“We are basing our fighter aircraft at Hindon and will continue to have the detachment there till the Republic Day parade, as there are intelligence inputs of a 9/11-type aerial terror attacks,” IAF officials told PTI here.

The detachment will comprise MiG-21 Bisons from the Ambala Air Base and MiG-29s from the Adampur and Halwara bases in Punjab

“We are not expecting any attack from Pakistani fighter aircraft, but from a small or medium-sized aircraft operated by terrorists, and to tackle the threat from such flying objects, the MiG-21 is more than enough,” the officials said. A week before the Republic Day parade, MiG-29s would return to the base for keeping the capital’s skies secure. — PTI

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