Pilots wear diapers on bombing missions

[IBRIS]

Fighter pilots wore diapers and flew non-stop for more than nine hours to carry out the Indian Air Force's farthest and longest bombing exercise recently - symbolising the IAF's extended reach.

They flew Sukhoi-30 MKI fighters to destroy mock targets in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

A senior IAF officer told HT, "The fighters dropped air-to-ground ordnance for the first time on an uninhabited island in the Andamans. We want to exploit the location of these islands to train fighter pilots for extreme missions."

Six fighter planes were launched from air force bases in Bareilly and Pune for the experimental long-haul mission. Russian Ilyushin-78 refuellers flew from Agra to tank up the Sukhois during the flight over the Bay of Bengal.

The officer said long-range missions would be planned regularly from now on to push the limits of technology and human endurance.

Fighter pilots may have to get used to carrying more loads in their diapers. The officer said future missions would be more complex, requiring them to stay airborne for 12 to 15 hours. "We can keep the fighters airborne for as long as we want.

Refuellers are a game-changer," he said. The Air Force has started providing diapers to pilots as 'standard clothing'.

Former IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, said, "The IAF seems to be gearing up for expeditionary missions. Human endurance should not be a limiting factor in the cockpit."

Pilots wear diapers on bombing missions- Hindustan Times

 

[Creder]

that is just wrong...noo no grown man should have to poop in his pants..if the report was that the pilots had to hold it in for that long that would have been better.

 

[IBRIS]

that is just wrong...noo no grown man should have to poop in his pants..if the report was that the pilots had to hold it in for that long that would have been better.

American F-16 crashed in the 90's while patroling northen Iraq when it's pilot tried to pee. higher alttitudes and higher G turns can push man's body to it's end. Thats why i'd prefer SU-34 with toilet seat and comfortable little bed for longer bombing missions.

In vietnam Marines sometimes wore diapers in their MOPP suits because there wasnt always enough time to take a dump outside.

 

[deckingraj]

^^^^^^^^^^^^

Though it yuks however just shows how difficult is the job of these great men...certainly heroes of their respective nations...

I salute to these heroes....

 

[Avatar]

The focus of the thread should not be the diapers but IAF's steadily increasing combat capability. IMO the diapers are a plausible precaution. Such missions must be very demanding in terms of both the pilot and the machine.

 

[deckingraj]

The focus of the thread should not be the diapers but IAF's steadily increasing combat capability. IMO the diapers are a plausible precaution. Such missions must be very demanding in terms of both the pilot and the machine.

I second that....Please correct me if i am wrong but exercise for missions as long as 9 hours are unprecedented as far as IAF war training history is concerned....Clearly IAF is pushing its fighter and pilots to limits to make them tough in case there is any need to give a fitting punch....

 

[Hulk]

Fighter pilots wore diapers and flew non-stop for more than nine hours to carry out the Indian Air Force's farthest and longest bombing exercise recently - symbolising the IAF's extended reach.

They flew Sukhoi-30 MKI fighters to destroy mock targets in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

A senior IAF officer told HT, "The fighters dropped air-to-ground ordnance for the first time on an uninhabited island in the Andamans. We want to exploit the location of these islands to train fighter pilots for extreme missions."

Six fighter planes were launched from air force bases in Bareilly and Pune for the experimental long-haul mission. Russian Ilyushin-78 refuellers flew from Agra to tank up the Sukhois during the flight over the Bay of Bengal.

The officer said long-range missions would be planned regularly from now on to push the limits of technology and human endurance.

Fighter pilots may have to get used to carrying more loads in their diapers. The officer said future missions would be more complex, requiring them to stay airborne for 12 to 15 hours. "We can keep the fighters airborne for as long as we want.

Refuellers are a game-changer," he said. The Air Force has started providing diapers to pilots as 'standard clothing'.

Former IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, said, "The IAF seems to be gearing up for expeditionary missions. Human endurance should not be a limiting factor in the cockpit."

Pilots wear diapers on bombing missions- Hindustan Times

Can't they just use tube connected to a bag. Better I guess.

 

[ajpirzada]

hahahaha........
i appreciate their resolve though

 

[Luftwaffe]

Pilots won't be able to concentrate on their mission do you think after say a flight of 20 minutes pilots pee and poop and than after 4 hours again he pee and poop do you think he'll be able to concentrate on his long missions.