Exercise Garuda begins in France

[anathema]

I thought all Su MKs had been replaced by the MKI, why then is there pics of SUs without canards in pics above?

I couldnt find any..can you point to the specific picture....at this point i can say that naybe its a illusion.

 

[sancho]

I thought all Su MKs had been replaced by the MKI, why then is there pics of SUs without canards in pics above?

They are replaced, the pics posted by Navtrek were form earlier Garuda exercises, the pics that I posted are from the actual exercise.

 

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[anathema]

No offence F16 looks really gross...... It looks over weight...maxed out at every angle....

Its a wonder that it still gives out a 9G performance....kudos to Americans for that...I just hope that we dont go for this plane.

 

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BY: ANI
Indian fighter jet SU-30MKIs have excelled in high value air borne asset protection and busting missions in the Exercise Garuda 2010 being held at the Istres Air Base in Marseille, France.

The exercise between the air forces of India, France and Singapore, which concludes on Friday, entered its final phase on Wednesday.

Over 60 missions have been successfully flown till now.

SU-30MKI along with the Mirage-2000-5, Rafale and the F-16 were also engaged in various air defence maneuvers such as implementation of “no fly zones” and large force engagements during day and night.

A unique feature to which the SU-30s were subjected was the “swing roles”, where the same aircraft is simultaneously put to offensive as well as defensive roles.

The IL-78 refuellers of the IAF and the KC-135 refuellers of the French Air Force also participated in various missions carrying out cross refueling, where refuelling denials were practised to make it more difficult.

Meanwhile, the IAF Special Forces team “Gurada” also carried out two jumps each by day and night.

“Our participation in the exercise has reinforced the manner in which we conduct our operations. It has also helped us refine our doctrine,” said Air Marshal K K Nowhar, who visited the contingent involved in the exercise.

“In future, there is a slim chance that a country would operate in isolation especially in a co-operative defence scenario. Thus knowing each others best practices in terms of tactics, techniques and procedures is the main objective of this exercise, which is also a part of the on-going Indo-French Defence Cooperation,” he added.

The Indian Air Attache in France, Air Commodore S K Ghotia, said: “This has been the widest scope ever accomplished between three nations. The exercise brought together the best fighting machines of the world such as the Sukhois, F16s, Rafale and Mirage-2000.”

“Our pilots flew in these cockpits and has gained tremendous learning experience.

 

[sancho]

Garuda 2010 emblem:

 

[gowthamraj]

So our pilots flown in f-16

 

[indian navy]

well how was performance of su30 mki against f16

 

[dbc]

..was the BARS in training mode?

 

[indushek]

..was the BARS in training mode?

No information has been provided on this in the media but i think it would not have been turned on since it was the same case in Red flag two years back too. I could be wrong also.

 

[roach]

Here are some pics of Garud from livefist.com:

 

[Dark Angel]

man it would be any AF nightmare to go against IAF hoooooray

 

[sancho]

New pics:

Comment:

By the fact that we only see the MKI in close formation with Mirage 2000, could it be that they train to counter the F16s as aggressors?
The reports about the exercise also said, that MKI was doing high value protection missions, escort for AWACS?