HAL HF-73

Overview

HF-73 also known as Hindustan Fighter-73 was a proposed twin engine strike fighter intended to be operated by the Indian Air Force. It was a joint venture project undertaken by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) of West Germany in 1972. The proposed HF-73 strike fighter was similar in design and role to the multi-national European consortium Panavia Aircraft GmbH's Panavia Tornado. The project was cancelled in the late 1970s.