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IAF’s MiG-23 jet crashes near Jodhpur

July 06, 2017 12:42 pm | Updated 04:11 pm IST

Special Correspondent
Wreckage of the MiG-23 trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force that crashed in the Balesar near Jodhpur on July 6, 2017.

A MiG-23UB jet trainer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed at Balesar near Jodhpur in Rajasthan on Thursday.

Both the pilots have ejected safely. 

IAF sources said that the jet crashed approximately 60 km from Jodhpur while on a routine training mission.

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Mig-23UB trainers are used to train pilots for the Mig-27 fighters in service with the IAF.

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