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Khalsa

I think the question about the remaining 15 FOC aircraft has been answered by HAL. They are coming in the next FY.
@Rakesh.
Their press release is beautiful. I think I have read 10 times now and can feel the amount of the work that has been done to make this come true.
Kudos to them.

Khalsa

@Rakesh
The first page needs updating.

Khalsa · Re: Tejas Mk.1 & Mk.1A: News & Discussions: 23 February 2019 YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Khalsa

Seems like recycled news !! we must be running out of things to say.

Khalsa

Indeed Kartik Sir.
Bumping this thread up.... not sure about the flight of bird (21) but this thread will fly ekDum top in this forum.
Seriously ... I am just frequenting this thread until the SP21 flies.

Khalsa

Rakesh wrote:
V_Raman wrote:This is a dumb question - is Rafale a 2-pilot aircraft or single pilot?
Please watch this video from 1:11 onwards. It will answer your question...

Oh my God
You cannot win with this. How can you?
What dumbness !!!

Khalsa

Looks like they lost the CO or OC of the Griffins. One of the crem-de-la-crem F-16 squadrons out of Sargodha He was flying a single seater a/c. Yup, a senior pilot, being a Wing Cmdr. Big loss for the PAF. But he clearly miscalculated the height at which to initiate the loop. Was simply too low to ...

Khalsa

Looks like they lost the CO or OC of the Griffins. One of the crem-de-la-crem F-16 squadrons out of Sargodha
He was flying a single seater a/c.

Khalsa

It was practice for the celebrations indeed. The F-16s must be having a rather increased role to play in the parade due to Swift Retort.
This is part and parcel of life. Operational hazard as they say.

Khalsa

Pakistan using its IL-78 as IL-76 Good use of expanding strategic lift capability when required. (I assume we have had a go at doing the same on our birds) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESr88E_WoAAc4aH?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESr8_qZWsAA8HxT?format=jpg&name=medium

Khalsa

Why is the a/c on the right hand side looking bigger to me ? The spine behind the canopy looks bigger, the shoulder looks bigger. Perhaps even the wing area. Obviously an optical illusion or I am just thinking its bigger because its a 2 seater It's lifted on jacks. See the nose / outer wing area. M...

Khalsa

https://twitter.com/ReviewVayu/status/1235525765136936960?s=20 ----> 5/8: As would be expected, there is a lot of justifiable pride associated with these achievements, most of which are uniquely ‘Indian’ and will naturally far outlive employment of the current test aircraft. Why is the a/c on the r...

Khalsa

So we knew the above wrt to the good reasons behind the delay. I am no fan of IDRW but the tweeted info seemed a bit like lifting the fog.
anyway we carry on

Khalsa

baki to pata nahin
par sala Paint job .. Harish bhai ko dainee hai MWF kee

Khalsa

Funny but I am agreeing with everyone. While they are possibly working out their production methods and fine tuning for Mk1A with the FOC birds I can't help but agree with the credibility point. We at BR are small band of fighters who with analysis, discussion and open source keep on doing our bit t...

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https://twitter.com/writetake/status/1232965865089294341 ---> Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the newly-inaugurated LCH final assembly hangar of HAL in Bengaluru today. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ERw_c4UU0AA1KVG?format=jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ERxf6CmUUAEzpvE?format=jpg Finally the MFG li...

Khalsa · Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 15 Dec 2016 Nice find admiral

Nice find admiral

Khalsa

yeah on this attack helicopter requirement at least, they're getting desperate now, to settle for the Z-10 which from reports I had read, did not impress them much during the sustained trials in Pakistan. The Apache procurement is what is driving this desperation. That makes it very clear that COIN...

Khalsa

We will expand operational utility of Tejas: Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria...

Link = https://tinyurl.com/wbc6tos

Khalsa

Let's finish cutting steel on the last FOC or the first Mk1a.
Then we can reenergize this naming intiative.

For now let's to continue to seed this thread with ideas that could enhance the capability of the Mk2.

