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Flight tests started for Indian Air Force's new MMRCA fighters

New Delhi, India - Boeing has been first in line with two F/A-18E/F Super Hornets

Flight tests within the tender for the purchase of 126 new medium multirole combat aircraft (MMRCA) destined to the Indian Air Force, a deal worth US$12 billion (see AVIONEWS), began yesterday in Bangalore where the first two Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters took off for a 45-minute demonstration each. The evaluation is going to last for at least one year before the final decision, that according...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1108302
Rome, Italy, 08/18/2009 14:19
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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