Why To Celebrate Chetak, Cheetah Helicopter In Services? Army Wives Raise Concerns
Wives of Army officers have claimed serious concerns over 42 Chetak and Cheetah helicopters that have crashed between 2001 and 2014, killing around 80 officers. Whereas, the defence ministry has planned a grand show to celebrate the services of Chetak. One set of people who will definitely not be applauding the upcoming April 2 jubilee salutations commemorating the commissioning of Chetak light utility helicopters into the Indian Air Force in 1962 is going to be the military Wives Agitation Group. .According to the government’s Press Information Bureau, the congratulatory event at Air Force Station Hakimpet in Hyderabad later on, to memorialise Chetak’s induction into service six decades earlier, is going to be presided over by defence minister Rajnath Singh and attended by Air C...
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