DC Edit | Tragic loss of ace pilot
1 year, 10 months ago

DC Edit | Tragic loss of ace pilot

Deccan Chronicle  

The Indian Air Force lost a top combat pilot in what was termed routine operational flying training mission. Whether it was outright pilot error, as it may seem on the face of it in this case because amid-air collision caused the mishap, the issue is that the public will never know as to what causes IAF crashes. Mirage fighter jets, considered IAF’s ace flying machines before France’s more sophisticated Rafael jets may have come to join the force recently and which had also carried out the strikes on the Jaish camp, have an impressive service record built up for nearly 40 years now. It would also serve public interest if probe findings are made public so that people may know whose fault it was.

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India Today  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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India Today  

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India Today  

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