{"id":89376,"date":"2019-12-28T15:26:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T09:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=12579"},"modified":"2019-12-28T15:26:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T09:56:12","slug":"iaf-bids-farewell-to-its-most-lethal-mig-27-as-it-flies-one-last-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iaf-bids-farewell-to-its-most-lethal-mig-27-as-it-flies-one-last-time\/","title":{"rendered":"IAF bids farewell to its most lethal MiG-27 as it flies one last time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The MiG-27 which is known as Bahadur has been decommissioned by the Indian Air Force(IAF).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About MIG 27:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The MIG 27 was commissioned into the Indian Air Force in 1985 from erstwhile Soviet Union(Russia).<\/li><li>It was initially developed in the Soviet Union and later indigenously manufactured by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in India.<\/li><li>The aircraft is known for its role during the 1999 Kargil War which earned the nickname \u2018Bahadur\u2019 from IAF pilots.<\/li><li>The aircraft is currently in service with the Kazakhstan and Sri Lankan Air Forces in the ground attack role.All Russian and Ukrainian MiG-27s have been retired.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Features of the aircraft:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The aircraft has a single-engine which is the most powerful in the world and variable geometry wing.This wing allows the fighter pilot to change the wing sweep angle as per the mission requirements.<\/li><li>The maximum speed of the aircraft is 1,700 km\/hr.It can carry up to 4,000 kg of other armament externally.<\/li><li>It is upgraded with the state of the art avionics and weapon computers.It has the capability to deliver different loads on ground targets with precision.<\/li><li>It also has the capability to drop bombs, precision munitions guided by TV\/laser and also air-to-air missiles for self-defence.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:The MiG-27 which is known as Bahadur has been decommissioned by the Indian Air Force(IAF). Facts: About MIG 27: The MIG 27 was commissioned into the Indian Air Force in 1985 from erstwhile Soviet Union(Russia). It was initially developed in the Soviet Union and later indigenously manufactured by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in India. The&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iaf-bids-farewell-to-its-most-lethal-mig-27-as-it-flies-one-last-time\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IAF bids farewell to its most lethal MiG-27 as it flies one last time<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1760],"tags":[2282,2283],"class_list":["post-89376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polity-and-nation","tag-aircraft","tag-mig-27","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700042755},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89376","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=89376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}