Indian Air Force News & Discussions

[Wesen Hunter]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1588347324593762304

 

[walterbibikow]

IAF upgrading radar coverage along China border in eastern Ladakh, northeast

The force is in the process of installing new radars to keep an eye on Chinese Air Force activities in the Ladakh sector, defence sources told ANI.

www.aninews.in

 

[walterbibikow]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thehindu.com/news/national/iaf-mi-35-attack-helicopters-undergoing-overhaul-to-add-six-years-life/article66169875.ece/amp/

IAF is in talks with Boeing to procure 11 additional Chinooks

 

[SQ8]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1588347324593762304

Sour grapes(or hops) talking about beer

 

[Two banks of the River]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1595258550783463424

 

[walterbibikow]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1601880248811130880

 

[MirageBlue]

IAF Jaguar elephant walk!

 

[MirageBlue]

 

[MirageBlue]

Tata Airbus project to build 40 C-295s in Vadodara, Gujarat, after imports of 16 C-295s from Spain, has grown. 15 more C-295s will be built here, 9 for the Navy and 6 for the Coast Guard. These will be then used as MPAs

The C-295 is likely to be the top contender to replace the An-32s when they are to be retired at the end of this decade. That could mean another 100+ C-295s from the Vadodara assembly line of the Tata-Airbus JV.

link

 

[MirageBlue]

Su-30MKI Combat Air Patrol!

 

[MirageBlue]

Missing man formation to commemorate Flt Lt NJS Sekhon's valor

Mirage-2000I, Tejas Mk1 FOC, Rafale, Jaguar IS DARIN-2

 

[MirageBlue]

IAF 9G club..missing the Mirage-2000 though

 

[MirageBlue]

Netra AEW&C escorted by 2 Su-30MKIs and 2 MiG-29UPGs

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

So the deal for the 70000 pieces of AK-103 rifles was for the IAF
Per rifle cost is around 42000 Rupees, cost seems very reasonable considering the INSAS had a price tag of 33000 in 2015/2016
In service with the best(MARCOS) for a long time so no second thoughts

IAF signs emergency deal for 70,000 AK-103 assault rifles with Russia

New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): At a time when terrorist groups operating in India are likely to get weapons left behind by American troops in Afghanistan, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has signed a deal for acquiring 70,000 AK-103 assault rifles from Russia under emergency provisions to...

aninews.in

Good to see this focus, got the first of the Light BP Vehicles a few weeks back from Ashok Leyland

https://ashokleyland.com/in/en/cust...r-force-in-collaboration-with-lockheed-martin

Finally some images of the AK with the Garud units. Not sure why they still call it the 103.
This is a AK-203.

 

[MirageBlue]

IAF Tejas Mk1 (from No.45 'Flying Daggers' squadron), Su-30MKI, Jaguar DARIN3 and MiG-29UPG exercising with the RSAF F-16 Block 52s

IAF Tejas Mk1 (from No.45 'Flying Daggers' squadron) and Jaguar DARIN 3 exercising with RSAF F-16 Block 52s