DEFENCE

IAF Decommissions MiG-27

  • The Indian Air Force has decommissioned last of its MiG-27 fighter aircrafts.
  • The Russian origin aircraft was inducted in IAF in 1985.
  • With decommissioning of the MiG-27, the number of IAF’s fighter squadron has gone down to 28 as compared to the authorised 42 squadrons to fight a two-front war with Pakistan and China.

Exercise ‘Apharan’

  • It was an anti-hijacking exercise conducted off the Port of Kochi by the Indian Navy in collaboration with Indian Coast Guard, Cochin Port Trust and all other concerned ....

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