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2006-05-02 India-Pakistan
Indian Air Force bids an emotional farewell to MiG25s
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Posted by john 2006-05-02 19:51|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 No more sonic booms over Islamabad...

Posted by john 2006-05-02 19:57||   2006-05-02 19:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Wonder who they'll sell the relics to?

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg  2006-05-02 20:09|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com]  2006-05-02 20:09|| Front Page Top

#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||   2006-05-02 20:34|| Front Page Top

#4 



MiG-29 mounted on pole at Indian Air Force Maintenance Command HQ
Posted by john 2006-05-02 20:47||   2006-05-02 20:47|| Front Page Top

#5 An F-14 would look spiffy on my lawn.
Posted by jim#6 2006-05-02 20:57||   2006-05-02 20:57|| Front Page Top

#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||   2006-05-02 23:17|| Front Page Top

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