Unveiling ambitious expansion plans, the Indian Air Force said on Friday it will complete 75 percent of its modernisation in another decade and raise four more squadrons of Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighters in the near future.
Seventy-five percent of the IAF will be highly modernised by 2022, the IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne, told reporters here at the customary press conference ahead of the 8 Oct Air Force Day parade. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the IAF.
He said the acquisition process of 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft [MMRCA] was on track and would be finalised by the 31 March, 2013 end of the current fiscal. Browne said said 270 Su-30 aircraft would be acquired for 13 to 14 squadrons to be eventually raised.
Seventy-five percent of the IAF will be highly modernised by 2022, the IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne, told reporters here at the customary press conference ahead of the 8 Oct Air Force Day parade. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the IAF.
He said the acquisition process of 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft [MMRCA] was on track and would be finalised by the 31 March, 2013 end of the current fiscal. Browne said said 270 Su-30 aircraft would be acquired for 13 to 14 squadrons to be eventually raised.