MIG 25 FOXBAT WAS USED BY IAFFOR RECONAISSANCE AND TAKING SERET PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANY ENEMIE COUNTRY THIS AIR CRAFT WAS DISMANTELED AND BROUGHT TO BAREILLY IAF BASE AND ALL THE ASSEMBLY WAS DONE THERE MOST OF THE IAF PILOTS WERE UNAWARE OF THIS AIR CRAFT AS IT COULD GAIN 70,000 FEET HEIGHT AND TAKE CLEAR PICTURES OF ENEMIES VITAL INSTALLATIONS ,ONLY 42 PILOTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLY THIS AIRCRAFT,AND IT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE KEPT AS INDIAS MOST SECRET AIRCRAFTS IN THE YEAR 1980 AND KEPT ENCLOSED IN A HANGAR AT BAREILLEY AIR BASE I FEEL THAT THE OLD ENGINES OF FOXBAT PLANES CAN BE ASSEMBLED AND USED EITHER IN WAR PLANES OR SOME OTHER ACCESSORIES ASSEMBLED BY DRDO AND ISRO ORGANISATIONS AS MIG 25 FOXBAT WAS USED ON VERY RARE OCCASIONS AND IT MAY HAVE NOT SUFFERED ANY WEAR AND TEAR BECAUSE OF LESS USAGES DURING THOSE TIMES OF 1980 SIMILARLY WE CAN PUT TO USE SPARE PARTS OR ENGINES OF MARUTI AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURED DURING THE YEAR 1950 AND SAVE MONEY FROM PROCUREMENT OF NEW WAR PLANES OF TODAYS GENERATION

FROM AMARJIT SINGH KAHAI INTELLIGENCE OFFICER RETIRED MUMBAI MAHARASHTRA INDIA