Originally Posted by Double Zero
Also when training at Dunsfold the Indians proved very professional indeed, so presumably have a different training regime from their ' plant one in every acre' air force...
Cmon, be a bit fair to us - the IAF flies ancient Fishbeds as part of its fighter fleet and even those accident rates are now down to western averages. The oldest Fishbeds are now retired, the last Flogger (MFs) are gone and so are the Foxbats. And we ran our first batch of Sukhois through their entire service life in just 8 years without a single incident.
But thank you for the compliments regarding our Naval pilots, though
Wish we could've taken some F/A-2s after you folks did not want them, Blue Vixen + AMRAAM would be nice. Now our FRS.51 are getting (have got already, maybe) the Elta 2032 and the Derby missile, so they have a few years in them...