INDIAN ARMED FORCES CHIEFS ON
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SP Guide Publications puts forth a well compiled articulation of issues, pursuits and accomplishments of the Indian Army, over the years

— General Manoj Pande, Indian Army Chief

 
 
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— Admiral R. Hari Kumar, Indian Navy Chief

My compliments to SP Guide Publications for informative and credible reportage on contemporary aerospace issues over the past six decades.

— Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari, Indian Air Force Chief
       

RAC MiG’s shipborne fighters fly from Vikramaditya aircraft carrier

Issue No. 16 | August 16-31, 2012

JSC Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG (part of the United Aircraft Corporation) performed flights of the MiG-29K/KUB shipborne fighters from the Vikramaditya aircraft carrier, which is on trials in the Barents Sea.

The first landing on an aircraft carrier on July 28 was performed by MiG-29KUB, piloted by RAC MiG test pilots Mikhail Belyaev and Nikolai Diorditsa. Then the pilots made the first take-off from the aircraft carrier and one successful landing on the deck. On July 29, the carrier with MiG-29KUB on board took part in the parade of the Northern Fleet, devoted to the Day of the Russian Navy.

Flights of the MiG’s shipborne fighters from the carrier are carried out in accordance with the plans of India. After completing trials the carrier (before upgradation — the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Gorshkov) is to enter the Indian Navy and become the base for MiG-29K and MiG-29KUB supplied by RAC MiG since 2009.