Russia will prepare Indian pilots of carrier-based aviation
MiG Russian Aircraft Corporation (RSK) has signed a contract with the Indian Ministry of Defense to train Indian deck pilots aviation, said General Director of MiG RSK Sergey Korotkov.
“On Saturday, April 20, a contract was concluded between the Indian Ministry of Defense and RSK MiG, under which we must train Indian pilots on MiG-29K / KUB aircraft,” Korotkov emphasized. - It consists of two stages. The first will begin in Russia, two and a half months before the departure of the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya (the former Russian cruiser Admiral Gorshkov), which our country must hand over to the naval forces of India this year. ”
# {weapon} According to him, the continuation of training, "which meets all modern requirements," will be held in India. "In addition, RAC" MiG "assists in the construction of a landfill in India for the training of deck aviation pilots," Korotkov added. “The training itself is designed for two and a half months.”
Russia delivered 16 MiG-29K / KUB airplanes to India under the main contract and four under the second (optional) aircraft, ITAR-TASS reports.
"This year, the next batch of four aircraft will be delivered," said the head of the aircraft-building corporation, who took part in the celebrations on the occasion of the 50 anniversary of the start of deliveries of the Soviet Air Force to the Soviet MiG-21 fighters ..
The agreement on the supply of MiG-21 to India was signed in 1962 year, they began a year later. In 1967, the Indian corporation Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, HAL handed over to the Indian Air Force the first MiG-21, built here under a license obtained from the USSR.
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