Indian Air Force News & Discussions

[X_Killer]

India will gets its first Rafale in 2019.

Yup, RAFALE delivery will starts from September'19 and completed in 30 months

Choice between F-16 and Gripen will be made shortly.

Still not clear.

Then the order placed to replace the old Migs

RAFALE is not intended to replace mig-21,23,27 and IAF no plan to replace mig-29 with RAFALE.

 

[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Defence
21-July, 2017 15:04 IST
Crash of IAF Aircraft

During the last five financial years (2012-13 to 2016-17) and current year (upto 18.07.2017) 29 fighter aircraft including 5 Sukhoi-30 and 3 trainer aircraft have crashed. Technical Defects and Human Error were the main causes of the accidents.

Every aircraft accident in the IAF is investigated by a Court of Inquiry (CoI) to ascertain the cause of accident and the recommendations of the completed Courts of Inquiry are implemented.

Training of pilots in the IAF is regularly reviewed to stay abreast of the latest teaching techniques utilising state of the art training aids. This is a continuous process.

Various preventive measures are being taken, including invigoration of Aviation Safety Organisation, streamlining of accident / incident reporting procedure, analytical studies and quality audits of the aircraft fleets to identify vulnerable areas to avoid aircraft accidents. Accident prevention programmes have been given an added thrust to identify risk prone / hazardous areas specific to the aircraft fleets and operational environment, to ensure safe practices / procedures.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Om Birla and others in Lok Sabha today.

Ministry of Defence
21-July, 2017 15:02 IST
Pension to IAF Veterans

Pension of pre-2006 retired Junior Commissioned Officers/ Other Ranks (JCOs / ORs) have been assessed on the basis of rank continuously held for 10 months or more. However, protection of minimum of fitment table under 6th Pay Commission for the last rank held has been provided.

A Junior Warrant Officer (JWO) who has not served for 10 months or more continuously in the rank is entitled to receive initial pension in the rank of Sergeant. However, where the revised pension as on 01.07.2014 worked out in terms of OROP order, happens to be less than the existing pension as on 01.07.2014, the pension has not been revised to the disadvantage of the pensioner.

Further, the issue whether in the case of JCOs / ORs, the pension is to be paid on the basis of the last rank held instead of last rank pensioned under OROP was referred to the Judicial Committee on OROP. The Committee has submitted its report to the Ministry which is under examination.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Dr. P. Venugopal in Lok Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
21-July, 2017 15:01 IST
Combat Role for Women in Indian Army

The induction of Women Officers is based on the organizational requirement, fighting efficiency, combat effectiveness and functionality of the Army.

Presently, women are inducted in Indian Army as Officers through Short Service Commission (SSC). Women Officers are inducted in Army Service Corps, Army Ordnance Corps, Army Education Corps, Judge Advocate General Branch including Engineers, Signals, Intelligence and Electrical & Mechanical Engineering branches. They have also been granted option for Permanent Commission in Judge Advocate General (JAG) Department and in Army Education Corps (AEC) of Army. There has been a progressive enhancement in the induction of women in the Army. There is no proposal to raise all women battalion in the Army.

In the Army, women officers are being employed in the above streams and are being tasked which is commensurate to the rank and service on equal footing as male officers. In Indian Navy and Indian Air Force, women officers are inducted on same terms as male officers. For Indian Navy, the Government has approved induction of Women SSC officers as Pilots and in Naval Armament Inspectorate cadre with effect from 2017. As such, it is the endeavour of the Government to bring gender parity in all three wings of defence forces.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to T Radhakrishnan and others in Lok Sabha today.

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Ministry of Defence
21-July, 2017 15:00 IST
Implementation of Seventh Pay Commission Report

Based on the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission and due consultation and examination by the Empowered Committee of Secretaries and consideration by the Government, the following notifications have been issued and published on the website of Department of Defence:

• Issue of Armed Forces Pay Rules / Regulations, 2017 (for both Officers & JCOs / ORs) dated 3rd May 2017 and amendments thereto dated 6th July 2017 and 14th July 2017 respectively.

