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- 30 Jul 2009 22:40
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Kargil War Thread - VI
- Replies: 1431
- Views: 407226
Re: Kargil War Thread - VI
Talking of Capt Vikram Batra, PVC (post)....this from his twin brother... ' When I talk about Luv, I dont know where to begin. Capt. Vikram Batra PVC (posthumous) is Luv, and I, his younger twin, Kush. His identical twin. Ours was a childhood spent in the hills of Palampur making the most of our ide...
- 03 Sep 2008 09:06
- Forum: Military Exercises Archive
- Topic: IAF at Red Flag / Nellis AFB 2008
- Replies: 850
- Views: 355918
Re: IAF at Red Flag / Nellis AFB 2008
I wish!ranganathan wrote:Paki air defences are rudimentary and not a big threat.
- 25 Aug 2008 05:35
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: The IAF History Thread
- Replies: 1174
- Views: 327544
Re: Re:
Lovely pics - ... brings back memories!Arun_S wrote:vivek_ahuja wrote:Hmm...Long time since this thread was seen alive. Time to open it up again with some new stuff...
- 24 Aug 2008 13:25
- Forum: Military Exercises Archive
- Topic: IAF at Red Flag / Nellis AFB 2008
- Replies: 850
- Views: 355918
Re: IAF at Red Flag / Nellis AFB 2008
Sorry - I meant UAE!!Ved wrote:So its over! Well done, by all accounts.
I'm sure our boys are looking forward to being home, after a brief 3 day stop at Saudi Arabia for a mini exercise with those guys.
- 24 Aug 2008 09:43
- Forum: Military Exercises Archive
- Topic: IAF at Red Flag / Nellis AFB 2008
- Replies: 850
- Views: 355918
Re: IAF at Red Flag / Nellis AFB 2008
So its over! Well done, by all accounts.
I'm sure our boys are looking forward to being home, after a brief 3 day stop at Saudi Arabia for a mini exercise with those guys.
I'm sure our boys are looking forward to being home, after a brief 3 day stop at Saudi Arabia for a mini exercise with those guys.
- 22 Aug 2008 20:57
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: The IAF History Thread
- Replies: 1174
- Views: 327544
Re: The IAF History Thread
Many years back I heard that Tank was involved with designing the Messerschmit (sp?) 109, Luftwaffe's famed fighter of WW2 - is he old enough?vsunder wrote:Ramana, Tank was a superb engineer.
- 22 Aug 2008 05:45
- Forum: Military Exercises Archive
- Topic: IAF at Red Flag / Nellis AFB 2008
- Replies: 850
- Views: 355918
Re: IAF at Red Flag / Nellis AFB 2008
One fascinating aspect is the diagrammatic depiction of an air sit during a combat debrief - accurate and very enlightening!Sid wrote:Venkarl wrote:
- 20 Aug 2008 05:47
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: The IAF History Thread
- Replies: 1174
- Views: 327544
Re: The IAF History Thread
Did the Maruts ever get used in action? .... A Marut flown by Sqn Ldr KK Bakshi of 220 Squadron also shot down a PAF F-86 Sabre on 07 Dec 71 (Flg Offr Hamid Khwaja of 15 Squadron PAF). http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Aircraft/Polly-Marut.html -Vivek Live & learn - thats something I ne...
- 17 Aug 2008 20:58
- Forum: Military Exercises Archive
- Topic: IAF at Red Flag / Nellis AFB 2008
- Replies: 850
- Views: 355918
Re: IAF at Red Flag / Nellis AFB 2008
bang on!!!Singha wrote:looks like they are flying missions late in the night and recovering around dawn.
- 11 Aug 2008 05:49
- Forum: Military Exercises Archive
- Topic: IAF at Red Flag / Nellis AFB 2008
- Replies: 850
- Views: 355918
Re: IAF at Red Flag / Nellis AFB 2008
Actually, the IAF has had a neat black, leather jacket, for about 2+ years. I'll see if I can find a pic somewhere - maybe on the IAF website. Badges etc would have to be put on by the user, obviously.jahaju wrote:Pity those kinds of jackets are still not availbale in India with IAF logos, sqn names etc.
