This rare photograph from 1987-88 has just emerged online. From a rare series of pictures taken over two days during a ‘mammoth formation’ of the Indian Air Force flying from the Ambala air force station that year, the series featured in journals and coffee table books at the time, though for some reason haven’t been seen often anywhere else.
Vishnu Som, aviation watcher & Defence Editor with NDTV, says, “An incredible image from the eighties shows an IAF in transition with the induction of the fly-by-wire Mirage 2000 and the MiG-29, both among the finest air superiority fighters of their time.”
The image, whose photographer remains unknown, but could possibly be Peter Steinmann, has the following aircraft: Centreline: Canberra, MiG-25 Foxbat, MiG-29 and Gnat/Ajeet. The left wing has a Hawker Hunter, MiG-23/27 and a Mirage 2000. The right wing has a Jaguar, MiG-23/27 and a MiG-21 — all active aircraft at the time.
We’ll be updating this post with more details.
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