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IAF Chinooks operate normally even as US grounds its entire fleet

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 The Indian Air Force Chinook Helicopter (I) operates normally even when the US Army has based on the entire iconic helicopter fleet behind the sample engine fire, people who are familiar with the development said on Wednesday. “IAF Chinook operates as before development in the US. We have not faced any problems, “said one of the people quoted above, asking not to be named. IAF operates the 15 Chinook fleet, inaugurated during 2019-2020. The foundation of the US Army Chinook Fleet came when repairing the engine and repair of helicopters was ongoing, said other officials.

IAF has not issued an official statement about development but HT already knows that the Air Force is likely to look for details from the US Army about the foundation of its hardworking. Not infrequently for operators to the land fleet or helicopter after the incident related to safety. The multi-mission helicopter made by Boeing has been widely used by the IAF in Ladakh in the middle of the ongoing border line with China. Along with the Air Force Rafales, the MiG-29 fighter jet, the Sukhoi-30 and Apache AH-64E attacked the helicopter, the Chinook helicopter was among the platforms that carried out an important mission in the Ladakh mountains.

The full fleet foundation of every flight asset is a very severe action and therefore all pros and cons will be considered by America, said the representative of Marshal Manmohan Bahadur (RETD), former Director General of Additional, Center for Air Energy Studies. “In such cases, all aircraft operators are told all over the world. The fact that IAF continues to fly his chinooks implies that technical problems that affect the American fleet are not relevant to the IAF fleet. However, what is certain is that IAF will be closely related to producers and oversee the progress of improvement, “he said. Even if in the next stage, the Chinook IAF fleet must be examined, it will not be available will not affect the operation because the Air Force has a very large and capable MI-17 fleet that will take over the task, Bahadur added.

IAF’s Chinooks set a record in April this year by flying the longest non-stop helicopter in India-910 km in 7.5 hours-with an operational training task that required him to fly from Chandigarh to Jorhat. The Chinook helicopter can bring the new M777 Ultra-Ringan Howitzer as an unreasonable burden for fast spread in high altitude in Ladakh and northeast. The main role of the helicopter includes the transfer of artillery, supply of battlefield and troop transportation. In September 2015, India placed an order of $ 3.1 billion for 15 Chinooks and 22 Apache attack helicopters to improve the ability of the Air Force. All platforms have been entered.

The US is the third largest supplier of weapons in India, donating 12%of the country’s imports in the last five years, after Russia (46%) and France (27%), according to a report issued by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in March 2022. Apart from Chinooks and Apache, other US platforms have also been used in the LadakH-C-17 Globemaster III sector, transportation aircraft are used to move soldiers, tanks, and infantry combat vehicles to this sector, while C-30J Super Hercules aircraft have Hercules aircraft Doing sort to support the spread of the military.

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