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| Indian Air Force bids an emotional farewell to MiG25s |
| 2006-05-02 |
"When you fly at those altitudes there's a sudden change in environment. Now, you see the sky as blue, when you go to those heights the sky is dark. You can see the stars during the day-light, you can see the curvature of the earth. Then you suddenly feel you don't belong to this earth, you don't want to come down to land. You want to stay there. There's a distinct feeling of aloofness that you don't belong to this earth," said Air Vice Marshal J.S.Grewal (Retd), one of the pilots of the pioneering batch, which trained in the then Soviet Union.  A MIG-25 taxies at the Bareilly Air Force Station after its last ceremonial flight on the completion of the plane's total life of 25 years, in Bareilly, India, Monday, May 1, 2006. The aircraft's role in the Indian Air Force was that of Strategic Reconnaissance and as a long-range high-level interceptor. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)  |
| Posted by:john |
| #6 Read last month that the USAF wants to convert its fleet, or most of its fleet, of air superiority F15C's? to dedicated LR land-attack bomber roles, and while the Navy had just retired its last F14 - is this still true??? Maybe its why the USN didn't go through wid its "Bombcat" or fighter-bomber "BattleCat" proposed versions of the F14 - the USAF's gonna handle it??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-05-02 23:17 |
| #5 An F-14 would look spiffy on my lawn. |
| Posted by: jim#6 2006-05-02 20:57 |
#4   MiG-29 mounted on pole at Indian Air Force Maintenance Command HQ |
| Posted by: john 2006-05-02 20:47 |
| #3 Given away to museums. A few private boys schools, whose alumni includes high ranking IAF officers, have requested planes for their playgrounds. There is precedent for this...  TS-11 Iskra [W-1778] pole mounted on a special platform at St George's College in Dehradun. HAL Gnat II IE-1241 Doon School , Dehradun NA T6G Harvard FT 105 Doon School. Hawker Hunter BA 357 Rashtriya Indian Military College. Hawker Hunter T 66 S 580 St Joseph Academy, Dehradun TS-11 Iskra W-1778 St Georges College, Dehradun Sukhoi - 7 B-909 Army Public School, Delhi Hawker Hunter F 56 BA-241 Modern School, Delhi |
| Posted by: john 2006-05-02 20:34 |
| #2 Wonder who they'll sell the relics to? |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-05-02 20:09 |
| #1 No more sonic booms over Islamabad... |
| Posted by: john 2006-05-02 19:57 |