- 29 Jun 2008 20:17
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Welcome to the New Moderators
- Replies: 83
- Views: 42364
Re: Welcome to the New Moderators.
Congrats to all of you!
- 29 Jun 2008 07:46
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Women in Combat
- Replies: 578
- Views: 137759
Re: Women in Combat - 2
.... similar to the IAF's experience, where, as we know, they have been flying for a number of years.Shankar wrote:The First Women Pilots in the Brazilian Air Force
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- 28 Jun 2008 07:32
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Women in Combat
- Replies: 578
- Views: 137759
Re: Women in Combat - 2
Women would be as good as men in the fighter cockpit, in terms of ability. However, and I've said this before on this forum, one good reason why we cannot afford to have women as fighter pilots is that they would not be able to withstand 'G' forces during their menstrual periods - under G, your weig...
- 07 May 2008 21:41
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Hawk crashes
- Replies: 130
- Views: 90581
- 04 May 2008 20:46
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Hawk crashes
- Replies: 130
- Views: 90581
- 04 May 2008 20:40
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Hawk crashes
- Replies: 130
- Views: 90581
- 03 May 2008 22:24
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Hawk crashes
- Replies: 130
- Views: 90581
- 03 May 2008 09:03
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Hawk crashes
- Replies: 130
- Views: 90581
[.....plenty of times - Pilots tend to have more faith in thier flying and handling skills rather than in the ejection seats. You can call it overconfidence to an extent. It also has something to with the false sense of security that being seated in the cockpit environment gives to a pilot. .... Wh...
- 23 Dec 2007 08:31
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Military Flight Safety
- Replies: 3362
- Views: 888162
.......Pilot Officer O M Nirmal Kumar, with barely 200 hours of flying experience, nearly pulled off an improbable forced landing of a crippled jet. .......To put things in perspective, the elapsed time between the bird hit and the ejection was mere 100 seconds......... M P Anil Kumar is a former M...
- 20 Aug 2007 04:56
- Forum: News Folders Archive
- Topic: Indian Air Force - News Folder - August 2007
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16441
- 04 Aug 2007 22:32
- Forum: Military Exercises Archive
- Topic: Exercise Indradhanush (Rainbow) '07 @ RAF Waddington, UK
- Replies: 347
- Views: 199088
- 30 Jul 2007 19:04
- Forum: Military Exercises Archive
- Topic: Exercise Indradhanush (Rainbow) '07 @ RAF Waddington, UK
- Replies: 347
- Views: 199088
Re: TV Nozzles and our boys
Though I admire the Russian engineering genius that has produced these beauties ....... You havent seen anything till you've seen the old Mig-23MF's (Rakshak) nozzle - no controls, free floating, takes the mean position dictated by inside and outside pressure - and delivers (or rather, delivered) a...
- 02 May 2007 07:53
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Radar - Specs & Discussions
- Replies: 1148
- Views: 426022
- 15 Apr 2007 08:16
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech
- Replies: 2937
- Views: 1039377
......I am usually very wary of technological advances which their creators plug as revolutionary. I have never seen an example of any technology having anything more than an incremental effect on the battlefield.. Not really, if one sees the tremendous impact on the battlefield of various RsMA ......
- 09 Apr 2007 07:41
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Military Flight Safety
- Replies: 3362
- Views: 888162
- 04 Dec 2006 07:43
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: The IAF History Thread
- Replies: 1174
- Views: 327544
I recently got an enquiry from the daughter of a 9 sqn pilot, trying to trace him - can anyone provide a clue? I quote.... 'Could you please help me. My father Jeff Robert Bearcroft was a Wing Commander with the 9th Squadron (we think) in 1945. He was killed in an aircraft accicent (when flying for ...
- 24 Oct 2006 21:55
- Forum: News Folders Archive
- Topic: Indian Air Force - News Folder - October 2006
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9533
- 03 Oct 2006 22:13
- Forum: The Kargil Archive
- Topic: Kargil War Thread - V
- Replies: 322
- Views: 187834
Interesting, Ved, can i ask a related question? One can appreciate Nachi's stand in firing back at his pursuers - but is that the recommended action? What are the IAF's directives to its downed pilots when they are cornered - should they fight, or should they give up? A downed pilot is to try and g...
