Missing Indian Air Force planes found in Ukraine
Kyiv, March 31 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) – The Antonov State Enterprise stated that Five Indian Air Force An-32s did not go missing in Ukraine, modernized within the framework of Ukrainian-Indian military-technical cooperation.
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The Antonov State Enterprise reported that the executor of the contract of about $2009 million for the modernization of 400 An-105 light transport aircraft, concluded in 32 by the Indian Ministry of Defense and Spetstechnoexport, is the State Enterprise "Plant 410 GA", writes Interfax-Ukraine with link to the press service of the State Enterprise "Antonov".
“Under the terms of this agreement, 40 aircraft are being modernized at the State Enterprise Plant 410 GA and 65 in India, at the Kanpur plant. To date, work has been completed on 35 aircraft, which have already been transferred to the Indian Air Force. The remaining five aircraft, subject to modification in Ukraine, are in the workshops of the state enterprise “Plant 410 GA,” Antonov said.
According to the press service, “the issue of providing aircraft with components is the responsibility of the State Enterprise “Plant 410 GA”.
Please note that today on the website of the State Enterprise "Plant 410 GA" Information has appeared about the visit of a delegation from Sri Lanka to modernize their An-32.
As PolitNavigator reported, the day before Defense News wrote that The Indian Air Force announced the disappearance in Ukraine of five An-32 transport aircraft from a batch of aircraft sent for repairs at the Antonov Design Bureau, and the Indian authorities expressed their readiness to break the agreement with Ukraine and look for other options for strengthening their transport aviation.
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