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India lacks flight simulators to keep pilot skills top shelf.
Flight hours are reduced...therefore accidents occur.
Having 30 year old aircraft around as mainstay makes little sense...the airframes are well past the stage of combat reliability.
It would also appear to make little sense on the financial end to employ front line or used fighters from a variety of national suppliers.
Parts and stores would be a nightmare..not to mention technition skill ability needed to repair and instal such divergence.
Based on the info in this article...India needs to have a brain check and standardize to some nations supplied tac air sales.
Lacking funds ..India is asking for trouble continuing down this divergent path...both pilots and technical staff will be pressed to keep up...combat effectiveness could be marginal.