Indian Air Force News & Discussions

[Lord Of Gondor]

And the first ever images of the Mirage-2000I's cockpit!

Thanks to Amiet Kashyap's superb channel on YT!
For comparison, here is the Hellenic Mirage-2000-5

https://twitter.com/x/status/1241681445732716544

And the old one

 

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Another great Deb Rana shot

 

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Well the first overseas sojourn of the IAF VVIP B-777 300ER!
The livery is just superb!

 

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Heliborne operations in support of the Army:
(From Ex Yudh Abhyas)
Apache Guardians on escort duties for Mi-17V5 and CH-47F(I), providing armed overwatch for infantry etc
Chinook rotor noise was nice

 

[Anik101]

Heliborne operations in support of the Army:
(From Ex Yudh Abhyas)
Apache Guardians on escort duties for Mi-17V5 and CH-47F(I), providing armed overwatch for infantry etc
Chinook rotor noise was nice

Reminds me of Meghna Airlift operation carried out by IAF during 1971 War.
Some historic footage from 6:50 onwards. Most probably from early 80's.

BTW nice to see wire cutters installed on mi17s. We have lost 2x Dhruv helicopters due to lack of wire cutters.

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

Superb image shared by USN

Jaguar from 6 Sqn "Dragons" , leading the arrowhead with USN E/A-18G from VAQ-142 "Gray Wolves"(not sure) and 4 Su-30MKI from "Rhinos"(6 Jets returning from a long 22 Day deployment to West Asia where they participated in the Exercise Desert Flag VI)

 

[Yasser76]

After Ladakh standoff, IAF defers mega drill to conserve flying hours

The decision to put off the exercise to possibly next year was guided by the need “to conserve flying hours and equipment” considering the IAF’s continuous deployment in the Ladakh theatre after border tensions with China began last May, said a senior officer, asking not to be named.

After Ladakh standoff, IAF defers mega drill to conserve flying hours

IAF’s biggest exercise Iron Fist, held every three years to showcase India’s air power, was supposed to be held at Rajasthan’s Pokhran test facility this month but it has been removed from the air force’s training schedule for the current year.

www.hindustantimes.com

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

Another spectacular shot of the Su(Courtesy MoD/IAF)

Some special shots shared by Twitter user SupratikSaumya

 

[MirageBlue]

LOG, didn't know where to post this for you this is courtesy of Stefan from Twitter but check out this Omani Jaguar ma man! Wow!!!! I knew you would appreciate it.

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Look at that shape coming out of the hangar, it's like nothing other with thosespread out intimidating landing gears! Wow, gotta love it.

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And of course the classic front landing gear cover with the two eyeballs. How could you not love this aircraft.

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hi Gomig-21,

Love those Omani Jags with their gorgeous desert scheme..

You'd be interested to know that the Omani Jags were sold to India's HAL to be used as Christmas trees for spares and in some tail numbers' cases, they were almost fully restored back to full use for the IAF. Will try to look for the post from Grp Cpt HV Thakur on Twitter confirming that.

Meanwhile, enjoy this shot of a Jaguar taking off from Bangalore's HAL Airport. This is a DARIN 3 Jaguar, with an Elta 2052 AESA radar in the nose. Notice the modified radome, similar to Jaguar IM (International Marine) which carried Elta 2032 radars earlier and Agave radars before that.

pic credit - Raghav Kidambi

 

[Gomig-21]

Superb image shared by USN

Jaguar from 6 Sqn "Dragons" , leading the arrowhead with USN E/A-18G from VAQ-142 "Gray Wolves"(not sure) and 4 Su-30MKI from "Rhinos"(6 Jets returning from a long 22 Day deployment to West Asia where they participated in the Exercise Desert Flag VI)

Wow LOG, I can/t keep up wit all our awesome post!

 

[Gomig-21]

hi Gomig-21,

Love those Omani Jags with their gorgeous desert scheme..

I honestly did mot know that/ fantastic. I figured since India still operates th best jag, I figured you would enjoy you ad be interested in them.,

: be interested to know that the Omani Jags were sold to India's HAL to be used as Christmas trees for spares and in some tail numbers' cases, they were almost fully restored back to full use for the IAF. Will try to look for the post from Grp Cpt HV Thakur on Twitter confirming that

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[QUOTE="Mir, ageBluepostMeanwhile, enjoy this shot of a Jaguar taking off from Bangalore's HAL Airport. This is a DARIN 3 Jaguar, with an Elta 2052 AESA radar in the nose. Notice the modified radome, similar to Jaguar IM (International Marine) which carried Elta 2032 radars earlier and Agave radars before that.
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thank yo.
';o fror all of that, super enjoyable1

pic credit - Raghav Kidambi
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WoW!!!

 

[MirageBlue]

What a beautiful fighter!

Brand new upgraded Jaguar DARIN 3 with Elta 2052 AESA radar in the nose.

 

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Operation Poomalai, IAF's gigantic effort to help Lankan Tamils in Jaffna

Escorted by IAF Mirage-2000 from "The Battle Axes", a flight of five An-32 flying from Bengaluru, para dropped supplies to besieged Jaffna

 

[MirageBlue]

What an Air Chief Marshal! He flew an ASTE Su-30MKI that was modified for some new software, from the front seat. He's flown the Mirage-2000 and Tejas solo as well, apart from over 28 other types as Test Pilot.

I'm pretty sure that this was some major software upgrade that he was personally interested in seeing in action, hence this flight.

CAS visited Bengaluru & interacted with test crew of Aircraft & Systems Testing Establishment & software engineers of Software Development Institute. He reviewed ongoing projects & flew a Su-30MKI to witness the capability enhancement on successful completion of one such project.

IAF MiG-29UPGs flying over the Himalayas..armed with R-77 and R-73s. The MiG-29UPGs are also earmarked for Astra Mk1 integration soon.

There's a rumour that the deal for 21 additional MiG-29UPGs will be signed during President Putin's visit to India later this year.

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

Superb lineup

The massive Phalcon ELW 2090 360 Degree L Band AESA sensor on the Beriev A-50EI
The Su-30MKI is as big as the ERJ-145
Jaguars are DARIN III(?)