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IAF Mig-29UPG finally in IAF colours!! Is this in India or Russia as ACM already said some were in India but it doesn't look like the TOPSOGHT has been integrated yet so assume this is taken in Russia.
True,but the SMT looks FuglY!
True,but the SMT looks FuglY!
Indians please stop begging Russia USA Israel etc and SPEND ur precious money on poor public and their rehabilitation rather then killing babies in Kashmir.
IAF Mig-29UPG finally in IAF colours!! Is this in India or Russia as ACM already said some were in India but it doesn't look like the TOPSOGHT has been integrated yet so assume this is taken in Russia.
I guess in Russia and Topsight is not fully confirmed so far, because there were also reports about a Russian HMS, we will have to wait till they are back in India and IAF service to see what the final version will be.
I have a question
Who actually edits wikipedia , specially defence related info
Is there any qualification or other critaria , or is it that any internet troll , like the ones on PDF , can go and edit the info
Check out the following link regarding the official article on IAF
Indian Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fighter and multi-role combat aircraft
Sukhoi Su-30MKI
The fighter aircraft in the IAF inventory are the primary means to achieve and maintain air supremacy over the battle field. These aircraft are designed for air-to-air combat in order to achieve their goals.
The Sukhoi Su-30MKI is the IAF's primary air superiority fighter with the capability to conduct strike missions. The IAF have placed an order for a total of 272 Su-30MKIs of which 159 are in service as of June 2011.
The Mikoyan MiG-29 known as Baaz (Hindi for Hawk) is the IAF's dedicated air superiority fighter and forms the second line of defence for the IAF after the Sukhoi Su-30MKI. The IAF operates 69 MiG-29s, all of which are currently being upgraded to the MiG-29UPG standard.
The Dassault Mirage 2000, known as Vajra (Sanskrit for Thunderbolt) in Indian service, is the IAF's primary multirole fighter. The IAF currently operates 51 Mirage 2000Hs.
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 serves as an Interceptor aircraft in the IAF. The IAF currently operates about 200 MiG-21s, 121 of which have been upgraded to MiG-21 Bison standard.[102] While the MiG-21 Bison is likely to be in service till 2017, the remaining aircraft are expected to be phased out by 2013. The MiG-21s are planned to be replaced by the indigenously built HAL Tejas.
Strike, attack and close support aircraft
SEPECAT Jaguar
These are military aircraft designed to attack targets on the ground. They are often deployed as close air support for, and in proximity to, their own ground forces, requiring precision strikes from these aircraft.
The SEPECAT Jaguar known as Shamsher and the Mikoyan MiG-27 known as Bahadur (Hindi for Valiant) serve as the IAF's primary ground attack forceThe IAF currently operates 139 Jaguars and over 100 MiG-27s.
Now compare the info with that given in the article on Indian Air force fleet
List of aircraft of the Indian Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Why is there a huge difference in number ,
I mean IAF could not have inducted 29 Su30MKI in the span of 7 Months
Also according to the above article , India is still inducting Jaguars , which I think is absurd , even though IAF had placed orders for Jaguar aircrafts in yr 1999 for 17 Jaguar IS and in 2001 for additional 20 Jaguar IS , though there was reports regarding IAF looking to order another 47 New Built Jaguars in 2007 , this was in order to reduce the shortfall which would occur due to retirement of 100 odd Mig27 by 2017 , but I thought that this deal was scraped when IAF ordered more MKIs in 2007 and 2010
Also the figure for mig27 is also wrong since we have only like 95 such aircrafts while the article shows 122
Similarly MKIs fleet is around 160 , but it is shown as 130
Mirage 2000H Number stand at 51 ,not 57
Mig29S/SMT fleet stand at 63 , not 69
Jaguar IS/IM fleet is at 136 Not 148 + 14 on order as the article sugest
only the Mig21 number seems accurate since India does operate only 155+ Mig21 , with 2 Sqds being retired recently thanks to Induction of 7th and 8th MKI sqds
Same is the case with rest of the fleet
It actually says that IAF only has 37 HAL Dhruvs , thats like saying that IAF has inducted only 4 Dhruvs in last 2 yrs , also Mi 8/17 fleet is at 130 Aircrafts ,not 110
Same can be said about IAF Transport fleet where some of the aircrafts are not even mentioned while some are actually added
To me it looks like some of our friendly neighbourhood trolls had a field day with these figures , Yes the same one who state that PAF has 530 Fighters on Wiki and PDF
Also can some senior member like SPARK edit them appropriately