Indian Air Force News & Discussions

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No Plans To Shift Aero India Out Of Bangalore

The Defence Ministry has no plans to shift the world famous biennial Aero India air show out of Bangalore. So far seven successful editions of Aero India has taken place in Bangalore.

The booking of spaces for the 2013 edition has already begun at the Yelahanka air base which is just outside Bangalore. However, Bangalore International Airport has raised objection over the closure of the air space for commercial flights during the air show. The objection was conveyed to Civil Aviation Ministry but there is no change so far in the plans about the venue of the show.

The idea of shifting Aero India out of Bangalore was floated because of the closure of Bangalore airspace for 5 days during the event. There was a suggestion to move Aero India to Lucknow but the idea was immediately shot down on the grounds that Lucknow did not have the necessary infrastructure in place to hold such an international event.

More than 500 Indian and International companies participate in the Aero India show every two years. They showcase their best aircrafts, fighter jets, weapon systems, radars, etc. to the Indian Armed Forces in Balgalore. The last edition of Aero India was held in 2011.

Defence News - No Plans To Shift Aero India Out Of Bangalore

 

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nice pic of indian air force Su-30mki over Indian maritime extent:

 

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nice pic of indian air force Su-30mki over Indian maritime extent:

Is the jet on auto-pilot

 

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Is the jet on auto-pilot

yes, that's why they are called super sukhois...

 

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yes, that's why they are called super sukhois...

IAF got Super Sukhois ??? I though we will get them from next year

 

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IAF got Super Sukhois ??? I though we will get them from next year

bhai just joking

 

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IAF Pilots, Crew At 'Unacceptable Risk' In Anti-Maoist Operations:

 

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Air Force Maintenance Commanders conference

Nagpur:The annual Commanders' Conference of the Maintenance Command of Indian Air Force (IAF) will be held at the Vayusena Nagar here on July 9 and 10.

It will be attended by Commanders of equipment depots, movement control units and Air Force liaison establishments.

Air Marshal J Chandra, Air Officer



Air Force Maintenance Commanders conference on Jul
Commanding-in-Chief, Maintenance Command, will inaugurate the conference on July 9.

Being a premier establishment of the Indian Air Force, Maintenance Command plays an important techno-logistic role by providing the requisite maintenance support to the operational and training commands.

Besides repair and overhaul of equipment, the units are engaged in procurement, presentation, storage, transportation, upgrades and modification of equipment to enable operational units to accomplish their tasks, a release from Defence PRO said today.



Air Force Maintenance Commanders conference on Jul


The objective of the conference is to review the performance of last year and provide a platform for sharing each other's experience so as to resolve functional problems.

Modernisation of infrastructure, cost effective inventory management, enhancement of quality of product support and job enrichment will be the areas of focus.

Trophies and awards will be presented to various formations for their performance during 2011, the release added.

PTI

Air Force Maintenance Commanders conference on Jul

 

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Air force to resume operation to salvage missing MIG-29 pilot

Nine months after a combat plane – MIG 29 – crashed in the treacherous mountains of the Lahual Valley, Indian Air Force and the Army will launch a joint operation to salvage the missing pilot and the flight data recorder.

Rise in temperature triggering snow melt in the mountains have revived hopes of locating the wreckage of the plane that reportedly exploded in air during nocturnal combat exercise.

Two planes had left Adampur air base in Jalandhar on October 18, last year. While one came back safely, the other plane went missing.

Due to heavy snow and hostile weather the air force had called off the operation last November. Operation to retrieve plane wreckage will resume from July 20.

“Indian Air Force has sent a communiqué to resume the search operation shortly,” deputy commissioner Lahual and Spiti Shyam Singh Guleria confirmed to Hindustan Times.

As many as 50 air force and army personnel’s from are expected to participate on the search operations.

“Team from air force station will arrive here shortly,” says Guleria, while adding that district administration is also sending a team of trekkers from Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering to recce the area that was earlier marked by the air force.

Family of the missing pilot also met the deputy commissioner and visited the nearby villages to the find any trace of the 32-year-old squadron leader DS Tomar.

After the plane went missing, the Indian Air Force had launched a salvage operation arguably one of the biggest in the country till date to locate it.

Apart from locals, the air force had requisitioned elite mountaineers from Darjeeling.

Indian Air Force had called in mountaineers from army’s High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) to supplement ground search initiated on peaks between Chokang village and Gangsten glacier, where the local villagers heard the explosion.

Equipped with sophisticated search equipment to trace the debris of the plane buried under snow engineers from 17 Engineering Regiment has conducted ground search along with Three Ladakh Scout Battalion and One Battalion from Jammu and Kashmir Rifles.

Army units involved in the search operations had also pressed into service sniffer dogs to locate the missing pilot.

Last year, the family of the missing pilot announced a reward of Rs. 50,000 for the locals for any vital information. This time they hope to find him.

Recently the family members of Tomar were in district headquarters Keylong and visted Miarh valley and even met villagers of Naingarh located at an altitude of 13,000feet.

They also visited remote Darcha in hope that they could get some clue about the pilot.

“Kins of missing pilot met the villagers here few days back and they would return back when the air force resumes operations,” a police official at Keylong said.

District administration had distributed photographs and posters giving details about the missing pilot.

The posters are being distributed to trekkers climbing the peaks and the local shepherds who along with flocks move to higher altitudes during summers.

The IAF had last year managed to locate some parts of the crashed aircraft with the help of the army and local villagers but the main wreckage was not found.

