Indian Air Force's 63 Mig-29 frontline fighter aircraft are being upgraded through a $964-million contract signed with its manufacturer RAC-MIG.



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		</script> </DIV><p class='TableClas'>The upgradation of the fighters that will extend their life by 25 years would be completed by 2014, Defence Minister A K Antony told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.</P>
</p><p class='TableClas'>IAF had six squadrons of the air superority fighters but the Minister said that 13 Mig-29 had crashed since their induction in mid 1980s.</P></p><p class='TableClas'></p></table>


63 Mig-29 aircraft to be upgraded

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