{"id":32540,"date":"2018-10-29T15:14:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T09:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=32540"},"modified":"2018-11-17T14:04:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T08:34:00","slug":"iaf-gets-first-overhauled-sukhoi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iaf-gets-first-overhauled-sukhoi\/","title":{"rendered":"IAF gets first overhauled Sukhoi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/iaf-base-repair-depot-in-ojhar-successfully-overhauls-su-30mki-fighter\/article25332954.ece\"><strong>IAF gets first overhauled Sukhoi<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In a major step towards improving the availability rate of the backbone of the Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter fleet, the IAF\u2019s Base Repair Depot (BRD), in Ojhar, Maharashtra has successfully overhauled a Su-30 MKI aircraft.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Important Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2. During the overhaul, the aircraft was stripped completely and rebuilt from scratch, replacing certain worn out parts\/components.<\/p>\n<p>3. It has now become almost like a brand-new aircraft with its life-span doubled.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. About Su-30MKI:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Su-30MKI procured from Russia and licence manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is the mainstay of the IAF\u2019s fighter squadron.<\/li>\n<li>The Sukhoi Su-30 is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft capable of attaining speeds of Mach 2 (double the speed of sound or 2,120 kmph) at high altitudes and can carry guns, missiles, bombs, rockets and other weaponry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>5. Ojhar depot, Maharashtra:<\/strong> The Ojhar depot is the only fighter aircraft repair depot of the IAF and undertakes repairs, renovations and overhaul of frontline fighters like the MIG-29 and now the Su-30MKI.<\/p>\n<p>6. India has contracted 272 aircraft of which over 240 have been inducted into service.<\/p>\n<p>7. However, the availability rate of the Sukhoi fleet has been below 50% for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>8. Over the last couple of years it has gone up close to 60% by various measures like local stocking of spares.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Benefits: <\/strong>\u00a0Indigenous overhauling in-house within the IAF, will significantly reduce the time and improve the availability rate of the overall fleet at a time when the service is a facing a drop in its fighter squadron strength.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IAF gets first overhauled Sukhoi News: In a major step towards improving the availability rate of the backbone of the Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter fleet, the IAF\u2019s Base Repair Depot (BRD), in Ojhar, Maharashtra has successfully overhauled a Su-30 MKI aircraft. Important Facts: 2. During the overhaul, the aircraft was stripped completely and rebuilt&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iaf-gets-first-overhauled-sukhoi\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IAF gets first overhauled Sukhoi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[738,594,217,816,817,815],"class_list":["post-32540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","tag-defence","tag-defence-modernisation","tag-gs-3","tag-iaf","tag-su-30mki","tag-sukhoi","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702975833},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}