42+ F16 Falcon First Civilian To Fly In India Background. Also, during final approach, the space shuttle falls down faster than a small airliner (crj/embraer/whatever) flies forward. The flight was actually accidental, with the pilot taking off rather that crashing the plane.
In fact, it's seen service with a total of 25 countries, and still has enough.
To illustrate, when india took the first steps towards. Gandhi miss the first freedom fighters. Air force took first delivery in 1978. With this in mind the navy needed a relatively small number of dissimilar, fourth generation fighters at a cheap price.
