Bharat Rakshak

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... Brits have a gigantic footprint of WW2 films, books, docus and hagiography to build the base. tons of war museums, tons of vets who wrote books and a lot of airshows and airfields for planespotters. its a ecosystem, we arent even in the kiddie playing crib vs that ecosystem. khan ecosystem is o...

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Agree with Marten, and to some extent, respectfully disagree with Singha and Lalmohan Ji: - Even these elderly aircraft - and particularly, one as iconic to India as the Gnat - do inspire kids, I can confirm. Think how the British still milk displays and mock-ups of the Spitfire; for some years afte...

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To Nits's question about the range of things that happen to airframes when a type is retired: Apart from use as gate-guardians at service establishment and similar, when the Gnats in particular were phased out, I was told by serving IAF officers of the time that the IAF came out with a scheme, quite...

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Cool pics, bros ... Kap Chan, is this particular Tiger Moth fully aerobatic?

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tsarkar: And why do you forget one legendary Peter Maynard Wilson of 16 squadron and his legendary raid of Badin SU in 1965 in a lone Canberra? He was also a "Ganesha Flyboy". ... Sree: Happy New Year, yes long time no communicate, who listens to old fogeys like me. Just letting these spr...

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Anupmisra, thanks a million. Will download, and don't worry about your son's pictures - am all in favour of another young one showing interest!

Hey vsunder, long time no communicate!

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anupmisra, very nice :) . I would certainly be interested in the full set of your pictures, and I'm guessing Jagan would too - can you mail me at ksk underscore history at yahoo dot in, so we can connect one-on-one? Sree (and Jagan), I will be happy to send you all I got. What is Jagan's email addr...

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anupmisra, very nice :) . That was HE 877, in IAF service. I have an article up, on that particular aircraft (as well as a few on several other former Indian aircraft that are now in overseas museums). The one on HE 877 is at http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/ovb24/230-he877-pima-air-and-space-museum-t...

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Hiten wrote: ...

IAF An-32 in Bhutan
https://picasaweb.google.com/1050956741 ... 1813475650

Hiten, thanks as always for posting, but minor nitpick - Avro 748, not An-32.

(Showing my age, in being able to recognise one of dem Avros ... )

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Oops - just saw that the same story was in the link posted by Vishal - apologies!!

Btw, 'ware adminullahs - doesn't all this count as discussion, on a forum thread where there shouldn't be any discussion?

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The IN salute is more compact (I was told that it is because there is limited room on ships to execute a IA style salute). The restricted space on ships has led to some relaxation of the protocols for saluting; I don't know that it was the reason for the different angle of the hand. I have heard (f...

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Current photo exhibition on British female soldiers in Afghanistan: http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/calendar-of-events/general/the-white-picture-photographic-exhibition/ Some photos from the exhibition here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/9626180/Women-...

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Brihaspati Ji and Lal-mullah Ji, thanks for your considered contributions to this discussion. Brihaspati Ji, I agree there is some room for ambivalence about the extent to which those who fought on the British side during WW2 were motivated entirely by nationalist sentiments and / or the perception ...

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Phew :) ... Noor Inayat Khan was not an Indian ( though born to an India Father ). I don't think she has spent even a single day in India. If UKstanis feel they need to honour her for her services to their queen, then Its for them to take the initiative. This does not concern India or Indian's. Rupe...

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Guys: This isn't quite a news item, but on the basis that this thread is the right place to find people with connections to both India and the UK, hopefully adminullahs will permit ... Most of you probably know the story of Section Officer (roughly, Flying Officer-equivalent) Noor Inayat Khan , the ...

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... The Royal Navy in WWII operated a number of Brogue class escort carriers ... and a good number of them had rather Indian names despite not serving in the RIN. This is what I've come across so far; HMS Ameer (D01), HMS Ranee (D03), HMS Rajah (D10), HMS Shah (D21), HMS Begum (D38), HMS Thane (D48...

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Sridhar.E wrote:Where is the disaster management team (the one where you see lots of army men in boats, helping out the locals and rescuing them) ...

Among the "lots of army men in boats, helping out the locals", in photo 8, there is a full Colonel, no less, personally handling the ropes.

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......... Sindhurakshak crew http://pics.livejournal.com/kuleshovoleg/pic/000s2e8w Can any one identify the ranks of Submarine officers in the picture ? ^^^ The officer standing 2nd. from the left is Commander and in the middle the officer standing is the Captain . Late to this, but fwiw: We can on...

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... ASPuar : Don't agree with you. Despite General Sundarji's reported suggestion (it couldn't have been more than that), the armed forces do follow a strict protocol. Can you visualise a Captain calling a Div. Commander by his rank, instead of "Sir" ? ... The Navy had a long-standing tra...

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Commodore Maolankar seems to have put on some weight :) Two navy pilots apart from Commodore Maolankar at NFTC is a good sign. SuryaG Saar, two nitpicks: - I don't think the naval officer in whites, around the middle of the line-up (who I assume prompted your comment about Commodore Maolankar's wei...

