Indian Air Force’s fighter aircraft Sukhoi 30 fires a missile during an exercise. — PTI file photo

Ajay Banerjee

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 5

Expanding its outreach in China’s backyard, India will train Sukhoi-30 pilots of Vietnam.(Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd)The two sides today agreed to train the pilots. This is the second major training programme after Vietnamese Navy was trained by Indian Navy in operating Russian-origin kilo-class submarines.The agreement was signed at a meeting between Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and his Vietnamese counterpart Gen Ngo Xuan Lich on Monday in New Delhi.Vietnam operates Sukhoi-30 MK2 while India operates the Sukhoi-30 MKI.