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Rakesh wrote:Got this off a twitter feed. The last column is speculation, but I like this for the listing of all 42 combat squadrons. There are errors in the list (i.e. squadron and corresponding aircraft), but listing it for Sqn No and Sqn Name.
https://twitter.com/Aryanwarlord/status ... 84513?s=20 ---->
Kartik wrote:Rakesh wrote:Got this off a twitter feed. The last column is speculation, but I like this for the listing of all 42 combat squadrons. There are errors in the list (i.e. squadron and corresponding aircraft), but listing it for Sqn No and Sqn Name.
https://twitter.com/Aryanwarlord/status ... 84513?s=20 ---->
Nicely put together list. But a few small errors as you pointed out. For e.g. No.16 Squadron is 'Black Cobras' not 'Cobras', which is No.3 Squadron. No.29 Squadron is apparently 'Scorpios' and not 'Scorpions'. No.51 'Sword Arms' flies MiG-21 Bison as of now and should be one of the likely recipients of the Tejas Mk2.
83 Tejas Mk1A will mean 4 squadrons; so it might be that the likeliest recipients of the Tejas Mk1A will be the numberplated MiG-27 squadrons, 'Swifts' and 'Daggers' followed by current MiG-21M squadrons, 'Rapiers' and 'Hawkeyes' since those won't last much longer. Bison squadrons may go on till 2025 and then start to see them replaced by the Mk2.
Mirage-2000H should be replaced with Mirage-2000I.
srai wrote:+1
Short-term (until MWF in numbers) get more of existing types and outfit them with fleet standard upgrades:
2nd hand
1 sqdn x MiG-29 (21 available)
1 sqdn x Mirage-2000 (from global)
New built
1 sqdn x Su-30MKI
Follow-on orders for Incoming types
4 x LCA Tejas MK.1 FOC /Mk.1A
2 x Rafale
That should be good enough to stabilize the fleet until 2030 at least.
Prithwiraj wrote:New types, weapon systems, supports, training etc. What happened to that mothballed mig-29 deal? Is it still on? Also Qatari M-2000 ? Given state sponsor Al-Jazeera being so anti- India I doubt that will happen. Qataris are very deceptive. At-UAE vetoed OIC (Pakistani) move against India for Kashmir
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to launch a Request for Proposal (RFP) for six midair refuelling planes, even as it works to bolster its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) fleet with fresh inductions and upgrades, Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria has said.
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Specifications for midair refuellers ready
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He also said the IAF is not in favour of “rigid theaterisation” of the defence forces, which he claimed would divide the “already scarce IAF combat assets and effort”. However, he clarified that the IAF is not against integration.
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This upgrade of navigational aids and infrastructure allows air operations by military and civil aircraft even in poor visibility and adverse weather conditions, while also enhancing flight safety.
The 30 air bases already modernised under MAFI-1, include eight along the Sino-Indian border. Their upgraded infrastructure now allows aircraft to take off and land in visibility as low as 300 metres.
This could generate crucial combat air support for ground forces battling in bad weather conditions.
Only major commercial airfields provide better facilities than what MAFI offers. The Category III ILS in airports like Delhi can guide aircraft to land in zero visibility.
The IAF’s and navy’s new aircraft C-130J Super Hercules, C-17 Globemaster III, Sukhoi-30MKI, MiG-29K and the Rafale (when it enters service) would be able to utilise the full potential of MAFI. Older aircraft like the MiG-21s don’t have on-board electronics needed for utilising MAFI instrumentation. The MAFI upgrade will be good news also for commercial air operations, when they resume after the Covid-19 lockdown.
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The pace of work under MAFI is constrained by the fact that only 5-6 operational air force bases can be out of action at any give time. Only when work on these is completed, can TPSED begin working on a fresh batch of air bases.
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Karan M wrote:We need new fighters. As much as we want indigenization, till HAL ramps up LCA Mk1A production, we are waiting for it.
Get some F-16s or whatever, of which at least 30-40% can be delivered asap. A dual conflict with Pak, PRC is right around the corner as PRC lashes out.
And the fiscal cap needs to be relaxed so the Rupee budget for indigenous procurement continues unabated as well. Use the RBI. This steady modernization stuff is not going to be enough given how the utter crooks in the previous admin hollowed out the force.
Kartik wrote:Karan M wrote:We need new fighters. As much as we want indigenization, till HAL ramps up LCA Mk1A production, we are waiting for it.
Get some F-16s or whatever, of which at least 30-40% can be delivered asap. A dual conflict with Pak, PRC is right around the corner as PRC lashes out.
And the fiscal cap needs to be relaxed so the Rupee budget for indigenous procurement continues unabated as well. Use the RBI. This steady modernization stuff is not going to be enough given how the utter crooks in the previous admin hollowed out the force.
Won't happen unless Modiji takes an incredibly bold step to go and do a FMS with the US or orders 36-48 Rafales soon.
Neither of which are likely.
Kartik wrote:Karan M wrote:We need new fighters. As much as we want indigenization, till HAL ramps up LCA Mk1A production, we are waiting for it.
Get some F-16s or whatever, of which at least 30-40% can be delivered asap. A dual conflict with Pak, PRC is right around the corner as PRC lashes out.
And the fiscal cap needs to be relaxed so the Rupee budget for indigenous procurement continues unabated as well. Use the RBI. This steady modernization stuff is not going to be enough given how the utter crooks in the previous admin hollowed out the force.
Won't happen unless Modiji takes an incredibly bold step to go and do a FMS with the US or orders 36-48 Rafales soon.
Neither of which are likely.
nam wrote:We will not be getting any fighters in accelerated delivery. Not to mention the fact that a new type like F16 would take couple of year to work out to ops and ground tempo.
It might be easier to to make a deal with the Trump man and get USAF F16/F35 deployed away from public glare, if the balloon goes up. They can run night ops, knock off any incoming Chini packages within our border. While IAF goes in to Tibet.
basant wrote:nam wrote:We will not be getting any fighters in accelerated delivery. Not to mention the fact that a new type like F16 would take couple of year to work out to ops and ground tempo.
It might be easier to to make a deal with the Trump man and get USAF F16/F35 deployed away from public glare, if the balloon goes up. They can run night ops, knock off any incoming Chini packages within our border. While IAF goes in to Tibet.
No offense, but this reminds me of Nehru's plan during 1962 war! We shouldn't forget the role JFK played in stalling China. At the moment it is more likely that China will help Pak than US helping us.
ldev wrote: I doubt that India will go for a knee jerk purchase like that though.
And the best way the US can help is to cause a diversion in the South China Sea and/or the Taiwan Straits.
brar_w wrote:ldev wrote: I doubt that India will go for a knee jerk purchase like that though.
And the best way the US can help is to cause a diversion in the South China Sea and/or the Taiwan Straits.
Unless you have the type in service, you can't really make it work on a extremely accelerated schedule. There is training, infrastructure investments etc that need to happen for an acquisition to actually be operationalized. The only way I see this scenario work is if the MOD picks up Flankers or Fulcrums (or used French Rafale's even) because those types are already in the inventory or the ball is rolling in terms of getting them into the inventory. If you expand the window to 3-5 years then you have a lot more options. But anything short of a couple of years probably means existing types that have an installed base and a local technical (pilots and maintainers) know how .