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Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-27ML "Bahadur"
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Preview
Number Procured: 165 Produced by HAL Ozhar (License for 188 MiG-27s with an option for 50 more)
........................1st Ac (TS-501) delivered Sept 1984
........................100th Ac (TS-600) delivered on 2 May 1992
........................165th Ac (TS-665) delivered March 1997
Units Equipped:
........................No.2 Squadron "Winged Arrows"
........................No.9 Squadron "Wolfpacks" (Converted to Mirage 2000TH)
........................No.10 Squadron "Winged Daggers"
........................No.18 Squadron "Flying Bullets"
........................No. 22 Squadron "Swifts"
........................No. 29 Squadron "Scorpions"
........................No. 222 Squadrons "Tigersharks"
........................TACDE Squadron
Upgrade:
The upgrade is
The upgrade will oversee the integration of the following technologies and components into the aircraft:-
» VRS Mission Computer
» Laser Designator Pod and New Weapons
» Multi Function Display Unit in the cockpit [MFD665]
» Radar Warning Reciever with Display Unit in Cockpit
» Head Up Display [HUD] with Up Front Control Panel [UFCP]
» Air to Air Refuelling Probe
» Upgraded Radio / Electronic Warfare System
» Laser Ranging and Marked Target Seeker [LRMTS]
» VOR/ILS System
» Solid State Flight Data Recorder [SSFDR]
» Chaff/Flare counter measure Dispensing system [CMDS]