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Rahul M : In the Indian armed forces, the rank of Brigadier (Army) and its equivalents Air Commodore (Air Force) and Commodore (Navy) have always been Flag Ranks. The sdame is the case in most other armed forces (French, American, British etc.) In effect, this means that Brigadiers, Air Commodores ...

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I have noticed many posts where, physique has been mentioned. Where the skinny NSG personnel are pointed out. I know very well the members who did point this out have well wishes for our men and women of armed forces but, before making such comments, remember that person made it, he/she made it thr...

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Indrajit, would you consider sharing the pictures you have, of Wg Cdr Majumdar, with Jagan, the webmaster of BR's IAF pages? It would help spread the knowledge of his exploits even wider. I just secured a logbook page, from the family of another contemporary veteran, with Wg Cdr Majumdar's signature...

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Lalmohan, you are thinking of Lieutenant Eric Sen - afaik he wasn't killed in action; he was a PoW. Jagan has a single picture of him, somewhere.

Other Indians who flew in WW1 include Indra Lal Roy, DFC; SG Welingkar; and Hardit Singh Malik.

Rgds

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... there is no Type 88, only Type 77s (Which is the MiG-21FL) ... Jagan Garu, as always I hesitate several times before contradicting you on such matters, and apologize in advance; but iirc there was a MiG-21 variant in IAF service which bore the designation Type 88. May have been the first HAL-bu...

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Sree garu, These were linked last year itself through the 94 Course page. ... My personal favorite https://picasaweb.google.com/94th32nd.course/BuzzSAlbum#5445495764682482466 - thats Rafiqui's Sabre Tail in there. the photo is a link in the journey that piece of wreck took from the Keren villge to ...

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was looking up something else when i stumbled upon this photo album - a retired IAF pilot. mostly photographs of people https://picasaweb.google.com/94th32nd.course ... Hiten-ji - this is certainly "a retired IAF pilot", and one who is well-known to IAF watchers - looks like a compilation...

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This is pretty good read. http://www.codeonemagazine.com/archives/1995/articles/jul_95/july2a_95.html#top ... the above article is comparing the solah C with the fulcrum A. ... Guys: When using the above Code One article, to inform comparisons between any F-16 variant and any other aircraft type - ...

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AFAIK the Suryakirans have one pilot per aircraft. Any reason why the Sagar Pawans operate with both? Shameek, the Suryakirans also fly with two pilots in at least some of the aircraft - specifically, those on the left side of the formation. The left-hand seat is the instructor's seat, and would no...

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I remember reading some article that said that the basic K's were sluggish when fully loaded with fuel and weapons but they became ferociously manoeuvrable once they started burning the fuel and especially around bingo fuel... The source of this theory is quote supposedly by an IAF pilot who compar...

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Amid all the doom, gloom and booms from across the border ... a little light entertainment, from over in Baltimore: http://www.tnr.com/article/pervez-dispenser# "An evening with Musharraf: The Failed Military Dictator's Zany Speaking Tour Goes Off The Rails in Baltimore" Most enjoyable ......

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... Uploaded Here http://picasaweb.google.com/jaganpvs/DropBox#5373864945701513970 Jagan, Kancha: This is a great pic, of course ... but I have a vague memory of having seen a version of this board, that included at the bottom, below the words "Bash On Regardless", the line in smaller let...

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^ Very nice, Jagan Garu ... Hard to believe it's been 22 years! (And the IN is still waiting for their naval variant!!) I kinda guessed whose medal group it was, before clicking on the image and seeing his name ... Not that there were many alternatives; my humint sources, about the recent movements ...

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... There may be a lesson here for all jingo-enthusiasts. It goes to show how an "improved" and "better" version of an aircraft may have a poorer and shorter service record based on the requirements and operating doctrine of the end user in question. ... ... The overall lesson t...

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Indrajit wrote: ... is he the same "Nosey Haider"?

Yep, the very same.

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somebody was making fun of TSPaki Blimp based AEW etc. Read on please Spies in the sky Jun 4th 2009 From The Economist print edition Military technology: Blimps equipped with remote-sensing electronics are cheaper than drone aircraft, and have many other advantages .... http://www.economist.com/sci...

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Gentlejingos: If brass-hatted admins will permit dissemination of such info on the movement of operational assets such as aamchi Kapil, just as an act of kindness to those looking forward to this DVD ... My humint sources tell me that the uncooked asset who goes by the code-name Kapil is currently o...

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B29s in India http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2009/March%202009/0309matterhorn.aspx Interesting article, tsarkar - thanks for posting. Another little-known piece of aviation history trivia from that period is that the RAF also moved some heavy bomber units to India, to partic...

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.. and we were saying SF officers dont become generals http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/knDz3m-4z8rrZfl9cM2FSQ?feat=directlink VrC, SC, Wound Medal, 71 War, Sri Lanka , Siachen and Kargil - we cant find a more bad ass than him! What a salad bar ... I mean, his Wound Medal is the last ribbon on ...

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RIP to the crew. Fwiw, condolences to their families ... and to all who knew them and considered them friends. ... I came across a court of inquiry report into a Chetak crash which claimed the lives of its pilots. Listened to the recording of the pilot talking to ATC about current situation. Till la...

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