VCAS flies Sukhoi-30 on eve of retirement

New Delhi : December 23, 2007

Air Marshal B N Gokhale PVSM AVSM VM ADC, Vice Chief of the Air Staff, has flown the most powerful fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force - the Sukhoi 30 MKI in Pune, today.
The Air Mshl got commissioned in June 1968 in the fighter stream. He began his flying career on Vampire aircraft at Pune which was then one of the front line fighter aircraft. On the eve of his retirement the Air Marshal was at Pune, today. This sortie in Su 30 MKI marked the end of the most illustrious career as a fighter pilot.