Navy not to ground MiG-29K fighters

[WHF]

The Russian Air Force grounded all its MiG-29s following a crash in Siberia on 17 October 2008. Following a second crash with an MiG-29 in east Siberia in December 2008,Russian officials admitted that most MiG-29 fighters in the Russian Air Force were incapable of performing combat duties due to poor maintenance. The age of the aircraft was also an important factor as about 70% of the MiGs were considered to be too old to take to the skies.The Russian MiG-29s have not received updates since the collapse of the Soviet Union. This is because the Russian Air Force chose to upgrade the Su-27 and MiG-31 instead. On 4 February 2009, the Russian Air Force resumed flights with the MiG-29. However, in March 2009, 91 MiG-29s of the Russian Air Force required repair after inspections due to corrosion; approximately 100 MiGs were cleared to continue flying at the time. The Russian Air Force started an update of its early MiG-29s to the more current MiG-29SMT standard.

Source: in most cases unreliable wikipedia

Huzoor plz understand the difference btw Mig 29 Mig 29SMT and Mig 29K and then post on a thread related to Mig 29K

 

[sancho]

so thats it... no more Rafale naval version and no more F 35...

They are not meant for these carriers, but under evaluation for IAC 2, or 3

 

[T90TankGuy]

rip
Why dint they eject? The crash was in land or sea?

The Russian pilots were apparently taking the MiG-29K, which was a twin-seater trainer version of the fighter, through some high-speed intricate combat manoeuvres at a height much lower than what was needed and could not pull out of a dive in time.

mainly cuz they wear flying too close to the ground.. i doubt they had time the poor guys .RIP

 

[Ajaxpaul]

I wish we would buy rafale..and make our own rafale naval version with the knowledge gained by ToT given by the french.

 

[koushik]

Because they want to save pakistan tge trouble of killing indian pilots hahaha!!!

for an airforce which is one third the size of the IAF and IN and that too with majority made in china jets dreams. Just foolish.

 

[lynx]

for an airforce which is one third the size of the IAF and IN and that too with majority made in china jets dreams. Just foolish.

Bro you invited a s**tfest. Now they will come with the counterclaim of how 'superior' their pilots are.

 

[Mech]

for an airforce which is one third the size of the IAF and IN and that too with majority made in china jets dreams. Just foolish.

according to most sources, Pakistani pilots are extremely well trained in close combat. According to another source, paf defeated the royal airforce in a combat exercise.......and they were pretty miffed about it too.(british).

 

[koushik]

Bro you invited a s**tfest. Now they will come with the counterclaim of how 'superior' their pilots are.

ya got it.roger that

 

[IND151]

RIP to those Russian pilots

 

[rajusri]

RIP to the pilots. This was pilot error.