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 by AFP Staff Writers New Delhi (AFP) July 29, 2022
Two pilots have been killed in India after a Soviet-era fighter jet crashed during a training sortie, the air force said, heightening safety concerns after a string of incidents involving the aircraft. The MiG-21 came down on Thursday night in the desert of western Rajasthan state near the city of Barmer, the defence ministry said. The crash was the sixth MiG-21 aircraft to have gone down since January last year, with five pilots killed. The Indian Air Force (IAF) said the training aircraft "met with an accident" and said an investigation was ordered to determine the cause of the crash. "IAF deeply regrets the loss of lives and stands firmly with the bereaved families," the air force tweeted. Local media footage showed flaming wreckage spread over a large area. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said he was "deeply anguished" by the loss of the two pilots in the crash. "Their service to the nation will never be forgotten," Singh said on Twitter. MiG-21 jets first entered Indian service in the 1960s and for decades served as the backbone of the country's air force. Numerous crashes in the past few decades, however, have led to the planes being dubbed "flying coffins" because of their poor safety record. India is investing billions of dollars in modernising its air force, an initiative motivated by its decades-old rivalry with Pakistan and increased tensions with China. Its military has bought dozens of French Rafale fighter jets, with deliveries starting in 2020. ash/gle/aha
US helicopters hold live-fire drills in South Korea Seoul (AFP) July 25, 2022 US Army Apache attack helicopters stationed in South Korea are holding live-fire drills with guns and rockets, the US military said Monday, as Seoul looks to boost deterrence against the nuclear-armed North. The drills - the first such exercises since 2019 - come after a record-breaking blitz of weapons tests by Pyongyang this year, including firing an intercontinental ballistic missile at full range for the first time since 2017. The training, which runs to July 29, is being carried out at th ... read more
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