The induction of F-35s would make India a member of an elite club of countries with the state-of-the-art stealth planes in their fleets.

An Indian Air Force fighter jet crashed in a field. The Mirage 2000 fighter jet plummeted to the ground during a routine training sortie after encountering a system malfunction in Shivpuri, India, on February 6 at 2:30 pm local time.

MKI, Mirage 2000, SEPECAT Jaguar, MiG-21 Bison, Tejas LCA Mk1, MiG-29, and Rafale jets. However, many of these are aging.