- Title: INDIA: INDIAN AIR FORCE SHOWS OFF MIG FIGHTERS AT BIRTHDAY DISPLAY
- Date: 2nd April 1966
- Summary: 1. GROUND TO AIR NAUTILUS AIRCRAFT MAKE MASSED PARACHUTE DROP (4 SHOTS) 0.24 2. SV & SCU PRESIDENT AND DEFENCE MINISTER SEATED (2 SHOTS) 0.29 3. GROUND TO AIR FOUR GNATS IN FORMATION 0.35 4. LV GNAT MAKES DIVE BOMB ATTACK AND EXPLOSION (2 SHOTS) 0.42 5. GROUND TO AIR MYSTERES MAKE BOMBING RUN AND EXPLOSION (2 SHOTS) 0.48 6. LV ANOTHER MYSTERE BOMB ATTACK (2 SHOTS) 0.54 7. LV PAN ANOTHER MYSTERE 0.59 8. GROUND TO AIR CANBERRA ROCKET ATTACK AND EXPLOSION (2 SHOTS) 1.06 9. GROUND TO AIR ANOTHER CANBERRA ROCKET ATTACK AND EXPLOSION (2 SHOTS) 1.11 10. GROUND TO AIR FOUR MIGS IN FORMATION 1.17 11. LV PAN MIG MAKES BOMB ATTACK 1.24 12. LV PAN VAMPIRES DROP NAPLAM 1.30 13. GROUND TO AIR RUSSIAN ANTONOV DROPS SUPPLIES BY PARACHUTE 1.37 Initials JGS/V/MR/K Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 17th April 1966 13:00
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- Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA
- Country: India
- Reuters ID: LVA55O31ZDYVSLWNR9A6GUW6SAAL
- Story Text: MIG 21 JET FIGHTERS AND HUNTER JETS SHOWED OFF THEIR FIRE-POWER AS PART OF AN INDIAN AIR FORCE 33RD BIRTHDAY DISPLAY IN NEW DELHI YESTERDAY (FRIDAY).
THE DISPLAY WAS WATCHED BY THE INDIAN PRESIDENT SARVAPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN WHO WAS RECEIVED BY THE CHIEF OF AIR STAFF, AIR CHIEF MARSHAL ARJUN SINGH WHEN HE ARRIVED BY HELICOPTER.
THE DISPLAY INCLUDED DEMONSTRATION ATTACKS AND FLYPASTS BY MYSTERES, CANBERRAS, VAMPIRES, GNATS, SOVIET-BUILT ANTONOV TRANSPORTS AND THE SOVIET-SUPPLIED MIG FIGHTERS.
THE PAKISTANI AIR FORCE ALSO HAS MIG JET FIGHTERS AND THESE WERE ON DISPLAY AT PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL DAY ARMED FORCES DISPLAY LAST MONTH.
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