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Bala Vignesh

Hey i found this interesting note in the wiki article on Suryakirans.. The Suryakirans operate 16 HJT-16 Kiran Mk.2 trainer aircraft. The HJT-16 is the basic armaments trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force, and is used for intermediate flight and weapons training. The aircraft is also effective i...

Bala Vignesh

Wont it be logical to assume that setting up air defence radars would mean setting up something to defend as well. Just because the article does not mention it doesnot mean it is not being done. Not necessarily... The radars could be placed just to monitor the activity.. and also as deterrent to sc...

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Rahul M wrote:Tavor was first seen with the SG. could be them. they operate in J&K.

Rahul, the SG??? never heard of it... can you please explain about them...

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hi vivek bhai and friends iam a very late starter on this thread....... when will be the next dose coming .......... and anyone can please mail me his entire scenario on abhi.enggr@gmail.com or please give me a link where i can download it......... and iam waiting for your next post........... Hi a...

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Nice...

We have the FOAB's cousin... Watch out Bakistanis...

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Could someone please mention the medical requirements for applying to TA and also the selection procedure for the same??? Here is an incident that not only hurt me as an Indian but simply shocked on the ignorance and false sense of knowledge and righteousness in people of India. My sister is plannin...

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hi guys here are a few numbers of chinese air force from air fleet mag 120 H6(TU-16) free fall bombs 250 H5(IL-28) cruise missiles,tanker,EW 500 Q5 (modernized MIG-19) 25 J-6(MIG-19) 392 J-7(MIG-21) 248 SU-27(151-SK,MK 98 J-11) 140 J-10 98 J-8(comparable to SU-15) TOTAL 1700 combat aircraft 22% 4,4...

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rohitvats wrote:WRT the Wings: The jacket/pullover should carry the wings and the name plate. But I dunno why she has name plate on the overalls while holding the jacket?

Probably there's another name patch in jacket/pullover...

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Sanku wrote:They are for oath taking, all the major Indian faiths are represented.

Damn... Forgot all about that possibility... Thanks sir..

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Austin wrote:If all those guys have wings on their outfit , the lady cant be an exception , I think she is an Airmen or Engineer/technical dept.

Well She's an Air Officer... not an air women... My guess is she's probably AF public Relations Cell or IA-IAF liaison office... I could be wrong...

Bala Vignesh

[quote="Gagan"]OTA Passing out parade: Pics from Sify.com

Why give a religious aspect to a professional event??

Bala Vignesh

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3538/3835955725_b81b2c8b1a.jpg Apparently this is a photo of Indian Navy Il-38 and RAFO (Royal Air Force of Oman or Sultans Armed Forces) Jaguar. Can anyone confirm if this is an Indian navy aircraft in the picture? Sir, the link for the image is inactive now.. could ...

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Cross posting from MRCA discussion thread... btw...why does IAF doesn't have Strategic bombers...like B1, B2 or Tu-160... Not sure if TU-160 Blackjack was ever seriously offered to India. Four Tu-22M may have been leased to India in 2001 for maritime reconnaissance and strike purposes. Anyway, now b...

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MiG-29 16 As and 2 UMs 28, 47, 223 3 48 6 Mirage 2000H 16 Hs and 2 THs 6 THs and 4 Hs 1, 7 9 3 36 10 MiG-21 Bison 16 Bison and 2 U 3, 4,21, 23, 32, 35'B', 51 6.5 104 13 Sukhoi-30 MKI 16 MKI 2, 8, 20, 24, 30, 31 6 98 MiG-21Bis 16 + 2 Us 15, 26 2 48 8 Total for Air Superiority and Multi Role 334 37 Do...

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btw...why does IAF doesn't have Strategic bombers...like B1, B2 or Tu-160...we are depended on MKI for a bomber role... it would be nice to have few Strategic bombers (20 -30) doing specific role instead of MKI doing the same... any thought on this guru's ? I am no guru,but in current scenario we d...

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http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Images/Special/Exercises/CopeIndia2006VS/Cope06-VS-18.jpg.html Can someone please tell if this the pilot's name or not??? And if this system is followed in IAF??? Sorry Moderators.. didn't know where else i could post this??? that would be the ground crew chiefs na...

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http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Image ... 8.jpg.html
Can someone please tell if this the pilot's name or not??? And if this system is followed in IAF???

Sorry Moderators.. didn't know where else i could post this???

Bala Vignesh

it would be interesting to see how many squadrons of each aircrafts are ordered to bring the operational squadron numbers to 45 1.15 su-30mki squadrons,,[230+50 to be ordered] 2.7 MMRCA SQUADRONS[126] 3.7 LCA SQUADRONS [100 mk2 +40mk1] 4.10 pak-fa squadrons [180-200] that makes it 39 squadrons ,so ...

