With Two Planes, India To Raise Its First Tejas Squadron In July.

[PARIKRAMA]

sulur is a good choice

It gives lots of action in and around the place.. its also close to HAL Bangalore..

We need to crank up our production .. and get more jets in the hands of IAF.. let them use it and then give feedback to improve the product further especially for MK1A POV

 

[sathya]

sulur is a good choice

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It gives lots of action in and around the place.. its also close to HAL Bangalore..

We need to crank up our production .. and get more jets in the hands of IAF.. let them use it and then give feedback to improve the product further especially for MK1A POV

Ferry range in google map ?
Ok combat radius..

I thought from erode to kanyakumari itself is more than 500kms

May air distance is lesser..

 

[Jamwal's]

Tejas may have arrived late but it has beaten others in many fields like use of composites and aerodynamics. While the world was still struggling with canards, LCA with an RSS ac, no canards or tailplane with a higher and better ROT

 

[Bheemsen]

HAL and DRDO should bury themselves in sand

 

[nang2]

sulur is a good choice

View attachment 299853

It gives lots of action in and around the place.. its also close to HAL Bangalore..

We need to crank up our production .. and get more jets in the hands of IAF.. let them use it and then give feedback to improve the product further especially for MK1A POV

Why in south India? Why not at its border with Pakistan or China, where it may get some real action?

 

[topgun047]

Why in south India? Why not at its border with Pakistan or China, where it may get some real action?

First 20 Tejas will be delivered in IOC 2 configuration and will be used to establish optimal operational practices/protocols as well to get rid of 19 niggling issues like nose wheel vibration.

Proximity to Bangaluru helps in this regard.

 

[SrNair]

Finally ,a small ,humble step for our indigenous aircraft industry .

 

[halupridol]

Why in south India? Why not at its border with Pakistan or China, where it may get some real action?

becoz the Indian airforce understands the capability of this flying lemon.

 

[hussain0216]

Why in south India? Why not at its border with Pakistan or China, where it may get some real action?

To keep it away from anywhere where it risks an engagement with another plane

Why else?

 

[cerberus]

becoz the Indian airforce understands the capability of this flying lemon.

IAF is Also Flying Few Flying Lemons oops coffins are also in Front line like Srinagar AFS with Macho Force Like IAF oops Babu Force

 

[halupridol]

IAF is Also Flying Few Flying Lemons oops coffins are also in Front line like Srinagar AFS with Macho Force Like IAF oops Babu Force

here u go,,,u said it urself,,,,IAF prefers those flying coffins over lemons in forward bases

 

[sathya]

Coimbatore and thanjavur in Tamil Nadu is going to get aircrafts..

Tejas at cbe and sukhoi at thanjavur ..

 

[Hephaestus]

Tamil Nadu is going to having these new babies

Sulur?

 

[zebra7]

Thread already posted.

With Two Planes, India To Raise Its First Tejas Squadron In July.

@HRK @waz Sir, please merge the threads.

 

[Abingdonboy]

I thought this portion was covered by HAL. Isnt Flight Testing Section of HAL responsible for validating these stuff before being handed over to IAF?

As any OEM is charged with HAL has its own test pilots, as this is a state company/project the test pilots have come from the National Flight Test Centre (NFTC) and pilots here are on deputation from the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy. The purpose of these pilots is to take a plane from prototype stage to a fully developed model ready to enter service with any AF that should so wish.

BUT once that LCA enters service it will be subject to the exact same scrutiny and operationalisation process as any other aircraft and this is done by the Indian Air Force's Aircraft & Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE). It is the responsibility of ASTE's test pilots and engineers to check every new aircraft model that enters service and crucially they are the ones who write the operational flight manuals, maintainence procedures and outline the training regime for the type.

At a later stage a few LCA will be handed over to Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment (TACDE) and these are the guys who create the combat employment doctrine for every new type in IAF service. They push the machine to the very limits and create tactics and emplyment polcies that are applied for the entire AF.


To answer your question, once in IAF service offically it is up to the ASTE to take the new plane and operationalise it for the entire force.