Khalsa

Another part we quite often forget is the DACT exercises the PAF has been conducting with the PLAF Su-30 MKs. They would have honed their skills to hold the Su-30s at bay or exploit their advantage as much as possible before relinquishing control of the airspace and falling back. So far the F-16s ha...

Khalsa

11. Hind sight is 2020, there is no meaning in this question, on Feb 27th why did not we have 30 planes, or did not fire BVR, or why were Mig 29 missing in action? Had we known before hand (say even few hours) that at that exact time 24 TSPAF planes will come, even with the planes that we had (Rafa...

Khalsa

^^^^^ Nailed ! (The mentality of)

Khalsa

Japanese arms tend to be on the costlier side. I bet this plane would be at least 150% the cost of an equivalent western cargo plane. Yes, most likely. But them going after the New Zealanders but not us as potential partners/customers surprised me. Not that I really care. Their stuff are even more ...

Khalsa

Here we go to the quality of quantity vs quantity debate .... might as well invite Vivek right now.

Khalsa

Agree with all of the above posters.
Sigh !!

Khalsa

The Ka-226 buys a strategic leverage. Nothing less and Nothing more. Its been the best day of my life to know that LUH has achieved IOC. We here at BR went semi-nuts the day LUH engines were started in a tethered mode inside a concrete pit. Today the little buddy has achieved IOC. Lets re-joice as ...

Khalsa

The Ka-226 buys a strategic leverage. Nothing less and Nothing more. Its been the best day of my life to know that LUH has achieved IOC. We here at BR went semi-nuts the day LUH engines were started in a tethered mode inside a concrete pit. Today the little buddy has achieved IOC. Lets re-joice as t...

Khalsa

^^^^A normal road accident. Nothing else. Karma is a great equaliser given the way he denigrated Indian Pilots/Engineers wherever an accidental air crash happened in India. I think even Allah had enough of his foolish childish antics. Hardly becoming that expected of an army officer of the rank of ...

Khalsa

naird wrote:Manu Pubby has confirmed that LCA contract will not be signed at DEFEXPO.
This sucks

Oh FFS

Khalsa

^^^^

A normal road accident. Nothing else.

Khalsa

Telling

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-t ... er-2174788

Khalsa

No it did not.
Rumour mill says IOC will be declared at the Def Expo.

Khalsa

Kartik wrote:
Khalsa wrote:Has the ink been put to paper with regards to Mk1A ?
It'll be done once the DefExpo starts

Thank you Sir.
Shiv Aroor's video was slightly pre-mature then.

All good where we waited years a few more days.

Khalsa

Has the ink been put to paper with regards to Mk1A ?

Khalsa

I have a feeling and its a good feeling that IAF and 45 Squardron IOCs will go the way of Su-30Ks. Thrash them and then move on to the next. This squadron along with the next one will be thrash their IOC and FOCs to nut out all the issues, formulate strategies and squadron tactics and then cash thes...

Khalsa

Tejas pilot interview
Worth a read especially the bit about it's biggest myth.

https://hushkit.net/2020/01/25/flying-f ... ssion=true

Khalsa

Why would signing off process for another squadron of Mk1FOC be so easier as compared to signing off process for MK1a

We are just kicking the can down the road.
Bite the bullet and fix procurement related issues standing behind Mk1a.

Khalsa

^^^ Replacement or not they need to be retired. Reached their end of life. Next 3-5 years these squadrons are being raised: 2 x Rafale (36) 1 x LCA Mk1 FOC (16+8) 1-4 x LCA Mk1A (73+10) 1 x Su-30MKI (18+12) 1 x MiG-29 (21) If we are smart, we need to the following 1. Drop MRCA It's the eternal carr...

Khalsa

So HAL is all dressed up to produce Trainers. How many jigs though. We have 8 trainer from 40 LCA order and another 16 IIRC from 83, total of 24 trainers). Will these Jigs supplement the existing ones or they are on their own to produce trainer. Typically 1 jig is taking 1 year to produce 1 plane. ...

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