Because those are cheap aircraft. The US sending and selling arms to India has been a long standing practice for that former British colony. They only relatively recently increased purchase of Russian military equipment.
Because those are cheap aircraft. The US sending and selling arms to India has been a long standing practice for that former British colony. They only relatively recently increased purchase of Russian military equipment.
Calling India a US ally is quite a stretch. I'd say they're solidly neutral and not part of any major power bloc. If anything they were closer to the USSR during the Cold War, and their air force is MiGs and Sukhois.