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Goodbye MiG-27 & a look at all the dangerous obsolescence IAF, Navy & Army carry in their inventory

One less aircraft type, one less maintenance headache.
 
It did make headlines for all the wrong reasons.

In a Freak Accident, MiG-27 Fighter Jet Falls on Biker in Rajasthan


Barmer, Rajasthan: A MiG-27 fighter jet crashed in Rajasthan's Barmer today and a part of it fell on a passing motorcycle, injuring the young man who was riding it.

26-year-old Loon Singh was on his way to a village to distribute invitations to his own wedding when the jet crashed a little after 3 pm. He miraculously suffered minor burns and a fractured hand, but his bike was completely burnt.

The Indian Air Force says the pilot ejected safely before the crash at a village four km from Barmer.

Interesting ways in which Nature gives hints to a man not to ruin his life - second chances. If the man is intelligent, he will pay heed and cancel the wedding.
 
Huh Pak army shoot it down with ak-47 in Kargil:rofl:

A stinger missile by Pakistan Army.

no, it was shot down with Anza manpad. ab itna bhi absolete nahi tha...:lol:

No Mig-27 don't have infrared jamer maybe it have flare system but for the Manpad like ANZA with all aspect infrared homing capability, Mig-27 had no Chance

Even Air Commodore Kaiser Tufail(rtd.) who was the Director of Operations of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) during the Kargil conflict accepted that MIG-27 crashed due to engine problems caused by gun gas ingestion:

After two IAF fighters and a helicopter were lost a MiG-21M and a Mi-17 to Pak Army surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), while a MiG-27 went down due to engine trouble caused by gun gas ingestion during high altitude strafing. (Incidentally, the pilot of the MiG-27 Flt Lt Nachiketa, who ejected and was apprehended, had a tête-à-tête with this author during an interesting interrogation session.)

Aeronaut: Kargil Conflict and Pakistan Air Force
 

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