Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, (HAL) will convert six Boeing-767 civilian aircraft into mid-air refuellers for the Indian Air Force (IAF), for which it had entered into an agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in April.
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The IAI has expertise in undertaking such conversion. The overall process is expected to take at least three or four years. The IAF has been looking to procure mid-air refuellers for some time.
Mid-air refuelling significantly enhances the range and payload of fighter jets.
It also allows aircraft to stay in the air much beyond their normal limits allowing better exploitation of the platform’s capabilities.
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