New Delhi: Deploying its lethal combat arsenal near the Indo-Pak border, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is going to base a squadron of its frontline fighter aircraft Su-30MKI at Sirsa in Haryana by December.
This will be the second squadron of the Su-30MKI to be deployed in the Western Command area after deployment of the aircraft in Halwara in Punjab.
The aircraft will be deployed in Sirsa which is a key base along the Pakistan border, IAF officials said in New Delhi.
Till now, the Sukhois have been deployed in seven squadrons including the two in the eastern sector in Tezpur and Chabua, Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, Halwara in Punjab and at its home base at Lohegaon in Pune.
The IAF is planning to induct a total of 272 Sukhois from Russia by 2017.
The twin-engined Russian-origin Sukhois are now produced under licence at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Bangalore. India is also planning to equip the aircraft with BrahMos super-sonic cruise missile.
Su-30s can fly for more than 10 hours without refuelling, the sources added.
The first Sukhoi 30 was inducted in the late 90s. The IAF started inducting the MKI version in early part of this decade. First batch of the MKI version aircraft will be upgraded under a Rs 11,000 crore plan jointly by Russia and HAL.
This will be the second squadron of the Su-30MKI to be deployed in the Western Command area after deployment of the aircraft in Halwara in Punjab.
The aircraft will be deployed in Sirsa which is a key base along the Pakistan border, IAF officials said in New Delhi.
The IAF is planning to induct a total of 272 Sukhois from Russia by 2017.
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Su-30s can fly for more than 10 hours without refuelling, the sources added.
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