DefenceTalkThree squadrons of the aging MiG 21 and MiG 27 fighter jets are set to be phased out this year even as Indian Air Force focuses on cannibalization to keep the serviceability rate of its aircraft high. Top defence sources said that while three squadrons, 18 aircraft each, will be pulled out due to the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-to-retire-three-mig-21-mig-27-squadrons-this-year-64736/

DefenceTalkThe Administration’s fiscal 2015 budget proposed to retire the entire fleet of A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft beginning in FY2016. This report covers the background to that decision and legislative action as of the end of 2014. Background The A-10 was designed in the 1970s to perform air interdiction, battlefield air interdiction, and close air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/proposed-retirement-of-a-10-aircraft-background-in-brief-61923/

DefenceTalkPakistan’s powerful army chief General Ashfaq Kayani on Sunday confirmed he will retire next month at the end of his second tenure, ending rumors he would seek to keep a key military role. Kayani, who oversaw Pakistan’s first democratic transfer of power, will retire on November 29 in a move likely to be seen as […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistans-powerful-army-chief-confirms-retirement-49304/