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Could that yellow strip be some sort of an extension between the body and the nosecone. Something which increases the internal space..

I think we are ready way too much into the Mirage ... It came for an overhaul ... and there were some sheet metal which needed to be replaced.

Either that or the Mirage upgrades are already underway ... which I strongly doubt!

picture of 8 of the 9 Indian Navy lady officers who tried out for selection for the all-woman skydiving team. 5 were selected

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/G ... 5ZfMlbC28A

The second Block 60 Solah powering down 09 past the large DRDO Blimp > http://www.airliners.net/photo/1989930/L/

Thats one ugly looking Eff-Solah!

Lt Gen Bikram Singh, Army Commander, Eastern Command made a courtesy visit to the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Gen (Retd) JJ Singh at Raj Bhavan, Itanagar. He also called on Mr J Gamlin, the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.
During the courtesy call, a number of ongoing civil-military projects were discussed. Army action plan to help the villagers in the remote areas of Arunachal Pradesh through the newly sanctioned operation Samaritan was also intimated to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh by the Army Commander. During the visit, the Army Commander was accompanied by Lt Gen Shakti Gurung, GOC Gajraj Corps.



South African engineers, evacuated from the Tessta Urja Plant in Saphu village in North Sikkim, are seen with their belongings as an Indian Army helicopter flies past at the Gangtok helipad on September 22, 2011, after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the region September 18. Military helicopters reached remote villages in northeast India cut off for four days by a strong earthquake which killed at least 110 people across four countries.




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The father of Indian army soldier Ravi Kumar receives an Indian flag and the uniform of his son from another soldier before Kumar's cremation at Bishna, about 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Jammu, India, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. Ravi Kumar was among eight people who died in three days of fierce fighting between rebels and government forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

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which aircraft is that..?

^^^^^^^

Avro

Its an HS748..

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8LmmtZacP90/T ... flight.jpg

In this picture, I see that the new P8-I has a "Window" that is close to a size of a door.
Can some one ID why an ASW would have such a big window?

I don't believe the window is much bigger than the windows on newer 737 models. The P8-I would need windows for observers to look out of. Visual surface sweeps are still a useful searching method.

Bishnah is just a few km away from my home

Observer window

Besides this, I can imagine that through this window one has a better view towards the wing-areas, including engines in case it is needed.

Compared to the legacy Fighting Falcon Yes, this is a disaster in the looks dept.
They could've gone easy with piling those burgers, french fries & other crap on her body but well.....


Here's Shahid Kapoor rotating-off 09, checkout the security guy beside the rwy line totally oblivious to the proceedings

The airborne Dhruv & line-up of SuryaKirans just returning from their display watch Shahid blast away full burner

I am sorry, but that sure looks like a PLA/PAP contingent to me. The picture could be from any number of floods in China that sees PLA/PAP deployed for relief operations.

Indian Army chief in Kashmir Lt. Gen. Syed Ata Hasnain salutes during a wreath-laying ceremony of soldier Ravi Kumar, at an army base in Srinagar, India, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. Kumar was killed Wednesday during a raid at a militant hide-out in Kralpora, a remote area about 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Srinagar. At least eight people have died in three days of fierce fighting between rebels and government forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Wednesday.

Some photos from the Leh Hall of Fame - Courtesy of PhotoYogi Praveen Sundaram



All galleries here http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORC ... seums/Leh/

Which is the gun being held by AP HM?

^^ Please do post any good pics of the IAF 79 years celebration.... couldn't catch much on the news in various channels..

Sum Sir,
Nothing great on this year's show, except for the C-130's.. They lead 2 formation flights of transport aircrafts.. I did miss the starting of the parade.. One with 2 AN32's on both its wing and another with 2 AN32s and 2 Do228's in a little boy formation.. Live fist has posted some pics of the flying events of the parade here.

@Sum

Image is not very clear. Probably Chinese Type 56

AK-103

"Be Nice."

ok jagan, but ignorance makes me go nuts sometimes.

Yep. my fault. Could the mods edit that post please?

Done

in Generals shoulder i can see one badge "SCOUTE" ... some body tell me what that means...

Indian Prime MInister Manmohan Singh (2L) shakes hands with the commanders of Indian armed forces, as Indian Defence Minister A. K. Anthony (C), and Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne (L) look on during the inauguration of a five day long Annual Combined Commanders conference in New Delhi on October 11, 2011. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will review the security situation and operational preparedness with the top commanders of the three services with special focus on border terrorism. The commanders, including the chiefs of Army, Air Force and Navy, will brief him about the present situation regarding India's borders.

It is SCOUTS, not SCOUTE.

What is that first ship??? I have never seen a naval combat ship of this design..

^^ That first ship is RFA Diligence its a fleet repair and support vessel for the Royal Navy
This link sheds more light on it:
http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/The-Fleet/R ... -Diligence

This RAW ghost 707's legend just wont die http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php? ... b0#p382302
A friend thought he saw it up around DEL.

Called-up a mate who's in-the-know & he said that its still alive

I agree that the aircraft flies out once in a while.

How do I arrive at the conclusion ? - just look at the historical imagery in Google Earth. The only way to prove it is not flying is to say that it is being moved in and out of the hangar frequently which really doesnt make sense!

There is still no clear picture of the aircraft .. here is one taken from the NOIDA highway.. not many out there showing the IAF roundels and finflash placement..

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jpRroRLCaYc/R ... _05916.JPG

Jagan saar, are you sure it is the NOIDA Highway? There are two in Noida, the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway and the DND, both of which are far from Indira Gandhi Airport. Did you mean the Gurgaon Expressway?

I have seen K2899, at different locations in past 20 days alone. But haven't seen it moving ever!

And yes, I think Jagan sir meant NH8. And ARC aircrafts are easily visible from different vantage points around T1.

sorry guys, i meant the gurgaon highway.

IIRC from newspaper reports ARC had 2 B-707s for 'experimental' purposes for ages but hardly flew. One was supposed to have been decommissioned a while back and cannibalized to service the other aircraft. Maybe after the hangar roof collapse wrote off the Gulfstream III making ARC bereft of ELINT capabilities, these 'experimental' birds have become a priority!