New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- When AOC, AF Station Gorakhpur in 1989, I was sent on a short course on Systems Analyses at Metcalfe House in old Delhi. I found this course very informative and useful because it taught one how to develop quantitative criteria to aid decision making.
In 1991 when I was Commandant ASTE I was asked by Air Headquarters to carry out a study on operational effectiveness between Soviet-origin and Western aircraft. Amongst other things this study clearly brought out the need to upgrade as many systems in an aircraft as possible if its effectiveness was to be improved. To meaningfully upgrade the MiG-21 fleet, a number of improvements had to be made in one go particularly pertaining to its primary sensor, the AI radar, and ...