NEW DELHI, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The Indian Air Force (IAF) Friday decided to conduct tests on MiG-29 combat aircraft, barely a month after Russia grounded its own fleet of the fighter planes due to structural defects.
"The IAF will conduct ultra sound examination of certain components of the MiG-29 at ...
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MOSCOW — A large part of the Russian Air Force fleet has been found unsafe during inspections made after a MiG-29 plane lost part of its tail on a training flight, the Air Force said Friday.
The Air Force grounded the entire MiG-29 fleet after the Dec. 5 crash in southern Siberia, ...
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Many of the Russian MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter planes grounded after last December's crash have shown signs of metal corrosion, a military official said on Friday.
Since the MiG-29 crash in East Siberia last December, in which the pilot died, a Defense Ministry commission has inspected around 200 aircraft, clearing more than ...
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KOLKATA: Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Fali Homi Major, assured that the MiG-29 aircraft used by the IAF were safe, amidst media reports that Russia had grounded a large number of its MiG-29 fleet because of structural defects.
"I have read the report. But you must understand that MiG-29s are ...
