IAF's Upgraded Jaguar Darin III receives IOC

The upgraded Jaguar DARIN III twin-seat aircraft on 24 November 2016 received the Initial Operation Clearance (IOC). 
●    IOC is a significant milestone for India’s military aviation sector.
●    This completion of IOC for DARIN III was announced by Deputy Chief of IAF, Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria. 
●    It was created by upgrading three DARIN I Standard Jaguars.
●    Three DARIN I (Display Attack Ranging Inertial Navigation) jaguars were indigenously upgraded at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) Mission and Combat System Research and Design Centre (MCSRDC).
●    Organisations involved in upgrading Jaguar from DARIN-I aircraft to DARIN-III included Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the trial team of the Aircraft Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE), certification agencies and others.
●    HAL is India’s aerospace and defence company. 
●    It is based in Bangalore, Karnataka. 
●    It is governed under the management of the Indian Ministry of Defence.