In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced.
While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.
MiG-21 was a demanding mentor that helped build factories from dust, transformed farm boys into fighter pilots, and dragged an entire nation into the brutal reality of modern warfare.
IAF equipped 28 fighter squadrons & 4 training units with MiG-21. 16 have been numberplated. Between 2015 & 2022, IAF phased out a squadron each year in March, with exception of 2021.
No 28 Squadron inducted MiG-21s in 1963 & transitioned to MiG-29s in 1987. It played major role in attack on Governor's House in Dhaka that ultimately hastened liberation of Bangladesh.
Fear for a soldier is the onset of doubt that a mission won’t be accomplished. But fear is never the solution, India should know that as it fights coronavirus.
The 26 Squadron is likely to be number plated latest by March when the IAF phases out non-upgraded Bis and Type 96 versions of the MiG-21 fighter jets.
On 19 June 2004, G Parthasarathy, India's former Ambassador to several countries, spoke at the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Lecture, examining India’s foreign policy challenges in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
Well he is not wrong. There has been a section of Indian society who has already acknowledged that we just don’t care about it and no one is doing anything.
This smugness that we won on the ground is just one part of the war. Most of the military brass is just in their own bubbles and find it “below them” to even entertain foreign journalists. Why such attitude ?
This needs to change and I am glad it’s someone from outside who is saying this. Our armed forces and government/bureacrats don’t respect us enough to listen to us when we say the same thing.
Well he is not wrong. There has been a section of Indian society who has already acknowledged that we just don’t care about it and no one is doing anything.
This smugness that we won on the ground is just one part of the war. Most of the military brass is just in their own bubbles and find it “below them” to even entertain foreign journalists. Why such attitude ?
This needs to change and I am glad it’s someone from outside who is saying this. Our armed forces and government/bureacrats don’t respect us enough to listen to us when we say the same thing.