India and Pakistan fought a deadly and fierce war in 1999 called the Kargil War. The high-altitude terrain of the Kargil region posed one of the biggest challenges to the Indian Air Force (IAF) throughout the war.
The legendary MiG-27 was among the many aircraft that the Indian Air Force had to deploy in order to strike sites held by Pakistan. The Soviet MiG-27 is a ground-attack aircraft that was not intended for high-altitude flying.
During the Kargil War, its inadequacies were tragically exposed. The following are some of the main flaws in the MiG-27 that made it difficult to fly in the high altitudes of Kargil.
One Tumansky R-60 engine propelled the MiG-27. The engine’s inability to provide sufficient power at el