In a post on Facebook, Kavita demanded the grounding of the aging British-French supersonic jet attack aircraft, which found its way to the IAF in 1979.
Indian Air Force has grounded MIG-21 jet fighters after the recent MIG crash. In that crash three people were killed…
The pilot of the aircraft, however, was able to eject and land on the ground safely with minor injuries.
As per the information, the IAF plane came crashing down near Matasar Bhoortiya village, leaving the impact spot and the area around it devastated.
To avenge the Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India conducted an aerial strike at a terror training centre in Balakot of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on February 26 last year (2019).
The ACM took three sorties in the Soviet-era fighter jet, which was recently in the news due to the heroism of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.
He held a number of coveted appointments which include command of MiG-21 Squadron, command o* a Fighter Station in South-Western Sector, command of a helicopter base in DR Congo as part of UN Peace Keeping Mission, Chief Operations Officer of a premier flying base, Principal Director Air Defence at Air HQ, Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Inspection) at Air HQ and Air Defence Commander HQ SAC.
Grp Captain Karan Hajela IAF said, “A make in India testimony, LCA-Tejas is with us here at LIMA, 19. I am sure the aircraft would make heads turn and will make us feel proud.”
The IAF sources said that a medical review board in the near future will assess the medical fitness of Abhinandan and decide on when he can resume his operations as a fighter pilot.
A court of inquiry will investigate the cause of the accident.
