rate; why suddenly they've extra planes to spare ?

Another point: buying foren weapon also means dependence on foren spare parts supply and all the major tejas components are from euro, israeli&yank source, granted that Armenia has no problems with those countries but would it be complicated? OR the hindu AF just wants to dump a plane they only reluctantly accept .

The best option for armenia IMO is used/refurbished yankie F16 or russ mig29