IAF aircraft crashes in Rajasthan, pilot safe

October 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Air Force's (IAF) Director General of Inspection and Safety, Air Marshal T.S. Randhwa said on Friday that the accident rate of MiG-21 aircraft has reduced in the current year as compared to the previous year.

September 11th, 2009 Muktsar, Sept 11 (IBNS) The Indian Airforce lost another MiG 21 fighter aircraft and its pilot on Thursday when it crashed here on the Muktsar-Bhatinda road, 10km from Bhatinda airbase. Flight Lieutenant Manu Akhouri was on a routine training sortie and was returning to the base for landing when the mishap occurred, an IAF spokesman said in Delhi.

September 10th, 2009 BHALIANA - A MiG 21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Bhaliana village in Muktasar District of Punjab, killing a pilot Lt. Manu Akhotri on the spot on Thursday.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-21 fighter crashed at Bathinda air base in Punjab Thursday, killing its pilot, an official said. The aircraft apparently lost power while taking off from Bathinda air base but the pilot could not eject in time, the official added.

July 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Defence Minister A K Antony today said the government is planning to increase the number of Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft in Indian Air Force to 230 by 2015. Antony informed the Rajya Sabha that since 1996 the Air Force has procured 98 Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets.

June 23rd, 2009 F-16 crashes in Utah; pilot's condition unknownTOOELE, Utah — Military officials are trying to locate the pilot of an F-16 that crashed at the Utah Test and Training Range west of Salt Lake City. The U.S. Air Force says the aircraft, which is assigned to Hill Air Force Base's 388th Fighter Wing, crashed late Monday night while on a routine training mission.

June 18th, 2009 New Delhi June 18(ANI): Yet another Mig 21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Chabua in Assam. The pilot is said to be safe.ccording to an Indian Air Force communiqué, the fighter jet that took off from the Chabua airbase, around 1400 hrs, for a routine training- flying mission, crashed immediately after take off near the airbase after it experienced a technical snag.

May 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A MiG-21 Bison fighter aircraft crashed Wednesday in Luni region of Rajasthan but the pilot ejected out safely, an air force official said here. "The aircraft took off from the Jodhpur air base at 12 noon and crashed in the Luni region sometime later.

May 16th, 2009 AJMER - Young Congress leader Sachin Pilot Saturday won the Ajmer Lok Sabha seat in Rajasthan. Pilot defeated his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opponent Kiran Maheshwari.

April 30th, 2009 POKHRAN - A MIG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday crashed in Pokhran in the Thar deserts of Rajasthan, killing its pilot. According to reports, the crash took place near Raj Mathai in Pokhran.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A SU-30 MK-I aircraft of the Indian Air Force on a routine training mission crashed 70 kms southeast of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, today. The aircraft had taken off from aircraft had taken off from the Lohegaon air base in Pune.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - One person was killed when a frontline Su-30MKI combat jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed while on a routine training mission in Rajasthan, an official said. The crash occurred at 10.30 a.m., some 70 km southeast of Jaisalmer, an IAF spokesperson said, adding that the aircraft had taken off from the Lohegaon air base near Pune.

March 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A Pakistan Air Force jet Thursday crashed near the garrison city of Rawalpindi, killing the pilot, a media report said. The Mushak jet crashed in the Pindi Gheb area of Attock district in the eastern Punjab province, the private Dawn News TV channel reported.

January 20th, 2009 BANGALORE - A jet aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) Surya Kiran aerobatic display team crashed at Bidar in north Karnataka Wednesday, killing its pilot Wing Commander R.S. Dhaliwal, a defence spokesman said.

January 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot was killed Wednesday as the Surya Kiran aircraft he was flying crashed in Bidar town of Karnataka, an official said. The aircraft, part of the IAF Surya Kiran Aerobatic Formation Team (SKAT), was on a routine flight when the incident happened at 8.45 a.m.