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INDIA Lost 264 aircraft from 2000 to 2015
Shocking statics have revealed that India lost 264 Military Aircraft from 2000 to 2015.
Indian Air Force was founded on 8 October 1932. According to Bharat rakshak IAF Aircraft Accidents Database
In last 86 years IAF has lost a total of 1707 Aircraft during combat and crashed incidents
Here is the Breakdown of IAF Aircraft Accidents per year
Two years ago, India’s then defense minister told parliament that more than half the 872 MiGs it had purchased from Russia had been lost in accidents, at a cost of over 200 lives.
According to figures released by the Ministry of Defence in March 2013, the IAF was losing the equivalent of one fighter squadron (approximately 18 fighters) in accidents every two years
Here is the breakdown of 264 aircraft India lost from 2000 to 2015
PLAAF has nearly 2,000 planes (Most of PLAAF jet are also Russian jets), but PLAAF has very low crash accident rate.
Why the Indian Air Force has a high crash rate?
Reasons for these crash are
https://fighterjetsworld.com/2018/07/04/india-lost-264-aircraft-from-2000-to-2015/
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Shocking statics have revealed that India lost 264 Military Aircraft from 2000 to 2015.
Indian Air Force was founded on 8 October 1932. According to Bharat rakshak IAF Aircraft Accidents Database
In last 86 years IAF has lost a total of 1707 Aircraft during combat and crashed incidents
Here is the Breakdown of IAF Aircraft Accidents per year
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Two years ago, India’s then defense minister told parliament that more than half the 872 MiGs it had purchased from Russia had been lost in accidents, at a cost of over 200 lives.
According to figures released by the Ministry of Defence in March 2013, the IAF was losing the equivalent of one fighter squadron (approximately 18 fighters) in accidents every two years
Here is the breakdown of 264 aircraft India lost from 2000 to 2015
- 67 MiG-21s
- 7 Su-30s
- 22 MiG-27s
- 4 An-32s
- 1 TS-11
- 12 MiG-23s
- 24 Sa-315s
- 1 Do-228
- 14 HJT-16s
- 7 HPT-32s
- 18 Mil Mi-8s and Mil Mi 17s
- 2 HJT-36s
- 14 Chetaks
- 1 C-130
- 3 Ka-28s
- 2 Mi-35s
- 9 Sea Harriers
- 1 Mil Mi-26
- 19 Jaguars
- 1 Nal Saras
- 11 MiG-29s
- 3 BaE Hawk 132s
- 1 MiG-25
- 1 BN-2 Islander
- 2 Il-38s
- 1 Canberra PR57
- 10 HAL Dhruv
- 6 Mirage 2000s
PLAAF has nearly 2,000 planes (Most of PLAAF jet are also Russian jets), but PLAAF has very low crash accident rate.
Why the Indian Air Force has a high crash rate?
Reasons for these crash are
- human errors (Shoddy maintenance)
- Outdated spares
- Obsolete air-frames
- System Malfunctions.
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https://fighterjetsworld.com/2018/07/04/india-lost-264-aircraft-from-2000-to-2015/