No.20 Squadron was raised with 10 Su-30MKIs with more expected to join the unit soon. Seen here are eight Flankers on the tarmac, the ninth was in the hangar and the tenth was in the air.
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Technicians of No.20 service the radar of an MKI at Lohegaon
SB-006 (top picture) and SB-008 (bottom picture) with an almost-completed paint job of the national tricolour for the annual Republic Day fly past. Barely visible on top of the fuselages are the Dharma Chakra (Wheel of Law). This later became the inspiration for Yevgeny Frolov's incredible minimal diameter loop, now firmly established in the aerobatic repertoire of this large fighter.