All military exercises and routine training operations need to be held at night, you never know who is watching.
It’s rare to catch something like a brake parachute deployed on an aircraft on the runway. Satellite imagery from Digital Globe acquired on 28JAN13 shows just that, an Indian Air Force Su-30MKI landing at Pune airfield with the parachute trailing behind. The brake parachute is intended to reduce the aircraft landing run length or alternatively help abort take off.
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| Digital Globe imagery from 28JAN13 shows an IAF Su-30MKI deploying a brake parachute upon landing. |
It’s rare to catch something like a brake parachute deployed on an aircraft on the runway. Satellite imagery from Digital Globe acquired on 28JAN13 shows just that, an Indian Air Force Su-30MKI landing at Pune airfield with the parachute trailing behind. The brake parachute is intended to reduce the aircraft landing run length or alternatively help abort take off.
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