Basic Trainer Aircraft

Basic Trainer Aircraft

A comprehensive roadmap for ab-initio training in IAF to increase training capacity is already in place. Acquisition of trainer aircraft is a continuous process and is based on the Services Capital Acquisition Plan (SCAP).

The training is currently conducted on Pilatus PC-7 Mk-II, Kiran Mk-I/A and Hawk Mk-132 aircraft. Government had contracted with M/s Pilatus Aircraft Ltd, Switzerland to supply 75 PC-7 Mk-II Basic Trainer Aircraft. Against this contract all 75 aircraft have been inducted in IAF by October 2015. Further, there is no shortage of engineers in the IAF.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply to Kumari Shobha Karandlaje in Lok Sabha today.

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