• Issue of Non-Combatant (Enrolled) of Air Force Pay Rules, 2017 dated 30th June 2017.

• Issue of Military Nursing Service Pay Rules, 2017 dated 14th July 2017.

Orders for revision of pension / family pension with a multiplication factor of 2.57 to existing pension of pre-2016 retirees Defence Pensioners have been issued and all Pension Disbursing Agencies have implemented the order and released the arrears to pre-2016 Defence pensioners / family pensioners. This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Arvind Sawant and Shrimati Rekha Verma in Lok Sabha today.

 

[Anish1]

Yup, RAFALE delivery will starts from September'19 and completed in 30 months

Still not clear.

RAFALE is not intended to replace mig-21,23,27 and IAF no plan to replace mig-29 with RAFALE.

F-16 or Gripen will replace OLD Mig's.

Mig 29 is relatively newer I thought it was assumed.

 

[X_Killer]

F-16 or Gripen will replace OLD Mig's.

Tejas can do this and it is doing...

There is still no deal for f-16/GRIPEN , whereas the Retirement schedule of oldies is pretty much described.

 

[Anish1]

Tejas can do this and it is doing...

There is still no deal for f-16/GRIPEN , whereas the Retirement schedule of oldies is pretty much described.

Tejas ?

What do you mean ?

IAF needs to replace frontline air defence/interceptor/bomber escort Mig 21.

Needs to replace air defence/air dominance Mig 23

Needs to replace fighter bomber Mig 27.

And you bring in the Tejas ? The Tejas ????

Are you serious?

The deal for F-16/Gripen won't happen overnight as it's a speculated $25Bn affair it will take another year at the very least.

Retirement schedule of oldies was in nineties but due to failure of an indigenous white elephant it dint work out

 

[GuardianRED]

Tejas ?

What do you mean ?

IAF needs to replace frontline air defence/interceptor/bomber escort Mig 21.

Needs to replace air defence/air dominance Mig 23

Needs to replace fighter bomber Mig 27.

And you bring in the Tejas ? The Tejas ????

Are you serious?

The deal for F-16/Gripen won't happen overnight as it's a speculated $25Bn affair it will take another year at the very least.

Retirement schedule of oldies was in nineties but due to failure of an indigenous white elephant it dint work out

????? U came here to troll too!!!!

Pal.... The MiG23s have all been retired from service .... Only a few trainers (yes one crash) are available for the MiG27

Stop bring this frame up very damn time!

 

[Anish1]

????? U came here to troll too!!!!

Pal.... The MiG23s have all been retired from service .... Only a few trainers (yes one crash) are available for the MiG27

Stop bring this frame up very damn time!

Nonsense you know nothing except Wikipedia edit prone nonsense.

Mig 23 is in service across all 5 AC's in triple digits.

 

[GuardianRED]

Nonsense you know nothing except Wikipedia edit prone nonsense.

Mig 23 is in service across all 5 AC's in triple digits.

And the Trolling continues !!! ....learn to read!

Indian Air Force to retire MiG-23 fighter jets
Updated: Mar 05, 2009 15:07 IST

The Indian Air Force (IAF) will on Friday bid adieu to its MiG-23 'swing wing' ground attack fighter jets after nearly 30 years in service.

The MiG-23 BN aircraft, which were bought from the erstwhile Soviet Union to counter Pakistan's then newly acquired F-16 jets, will take to the sky for its last sortie from the Halwara airbase in Punjab on Friday.

"The jets, renamed in the IAF as Vijay (victory), were designed to replace the ageing fleet of MiG-21. They were once known as a formidable supersonic combat jets and it is going to be a nostalgic moment for us," a senior IAF official said on Thursday.

The single-seater aircraft, which was also used in Kargil War, was inducted in 1981 to meet the IAF's requirement of a tactical air strike aircraft. It also participated in operations in Siachen from 1985-86 and has operated from Leh, the highest airfield in India. It was also the first fighter aircraft to operate from the high altitude airfield Thoise in Jammu and Kashmir.


