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Analysis of Peacetime Attrition of Historical IAF Aircraft

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As a long term, non military observer of the Indian Air Force for over 50 years I believe I have a unique outsider’s perspective of the Air Force. In this era of social media the number of military aviation enthusiasts and followers can be seen to be enormous, but up to the early 1990s observersContinue reading “Analysis of Peacetime Attrition of Historical IAF Aircraft”

Flight Safety Locust Swarm Could Be Worse than a Bird Strike

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A massive Locust swarm, called tiddi dal in India, hit the city of Jaipur on Monday, 25 May 2020, as urban residents panicked as if it was the “last year for humankind”. In January this year, an Ethiopian Airlines jet was forced to make an emergency landing after it flew into a swarm of locusts thatContinue reading “Flight Safety Locust Swarm Could Be Worse than a Bird Strike”