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https://twitter.com/IAF_MCC/status/1447 ... 82721?s=20
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2 helicopters conspicuously absent here are the Dhruv and the Chetak..
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https://www.instagram.com/reel/CTpTgpUh ... =copy_link

Not sure what they are doing with insas...barrel cleaning ??
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Neilz wrote:https://www.instagram.com/reel/CTpTgpUh ... =copy_link

Not sure what they are doing with insas...barrel cleaning ??
Yep, seem to be cleaning the barrel.
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Mirage 2000 from No 7 Battle Axes Squadron.

https://twitter.com/mjavinod/status/144 ... 49230?s=20 --->

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Credit on picture itself.

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https://twitter.com/strategic_front/sta ... 27560?s=20 ---> Varunastra heavyweight torpedo fired from a Delhi Class destroyer.

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https://twitter.com/adgpi/status/145280 ... 80130?s=20 ---> “I might crawl but will not stop.”

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https://twitter.com/_devildog_mm_/statu ... 39904?s=20 ---> Rare photo of an Indian Air Force Mirage 2000H firing a Matra Super 530D Semi Active Radar Homing (SARH) Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (MRAAM) during combat trials in France. The Super 530D was primary Beyond Visual Range (BVR) combat solution with the Mirage 2000 fleet of the IAF.

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https://twitter.com/Sandeep_Mave/status ... 11680?s=20 ---> LCA Tejas buddy refueling by Indian Air Force Su-30MKI.

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Hot damn this is gorgeous. One of the IA LSPs caught out. Grainy image aside this bird looks stunning in that IA camo! Reallt hoping to see a lot more!
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https://twitter.com/joe_sameer/status/1 ... 65606?s=20 ---> "Tigers on the prowl!"

No 1 Sqn Mirage 2000Is with a full complement of the Mica AAMs somewhere in the Western sector!

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https://twitter.com/_devildog_mm_/statu ... 46787?s=20 ---> RARE PHOTO ALERT!

Photos from an old air refuelling exercise over Arabian Sea involving Indian Air Force Mirage 2000H.

Notice the airframe in the foreground carrying a pair of drop tanks with tiger stops pattern. Never knew such special livery tanks existed in IAF.

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https://twitter.com/lca_tejas_/status/1 ... 51429?s=20 ---> Rare picture of IAF Su-30MKI & Su-30K in one frame.

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https://twitter.com/_devildog_rv_/statu ... 75169?s=20 ---> An Indian Air Force Mirage 2000H/TH "Vajra", equipped with a Remora Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) pod, cruising over the terrific tops of a Himalayan range. Photo from 2002 by Ramesh Tahlan sir (via IAH).

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https://twitter.com/ilyushin_76md/statu ... 15811?s=20 ---> Indian Air Force CH-47F (I) Chinook On A Routine Sortie. Zoom In For Better Details.

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https://twitter.com/singhshwetabh71/sta ... 67396?s=20 ---> MiG-29UPG with RVV-AE and R-73 (I think).

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https://twitter.com/JaidevJamwal/status ... 32096?s=20 ---> IAF Jaguars with their bombs. Interesting to see bombs with two different colours.

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https://twitter.com/JaidevJamwal/status ... 35065?s=20 ---> IAF does use multi load pylons, at least on Su-30s.

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https://twitter.com/RafaleKaDriver/stat ... 21955?s=20 ---> A rare picture of a pair of French Air Force Rafales conducting inflight refueling from an IL-78 Midas of the Indian Air Force.

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I have never seen these two in a single frame before. Very nice picture.

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https://twitter.com/Kilo_Spec/status/14 ... 82657?s=20 ---> "It's Flanking Time"

A pair of Sukhoi-HAL Su-30MKI "Flanker-H" Heavy Air Superiority fighter aircraft patrolling the Indian Skies.

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Rakesh wrote: https://twitter.com/Kilo_Spec/status/14 ... 82657?s=20 ---> "It's Flanking Time"

A pair of Sukhoi-HAL Su-30MKI "Flanker-H" Heavy Air Superiority fighter aircraft patrolling the Indian Skies.
No armaments on either. Is that common in a patrolling sortie?
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k prasad wrote:No armaments on either. Is that common in a patrolling sortie?
This is likely for a photo-op, either for an annual IAF calendar or in some MoD or DRDO brochure. It depends on what the photographer is looking to capture and convey. Some photographers like a clean fighter, no drop tanks and no armament. Others, like the opposite. I like the photo, because it clearly shows the beautiful lines of the Rambha.

Aircraft on the ORP (Operational Readiness Platform) are always fully armed and ready to go at a moment's notice. IAF pilots put in a lot of hours each year and I don't believe they have time to just patrol. A former CO of No 24 Hunting Hawks Squadron (Su-30s) more or less confirmed this. He said that most of the time, when pilots go up in the air...it is for a mission, which is 99.9% of the time for training. A2A, A2G, etc. The odd time is for stuff like photo ops, NDA fly pasts, Republic Day fly pasts, etc.
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^ Even without their AAMs they are still very useful - as mini AEW systems & formidable deterrents - the Op For do not have sensitive enough radar to know if they are armed or not..
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k prasad wrote:
No armaments on either. Is that common in a patrolling sortie?
Patrolling is carried out to show presence and to monitor situation. One doesn't need to be armed to carry out a patrol in peacetimes, unless flying over disturbed areas. Even unarmed aircrafts can be plenty useful in patrolling.
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Check out the barely visible Rambha peering out of the hangar in the background.

Love pictures like this...with the exception of the picture being flipped.

https://twitter.com/Tanmaycoolkarni/sta ... 56256?s=20 --->

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IAF MiG-29 twin seat trainer armed with a pair of Kh-29TEs.

https://twitter.com/DefenceDecode/statu ... 55712?s=20 --->

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https://twitter.com/Sukhwinder104/statu ... dGixeMx5AQ ---> A pair of MiG-29UPGs on a Combat Air Patrol somewhere over the Himalayas.

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