilots and six civilians have lost their lives. Apart from loss of lives, 39 civilian
properties were damaged. Compensation paid for
the loss of lives of pilots and for civilians who
were are killed or injured was Rs 60 lakh and Rs
40.4 lakh respectively," he said. Answering another query, the minister said the
IAF was short of 515 pilots but the available
strength was sufficient to meet its operational
requirements. "The strength of pilots as on 1st March, 2013 is
3410 against the sanctioned strength of 3925.
Based on the planned induction of new aircraft
and weapon systems in the 12th Plan, about 440
pilots are required to be inducted into the IAF per
annum," Antony said. Answering another query, the minister said
12,634 acres of defence land is under
encroachment and the CBI has registered cases
against retired Army officers for criminal
conspiracy in dealings related to defence land in
Pune and Mumbai. To a query on the DRDO, he said a total of 443
scientists have resigned form the premier
defence research agency during the last five
years.

http://www.timesofindia.com/india/I...years-AK-Antony-says/articleshow/18909017.cms

 

[Slayer786]

Feel sad for the families of the victims. It is time to ground the Flying coffins(Mig-21s). IAF has enough planes to defend its borders until they can get replacements for the Mig-21s.

Salute to the brave pilots who still dare to fly these coffins. Very Dabang of them.

Peace.

 

[axisofevil]

This is hat happens when you elect a clueless dnasty to politics for 50 yrs in India. All the shortcomings in India are directly related to this sham family. We never had a candidate of great caliber until Modi. Time to make a difference and elect him.

 

[black_jack]

This is hat happens when you elect a clueless dnasty to politics for 50 yrs in India. All the shortcomings in India are directly related to this sham family. We never had a candidate of great caliber until Modi. Time to make a difference and elect him.

It's not just naheru-gandhi family is responsible , many other agencies are also equally responsible like DRDO , HAL , NAL , IAF.

@ Article this report is not for 3 years but for 4 years , so average is about 7.5 fighter aircraft crashes per year.
Worst part is we lost 6 Pilots.

 

[Koovie]

This is hat happens when you elect a clueless dnasty to politics for 50 yrs in India. All the shortcomings in India are directly related to this sham family. We never had a candidate of great caliber until Modi. Time to make a difference and elect him.

Typical nonsensical BS NRI ranting and talking about "making a difference" while sitting in NYC

On topic: 20 of these planes were outdated Mig 21s and Mig 27s, so I dont feel too bad about their loss. However, the loss of valuable pilots is simply unacceptable.

 

[mehboobkz]

Migs should be sold to African countries to retrieve whatever India can retrieve.

 

[Black Widow]

It's not just naheru-gandhi family is responsible , many other agencies are also equally responsible like DRDO , HAL , NAL , IAF.

@ Article this report is not for 3 years but for 4 years , so average is about 7.5 fighter aircraft crashes per year.
Worst part is we lost 6 Pilots.

What DRDO HAL NAL will do if your corrupt politicians (and there touts) put sand in Arjuna tank engine (to make it fail) and immidietly order 1000+ T90 tank. The Family get there commission.

What these agencies will do when IAF (and there touts) reject LCA even if its better than MiG21 IAF is flying.

What these agencies will do if Politicians (and there gundas) reject Dhruva and buy overpriced AW101???

 

[INDIAISM]

That's what happens when you elect people who are more interested in filling their pockets then securing their mother land....

 

[axisofevil]

Typical nonsensical BS NRI ranting and talking about "making a difference" while sitting in NYC

On topic: 20 of these planes were outdated Mig 21s and Mig 27s, so I dont feel too bad about their loss. However, the loss of valuable pilots is simply unacceptable.

Oh shut up. You are just irritated whenever I point the flaws. Do something. What the fuk are you doing in India? NOTHING.


ON TOPIC: Any plane we loose is a loss for us. And what about the pilot's lives. Mig 21, MIg 27, etc are planes that we use in our fleet regardles how old or crap they are.

 

[Koovie]

Oh shut up. You are just irritated whenever I point the flaws. Do something. What the fuk are you doing in India? NOTHING.


ON TOPIC: Any plane we loose is a loss for us. And what about the pilot's lives. Mig 21, MIg 27, etc are planes that we use in our fleet regardles how old or crap they are.

At least I am not paying taxes to another country....

The nation lost its resources in educating you.

 

[axisofevil]

At least I am not paying taxes to another country....

The nation lost its resources in educating you.

BORN AND RAISED IN THE US Buddy. As for resources, the govt didn;t put up one cent to educate my parents for most of their education. Anywhere the gov't was involved, they were paid when tuition bulls were paid.

 

[janon]

This is hat happens when you elect a clueless dnasty to politics for 50 yrs in India. All the shortcomings in India are directly related to this sham family. We never had a candidate of great caliber until Modi. Time to make a difference and elect him.

If Modi was PM, none of the mig 21s would crash. They would all stay up in the air through sheer will power. If any mig 21 has an engine failure, Modi would personally rush to the spot and patriotically catch it in his arms, saving the lives of our pilots. Shame on India for not electing Modi for PM - that is all that is needed to solve everything wrong in the country, from corruption to lack of engineering expertise. If modi is elected, HAL would be producing 6th gen fighters that can fly circles around the F-22. Cochin shipyard would be churning out Ohio or Virginia class SSBNs with ease. USA and France would be begging India to sell them ultra high speed railcars and fifth gen nuclear power plants. IBM and Intel would be knocking on C-DAC's doors for cutting edge semiconducter technologies and quantum computers. Nobody would ever rape anybody ever again, and our cities would be safer than Singapore.

All the ills in the country are because we elected the wrong party. Pressing the right button on election day will magically solve every issue in the country. Simple solutions for simple minded people.

On topic: Keeping the mig 21s flying is the IAF's choice. It is not like the IAF has begged the defence ministry or Sonia Gandhi for newer planes, but been denied. To keep flying mig 21s and mig 27s when the LCA is available, not spending its resources wisely are all faults of the IAF. The elected govt or the congress party has no say in this, and neither would Modi or the BJP, if they were in power. Please understand how various institutions in the country work, and who is accountable to who, before going on a rant about your favorite political party or persona. Some issues are political - but most are not.

 

[Sergi]

6 pilots lost is the bad news

And about planes , 3rd MKI just skid on the runway and scratched Nose. It too counted as Lost ??? That's strange cause rest of the fighter was ok

 

[Ayush]

we should retire them as soon as we induct tejas, which will be.........????????????

 

[bigzgvr4]

I think tejas is being delayed because they want to achive supercruise mach 1.2 like the Gripen NG which uses the same american engine that the Tejas is using, Souce of GRipen NG supercruise is wikiepedia

thank you come again