News in Frames: Flying on afterburners
The Hindu
The Hindu's News in Frames: Feburary 16, 2025
Every two years, as Bengaluru’s winter fades and the city folk welcome spring, it’s also time for metal birds from all over the globe to take to the skies with a thunderous roar.
This ritual started more than three decades ago at the Air Force Station in Yelahanka with the first-ever airshow — then known as Avia India — being held in 1993 with a modest display of a few aircraft. Rebranded as Aero India in 1996, the show has grown from strength to strength and is Asia’s largest airshow today.
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It’s now a must-visit event for major armament companies from all over the world to showcase their latest arsenal.
The Aero India editions held between 2009 and 2013 was the most sought after as foreign companies competed against one another to win the Indian Air Force’s prized medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) deal.
Over the years, the show may have lost some of its past glory. However, it has a knack of reinventing itself as was evident in 2021 when the organisers managed to conduct it amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year’s edition also left a unique mark, hosting both the Russian Su-57 and American F-35 Lightning II.
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