It had deployed its unmanned aerial vehicles and fighter aircraft such as the SU-30MKI and Jaguars to locate the aircraft and has flown close to 160 sorties for the search.

Air force to resume operation to salvage missing MIG-29 pilot | idrw.org

 

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Boeing receives engines for Indian Air Force planes

US aircraft engine maker Pratt and Whitney today said it has delivered the first four F117 engines to Boeing to power strategic heavylift C-17 Globemaster III transport planes being manufactured for the Indian Air Force.

India has signed a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) deal worth over USD 4.1 billion with the US government for procuring 10 C-17s. The delivery of the planes will start from next year.

"Pratt and Whitney is pleased to deliver the first four F117 engines for the Indian Air Force's C-17 programmme," it's Vice President (Military Programs and Customer Support) Bev Deachin said in a statement.

"We look forward to a continued partnership with India as we complete the remaining F117 engines to fulfill this contract," he added.

The aircraft will be used by the IAF for strategic lift requirements and carrying heavy equipment to far flung areas.

The IAF intends to deploy these aircraft at the Hindon air base near New Delhi where it has also based its C-130J Hercules transport aircraft.

The IAF has already inducted six C-130Js and is in the process of acquiring six more which will be deployed at Panargarh in West Bengal.

Boeing receives engines for Indian Air Force planes | NDTV.com

 

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some random pics of IAF's inventory:

 

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IAF chief assesses modernization, upgradation of air bases in J-K


New Delhi, July 12 (ANI): The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne is on a two day visit to ***** the modernization of frontline bases in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Air Chief met the station personnel at Awantipur and Srinagar bases and interacted with them.
"I am happy to be in the field, amongst you and to share with you some of my thoughts on the way the IAF is moving ahead. Srinagar is our premier frontline airbase, which is also slated for major upgradation as a part of our ongoing modernisation drive," said Air Chief Marshal Browne.
The Indian Air Force chief also inspected the newly inducted MI 17V5 Heptr unit which has the onerous task of supporting the Army units in the hilly state.
During the visit, the Air Chief is also scheduled to call on Narinder Nath Vohra, Governor of J-K.
Srinagar, Awantipur, Leh, Daulet Beg Oldi and Chushul are few of the airfields that the Indian Air Force uses in its daily supply routines.
The Chushul airfield is the highest airfield at nearly 14,000 feet altitude. Leh is at 10,600 feet altitude. (ANI)

 

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Israeli systems on Indian Rafales! « vvspeaks

 

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Lockheed Martin bags deal to supply laser-guided bombs to IAF

US defence major Lockheed Martin has bagged a deal expected to be worth over Rs 100 crore for supplying laser-guided bombs (LGBs) for the Jaguar fighter aircraft fleet in the Indian Air Force (IAF).

The IAF plans to induct more than 100 bunker-buster LGBs for its Jaguar warplanes to destroy strongly fortified enemy targets.

Lockheed Martin bags deal to supply laser-guided bombs to IAF - Economic Times

Israeli systems on Indian Rafales! « vvspeaks

There was a joke going around that no matter who won the MMRCA, the Israelis had already won. Because they supply the software no matter what the hardware!

 

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Tarmak007 -- A bold blog on Indian defence: IAF warms up to receive Swiss basic trainer Pilatus

Bangalore: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is gearing up to induct the first batch of Swiss Pilatus (PC-7 Mk II) basic trainer aircraft (BTA) in Bangalore. Scheduled to arrive in January 2013, the Pilatus turbo-prop aircraft will be used for Stage-1 training of rookie pilots. In the first lot, the IAF will receive six aircraft out of the total 75, as per the Rs 3,000-crore-deal inked in May 2012. Thereafter, every five planes will make touchdown every two months.
Air Marshal Rajinder Singh, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, IAF Training Command (TC), Bangalore, told Express that a team of pilots, technicians and ground crew are heading to Switzerland. “The three-months training will start in October and they would impart training to IAF officers after returning. We have begun setting-up infrastructure to house the aircraft. The hangars and other ground installations have been inspected and certified by a team from Switzerland,” Rajinder Singh said.
With Pilatus joining the fleet, the IAF hopes to up the flying hours of cadets from 30 to in excess of 60 hours. Then on, the Stage-II will be on Kirans and Stage-III on British Hawks. “We have not cut down the number of flying hours in training and there is no compromise on quality. A basic Pilatus trainer simulator too would join us soon. We hope to have adequate number of PC-7s by the end of December 2013,” Rajinder Singh, said. Currently, the first two stages of training are done on Kirans.
While the Kirans are set to be phased out by 2015 and the IAF not sure of getting Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)-built Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT) as a replacement, concerns were already hovering around. “Inordinate delay in rolling out IJT will be a problem for the IAF in 2015. In my opinion, to get IJT by 2015 is a near-impossible task and the IAF will have to re-design its basic, intermediate and advance training. If we are up against the wall by then, the training will have to be on PC-7 and Hawks,” says former IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal (retd) Fali Homi Major.
HAL says that the IJT was back on track after the April 2011 mishap. “The second prototype has undertaken few sorties after the modification. We are now preparing for completing the tasks of stall and spin tests, which are major requirements for certification of this class of aircraft,” HAL said in an official communication. “The first two limited series production (LSP) aircraft are also undergoing the installation of the modified control circuits and will join the prototype aircraft soon to enhance the developmental flight activity,” HAL added.