"Most of the IAF's MiG-23s have already been phased out. Its superior version the MiG-23 MF was phased out in 2007. Now we are left with only eight MiG-23 BN," the official added.

With a dubious safety record and besotted with engine troubles, the aircraft's phase-out comes because of burgeoning maintenance costs and problems relating to non-availability of spare parts.

Of the four squadrons the IAF had - over 70 aircraft - half of them were lost in air crashes and other accidents.

"Maintaining the aircraft fleet is very expensive for the IAF, so we have to phase out the aircraft, which has served us well over two decades-and-a-half. The aircraft incurs heavy financial costs for repairs and spares," the official added.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi...ighter-jets/story-AFsAiyvrtcmNhDuIbvrkcN.html

 

[Anish1]

And the Trolling continues !!! ....learn to read!

Indian Air Force to retire MiG-23 fighter jets
Updated: Mar 05, 2009 15:07 IST

The Indian Air Force (IAF) will on Friday bid adieu to its MiG-23 'swing wing' ground attack fighter jets after nearly 30 years in service.

The MiG-23 BN aircraft, which were bought from the erstwhile Soviet Union to counter Pakistan's then newly acquired F-16 jets, will take to the sky for its last sortie from the Halwara airbase in Punjab on Friday.

"The jets, renamed in the IAF as Vijay (victory), were designed to replace the ageing fleet of MiG-21. They were once known as a formidable supersonic combat jets and it is going to be a nostalgic moment for us," a senior IAF official said on Thursday.

The single-seater aircraft, which was also used in Kargil War, was inducted in 1981 to meet the IAF's requirement of a tactical air strike aircraft. It also participated in operations in Siachen from 1985-86 and has operated from Leh, the highest airfield in India. It was also the first fighter aircraft to operate from the high altitude airfield Thoise in Jammu and Kashmir.


"Most of the IAF's MiG-23s have already been phased out. Its superior version the MiG-23 MF was phased out in 2007. Now we are left with only eight MiG-23 BN," the official added.

With a dubious safety record and besotted with engine troubles, the aircraft's phase-out comes because of burgeoning maintenance costs and problems relating to non-availability of spare parts.

Of the four squadrons the IAF had - over 70 aircraft - half of them were lost in air crashes and other accidents.

"Maintaining the aircraft fleet is very expensive for the IAF, so we have to phase out the aircraft, which has served us well over two decades-and-a-half. The aircraft incurs heavy financial costs for repairs and spares," the official added.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi...ighter-jets/story-AFsAiyvrtcmNhDuIbvrkcN.html

Bunch of nonsense.

More than 100 Mig 23 in service in IAF across India.

 

[GuardianRED]

Bunch of nonsense.

More than 100 Mig 23 in service in IAF across India.

With nothing to back your claim .... you are still trolling!

 

[Anish1]

With nothing to back your claim .... you are still trolling!

Nothing ?

Take a tour of our air bases and start counting Mig 23 tail numbers

 

[GuardianRED]

Nothing ?

Take a tour of our air bases and start counting Mig 23 tail numbers

Sad and pathetic reply

Don't need a tour when an article and an update list of squadrons exist

http://bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Units/Squadrons/292-Squadrons.html

 

[Anish1]

Sad and pathetic reply

Don't need a tour when an article and an update list of squadrons exist

http://bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Units/Squadrons/292-Squadrons.html

List is downright wrong.

Go and see airbases across all AC's except SAC where only training and experiments like failed Tejas fly.

 

[GuardianRED]

List is downright wrong.

Go and see airbases across all AC's except SAC where only training and experiments like failed Tejas fly.

And with no proof to backup your clam .... you are officially a Troll!

Cheers and have a good day!

 

[Anish1]

And with no proof to backup your clam .... you are officially a Troll!

Cheers and have a good day!

Facts are facts Mig 23 is in service across IAF. More than 100 aircraft.

And to assume the failed Tejas which is not even potty trained will replace an actual combat aircraft is an absurd notion.