IAF MI-17 CRASHES IN TAWANG SECTOR In a tragic air crash, an IAF Mi-17 helicopter with 12 service personnel onboard, crashed near Bomdir in Tawang today at around 1205 hrs, killing all personnel on board.    The helicopter was airborne from Tawang for Guwahati. The deceased include three crew members, eight IAF personnel below officer rank and an Army Lieutenant Colonel. Defence Minister Shri AK Antony has expressed profound grief at the loss of lives of defence personnel in the crash. The IAF has also constituted a Court of Inquiry to look into the cause of the accident. CHEETAH HELICOPTER ACCIDENT  One IAF Cheetah helicopter crash landed in Siachen Glacier region on 08 Nov 10 at about 0810 hrs. The helicopter had got airborne from Base Camp for routine air maintenance sortie in Siachen Glacier region. Both the pilots survived. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate into the cause of accident. Friends this is a third cr...

On 10th nov 2010,  One Mig-27 aircraft of IAF crashed near Jaitpur, about 60 Kms South of  Jodhpur  on  10 Nov 2010 , at about 1320 hrs. The aircraft was airborne from  Jodhpur  air base on a routine training sortie. The pilot ejected safely.  A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate the reasons of the accident. HISTORY OF MIG 27: MIG 27 is a Russian aircraft. It is an attacking aircraft. Its manufacturers are MIKOYAN OKB & HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LIMITED (HAL). It was introduced in 1975. At present it is used by Russian Air Force, and Indian Air Force. MIG 27 is a developed version of MIG 23. Only 1075 number of aircrafts were build. CURRENT OPERATORS   INDIA  141 in service (after recent crash)   IRAN    25  in service SERVICE TO INDIA On 27 May 1999, during the  Kargil War , one Indian MiG-27 was lost together with a  MiG-21  while supporting Indian groun...