MiG-29KUB performs first landing on INS Vikramaditya

July 31, 2012

MiG-29KUB, a Russian-built fighter jet made the first landing on the INS Vikramaditya during sea trials.

INS Vikramaditya

It is the rechristened name of former Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, which has been procured by India.
The ship is a modified Kiev class aircraft carrier built in 1978–1982.
Russia sold the carrier to India after it became too expensive for the soviet nation to operate it on a post Cold War budget. It has been extensively refurbished and upgraded to a light aircraft carrier at the Sevmash shipyard in the Russian city of Severodvinsk.
It is expected to be inducted for service in the Indian Navy by December 2012.