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NO The problem is not India The problem is INDIANS. Because there are no INDIANS in India We have Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs; Maharashtrians, Tamilians, Punjabis, Kashmiris, Manipuris etc etc etc. BUT WE DO NOT HAVE INDIANS Well said sir... That's the heart of all problems... Everyone just thinks of th...

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sunny y wrote: Rolls-Royce of Italy

I thought Rolls Royce was British... couldn't resist my primal instinct of nitpicking...

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@ bala, hu me ? scary ? :eek: :rotfl: and please, no sir. plain rahul will suffice. 5.5 tonne is maximum T/O weight at sea level, out of which 2.5 tonne was supposed to be the empty weight (means helo is ready with everything except fuel and weapons) which has gone up according to the latest report...

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Hi, I tried searching a bit online. But didnt find an answer. Is LCH based on ASR or GSQR? Or was it a design proposed by HAL? Thanks in advance. Regards, Kiran If i remember correctly, it was HAL's own project, not according to any ASR or GSQR... I remember reading somewhere that the HAL had propo...

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ashish raval wrote:^^ I guess you can find some information here:

http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/warfar ... nds-5.html

Thanks aashish for the source...

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France has no immediate credible threat to them or their interests from us in the foreseeable future. France had no immediate credible threat to them or their interests from Argentina either, yet they still had backdoors to disable the Exocets they sold them, and then they rolled over and gifted th...

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@ RahulM sir, Ouch... i hope i never cross you... frankly you sound damn scary... @ Ahuja sir, So the 5.5 tonne is the overall MTOW or the payload capacity??? Hope you don't mind clearing up this small doubt of mine.. @ misraji, I thought that the primary role for WSI dhruv was to provide CAS, espec...

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Why wouldn't the rafale and Typhoon not have it?? The same risk exists in varying degrees for every piece of hardware we buy abroad. All the more reason to get home grown products All true sir, but one thing that i think will matter is the level of paranoia in the vendor's government... I mean, per...

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Gentlemen, The article clearly states that the incident occurred in june 2002... In June 2002, according to several reports,while Charles de Gaulle was in the Arabian Sea, armed Rafale fighters participated in interposition patrols near the India-Pakistan border, marking a significant point in the R...

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Hi could you send the image to my email id DJVIGNESH@GMAIL.COM... I have put it on my Flickr account. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bangaloreaviation/3909502240/sizes/o/in/set-72157622040001432/ Thanks to B-R, figured out the yellow paint is the factory paint. Is this part of any existing order. I g...

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There is a twin engined version of the Rustom MALE UAV??? Could someone post any related links?? Thanks in advance..

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Pretty Please.. Its been a week since the last post on the story was made...

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Dev A wrote:I have managed to take some photos of the Shornets and SVipers. Put a few on my Flickr in case any one is interested. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bangalorea ... 040001432/

TIA

Devesh

Thanks sir.. for the photos... one query though, is that all the photos???

Bala Vignesh

Its swashplate.. i forgot to correct it in the quote... sorry, my mistake...

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I just saw an IL78 take off over wilson garden... It was following a track quite similar to a F16 that just flew over my house... Second time today... One was some time around 1130 Could there be a possibility that the refueling system ha some issues that needs some tinkering??? Sorry in advance if ...

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This is BR's observer reporting from the Forward Observation Post(FOP): Wonderful weather in Bangalore..nice hot and sunny...clear blue skies and good visibility.... Lots of flying by the F-16 twins....sharp port turns on takeoff and rapid climb all the way..heading North.....lots of Jag sorties......

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vina wrote:Got buzzed by the F16 again, this time at low altitude. It sure is carrying targeting pods, drop tanks, and cant make out, but surely one or two bombs.. Looks like it is in strike configuration.

Could you please mention the direction and time of the flight???

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Rahul M wrote:Bala, I think it's a gnat.

durvasa, why not request the uploader of a good youtube vid to give you a decent quality clip ?

Rahul sir, pardon me, but to me, it looked like a early Mig but, the bubble canopy is throwing me off... i am sure its not the gnat they didn't have a cockpit like this...

Bala Vignesh

A video on the modernization of Mumbai Police..... http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/100135/mumbai-revamps-police-force-ready-to-take-on-terror.html I couldn't understand one thing that why did they have to buy M-16. I mean why can't they replace .303 & SLR with INSAS instead of buying these costly ...

Bala Vignesh

I am sorry for such a rookie question, but can anyone please tell me the exact no of Mirage 2K in the IAF fleet??? And also the squadrons that operate them... Last i knew only two squadrons flew them, No1 and No7 squadrons out of Maharajpur AFS.. But in one video with NDTV, there is a huge poster of...

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NDTV's 20-minute episode on Kargil: Air and Sea operations detailing Op. Safed Sagar of the IAF and the Naval deployment in the western seas. LINK Can anyone mention which aircraft is in the background of the presenter in this video.. At the very starting of the video... Hope the adminullahs don't ...

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Kinda looks like a toned down C-17 if you ask me... Hope it performs just as well...

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