10 times the size of Pak's GDP & 5 times the size of their Military: Still using 60 Year old MIG 21's???

[MeraBharat_Mahan]

Su-30MKI also is having a lot of crashes. This is considered to be one of the best fighter planes in our arsenal...

 

On 30 April 2009 a Su-30MKI crashed in the Pokhran region of Rajasthan, at Rajmathai village, around 170 km from Jaisalmer, after departing Pune for a routine sortie, killing one of its two pilots.^[92]Defence minister A K Antony, announced that the likely cause of the crash was "failure of the fly-by-wire system". The fleet was grounded for around three weeks.^[16] However it was found that the crash was caused by the incorrect position of critical switches behind the pilots and outside their field of view. The aircraft crashed when a critical switch was toggled disabling the flight control system. Wing Commander PS Nara was killed in the mishap, while Wing Commander SV Munje was injured. Critical switches identified by investigators were inhibited.^[93]

On 30 November 2009 a Su-30MKI crashed in Jathegaon, about 40 km from Jaisalmer after a fire warning.^[16][94] Both aircrew ejected safely. As a result, the entire fleet of Su-30MKIs was grounded while the cause of the problem was investigated. It was attributed to accidental ingestion of a foreign material in the engine intake.^[95][96]

On 13 December 2011 a Su-30MKI crashed, with both the pilots ejecting safely. The aircraft had taken off from the Lohegaon Indian Air Force Base near Pune, crashing at Wade-Bholai village, 20 kilometres from Pune. Preliminary reports said that the crash was due to a malfunction in the fly-by-wire system. Wing Commander Gurkirat Singh Sohal, the pilot of the plane was conferred with the Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry).^[97]

O on 19 February 2013 a Su-30MKI crashed at the Pokhran range during the rehearsal of the Iron Fist Exercise. Just after completing a training mission, the aircraft's right wing exploded, both the pilots ejected safely with no damage to any property or life on ground. A Court of Inquiry was ordered to investigate the crash,^[98][99] and later, the WSO Wing Commander Gaurav Bikram Singh Chauhan was awarded the Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) for his act of exceptional courage.^[100]

On 14 October 2014, a Su-30MKI on a training mission crashed 20 km off Pune Lohegaon Air Force Station. Wing Commander Sidharth V Munje and his co-pilot Flying Officer Anup Kumar ejected safely.^[101][102] A court of inquiry has been ordered to investigate the accident.^[103] In early November 2014, a team of Russian experts came to India to evaluate the IAF Su-30 fleet, which was grounded after the crash.^[104] Findings indicated that the Su-30MKI ejected both of its operators without prior warning due to a fault in the ejection system. Before this incident, Indian Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha stated that the MKI fleet was experiencing "problems".^[105]

On 15 March 2017, a Su-30MKI crashed in Rajasthan's Barmer district, injuring three villagers. Both pilots ejected safely.^[106]

On 23 May 2017, a Su-30MKI crashed approximately 60 km from Tezpur's Salanbari Air Force Station; the two crew members were killed.^{[107][108][109]}

On 27 June 2018, a Su-30MKI crashed near Nashik, India, while doing pre-delivery trials before handing over to India Air Force. Both the test pilots safely ejected before the crash

[Nallamallatiger]

Old is gold kada bangaram...asale petrol diesel rates perigayi.. F 16 la ayte Inka seat ne old la 2 unnay ani still using