![]() Less than two years after its induction in 1985, the Indian Air Force’s Mirage 2000 jets flew their first operational mission. India will be victorious in case of any war: Rajnath Singh.Govt approves arms procurement proposals worth Rs 28,732 crore.IAF fighter aircraft crashes in Rajasthan's Barmer.IAF sends four Sukhois, two C-17 aircraft for 'Pitch Black' exercise in Australia. ![]() INS Vikrant symbol of aspirational, self-reliant new India, says Rajnath Singh.Dhanoa described the Mirage 2000 as the “sword arm of the IAF”. During a press conference earlier this week, Air Chief Marshal B.S. Not surprisingly, the Mirage 2000 has been the ‘go-to’ fighter in major operations for the Indian Air Force in the past four decades. In the period of its service with the Indian Air Force, the Mirage 2000 fleet has maintained very high serviceability rates compared with Russian-origin aircraft like the MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-30MKI. This ensures weight reduction, while also having lesser wear and tear. The Mirage 2000 was also the first Indian Air Force fighter, and one of the first in the world, to use carbon composites in its airframe, instead of conventional metallic components. The Mirage 2000 was the Indian Air Force’s first true multi-role aircraft, which could undertake both air defence missions and strikes against ground targets effectively. Fly-by-wire controls help a pilot exploit the aircraft’s full manoeuvrability, while also lessening its weight by eliminating bulky hydraulics. The Mirage 2000, supplied by France’s Dassault, was the first fighter in the Indian Air Force to feature ‘fly-by-wire’ technology, which means the aircraft is controlled by computer and not the manual hydraulic systems found on earlier aircraft. The Indira Gandhi government signed a deal for 40 Mirage 2000 jets with Dassault in 1982. The fighter’s significance can’t be understated, both in terms of technology and in terms of its contribution to the IAF. The Indian Air Force put out a cursory tweet on the occasion, noting the Mirage 2000’s entry into service with the No 7 Squadron, the Battle Axes, on June 29, 1985. The Mirage 2000 fighter jet, which captured the public’s imagination with its performance in the Kargil War in 1999 and the strike on Balakot 20 years later, completed 34 years of service in the Indian Air Force on Saturday.
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