MiG-29Ks for Gorshkov aircraft carrier arrive in India

New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) Ending a year-long wait, the first
batch of MiG-29K naval fighter jets, purchased from Russia for
the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, arrived in Indian
coastal state of Goa Friday evening, three years ahead of the
warship.

These MiG-29Ks are part of the 16 ordered for USD 526
million in 2004 along with Gorshkov, which is expected to be
delivered to the Indian Navy only by 2012-end.
"The first batch of the MiG-29K fighters' parts have
landed in INS Hansa, the naval air station in Goa, last
evening," Navy spokesperson Commander P V S Satish said here
Saturday.
The aircraft parts, packed in containers in a knocked down
condition, landed here by an AN-124 cargo aircraft, considered
to be the biggest operational military aircraft of
Russian-Ukrainian origin.
Now, Navy's aviation engineers would assemble the aircraft
at the Goa air base, where it would be stationed and operated
from land till the time Gorshkov enters service.
They would also be test flown from Goa by Russian
engineers before they are formally inducted into the Naval
aviation wing. These aircraft had recently completed carrier
flight deck testing and weapon trials in Russia. (MORE) PTI
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