- 03 Oct 2006 07:39
- Forum: The Kargil Archive
- Topic: Kargil War Thread - V
- Replies: 322
- Views: 187834
surya, Was there a firefight as was the case with nachiketa? it also beggars the question - why was nachi spared? Pure luck! The men who got him were restrained by a sensible officer, who just happened to be there - luckily for Nachi! The main issue about doing unto the enemy what he does to his vi...
- 02 Oct 2006 08:47
- Forum: The Kargil Archive
- Topic: Kargil War Thread - V
- Replies: 322
- Views: 187834
It is great to hear that IA is gentlemen first.... officer next... But what of Shaurab Kalia, and SqLdr Ahuja... who suffered so much in their hands? The hallmark of fine sense is the adherence to one's own values. Do we need to match the bad examples, or wouldnt we rather set a few good ones of ou...
- 06 Aug 2006 08:44
- Forum: The Kargil Archive
- Topic: Kargil War Thread - IV
- Replies: 325
- Views: 186010
- 01 Aug 2006 23:14
- Forum: The Kargil Archive
- Topic: Kargil War Thread - IV
- Replies: 325
- Views: 186010
- 01 Aug 2006 23:08
- Forum: The Kargil Archive
- Topic: Kargil War Thread - IV
- Replies: 325
- Views: 186010
- 31 Jul 2006 08:06
- Forum: The Kargil Archive
- Topic: Kargil War Thread - IV
- Replies: 325
- Views: 186010
Found this after some looking around , Don't know how authentic tribune's source was ! Napalm attack on infiltrators DELHI, June 2 — Going into the eighth day of air strikes, the Indian Air Force (IAF) today took to intensive measures, pounding the last few positions of the infiltrators with extr...
- 30 Jul 2006 21:32
- Forum: The Kargil Archive
- Topic: Kargil War Thread - IV
- Replies: 325
- Views: 186010
Napalm needs a lot of air to burn. Any studies of how napalm performs at 18000 feet? All descriptions of Siachen speak of weak, slow burning kerosene flames from lack of Oxygen. Burning Napalm would flow down slopes so I guess it would not be useful to try and hit Bakis sitting on mountaintops if I...
- 30 Jul 2006 21:29
- Forum: The Kargil Archive
- Topic: Kargil War Thread - IV
- Replies: 325
- Views: 186010
Napalm bombs when dropped along low level attack profile, slide along the ground and incinerate the area as it slides along and also spreads. (I have not seen a napalm strike to be honest, but I have seen such attacks in training films). One wonders how effective it would be on mountain tops and al...
- 30 Jul 2006 10:12
- Forum: The Kargil Archive
- Topic: Kargil War Thread - IV
- Replies: 325
- Views: 186010
On a similar note, it can't be that difficult to simulate the trajectory of ordinance, given the fact that ISRO routinely performs these for ite space crafts. It is comparatively easier to calculate the trajectory of something that is moving directly 180 Deg to gravity, than at near horizontal to i...
- 30 Jul 2006 09:29
- Forum: The Kargil Archive
- Topic: Kargil War Thread - IV
- Replies: 325
- Views: 186010
Walked over tiger hill ??? With all due respect tiger hill was one of Kargil's costliest assaults . I am one hundred percent sure that the Sikhs and grenadiers did not just walk over tiger hills .This message from army HQ needs to be verified . I'm only repeating what was said - BGS 15 Corps, I thi...
- 28 Jul 2006 08:13
- Forum: The Kargil Archive
- Topic: Kargil War Thread - IV
- Replies: 325
- Views: 186010
couch in as many as words, till IAF stepped in our army brass was clueless as to how to get the peaks back while young officers were being sent like lambs to slaughter. ......While the army may have been late to realise that the peaks were occupied , the op vijay was carried out brilliantly . .... ...
- 17 Jun 2006 08:17
- Forum: The Kargil Archive
- Topic: Kargil War Thread - IV
- Replies: 325
- Views: 186010