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    AWACS inducted into IAF

    Apr 6, 2011, 12:45 IST

    Giving impetus to the long-standing operational requirement of the armed forces, the first AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft was inducted into the Indian Air Force on 28 May.

    AWACS inducted into IAF

    Giving impetus to the long-standing operational requirement of the armed forces, the first AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft was inducted into the Indian Air Force on 28 May. The Russian IL-76 platform based, Israeli Phalcon AWACS is “eye- in-the-sky” airborne warning and control systems (AWACS) which will detect incoming flying weapons and listen-in to aerial  communications. With the induction of the AWACS, India joined a club of only six other nations - the US, Russia, Britain, Japan, Australia and Turkey - that operate such a sophisticated system. The $1.1 billion deal for the three AWACS was signed between India and Israel in 2004.

     

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