Jaguar Fighters

The Indian Air Force said that a court of inquiry has been constituted to ascertain the cause of the accident

A pilot injured in the Indian Air Force Jaguar fighter plane crash in Jamnagar district of Gujarat on April 2 has been shifted to the Military Hospital in Kirkee in Pune. The two-seater IAF Jaguar aircraft airborne from Jamnagar airfield had crashed during a night mission, killing Flight Lieutenant Siddharth Yadav, while Group Captain Manish Kumar Singh (43) of 224 Squadron of the IAF in Jamnagar, sustained injuries. "Diagnosed with a compound fracture of the tibia and fibula in the right leg and having received flame burn injuries in the incident, Singh initially was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Jamnagar but on Thursday was shifted to Military Hospital (MH), Kirkee. His condition is stable," Army Medical Corps sources said. MH Khadki is the premier orthopaedic institute of the armed forces. It is also the only centre in the armed forces catering exclusively to spinal cord injuries, they added. Since spinal cord injuries are relatively common in ejection injuries, patients

IAF further stated that one of the pilots tragically succumbed to injuries sustained during the ejection, while the second pilot is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Jamnagar

The government has signed a contract for procurement of two simulators at a cost of Rs 357 crore for imparting training to pilots of Jaguar fighter jets, the defence ministry said on Thursday

With Honeywell, demanding what IAF sources term an "exorbitant" price for F-125IN engines, the IAF has told HAL that it has abandoned its plan to upgrade 80 Jaguar fighters with new Honeywell engines

Elta's offer of its new AESA radar at no additional cost was a win-win

Indian Air Force is rejuvenating 80 ageing Jaguar fighters into highly capable, multi-role, combat aircraft for a mere $1.5 billion