Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

[rkirankr]

One of the best interviews.

We are paperless air force | Wing Commander Amit Sathe | Col Kaushal & Kaushy

[uddu]

India should not Ignore the Lead in Flight Trainers

This is a video on why India should not Ignore the Lead in Flight Trainers

[Rakesh]

This is a video on India should not Ignore the Lead in Flight Trainers

Please edit your post and put the description of the video. I have edited it for now from the YT link, but for next time...please provide your own summary.

[uddu]

https://x.com/DefenceDecode/status/1986768058338455604

[uddu]

This is a video on India should not Ignore the Lead in Flight Trainers

Please edit your post and put the description of the video. I have edited it for now from the YT link, but for next time...please provide your own summary.

To Defence Matrix and other channels, if you guys are reading this. Please add a small description to the video since the content creators are best known to understand the topic they are posting. Will be of help. Rakeshji, I will try to add it, but not a promise. I would request that these kind of criteria is done away with else, one will choose to avoid posting rather than spend time in writing description for many such videos online. Very few journalists add description to their videos. Bharat Shakti do that. I have not seen youngsters do it.

[drnayar]

Please edit your post and put the description of the video. I have edited it for now from the YT link, but for next time...please provide your own summary.

To Defence Matrix and other channels, if you guys are reading this. Please add a small description to the video since the content creators are best known to understand the topic they are posting. Will be of help. Rakeshji, I will try to add it, but not a promise. I would request that these kind of criteria is done away with else, one will choose to avoid posting rather than spend time in writing description for many such videos online. Very few journalists add description to their videos. Bharat Shakti do that. I have not seen youngsters do it.

Youtube videos come with AI summaries.. you could use that.

[Rakesh]

https://x.com/idrwalerts/status/1987130 ... 78246?s=20 ---> Both the Dassault Mirage 2000 and the HAL Tejas are examples of delta wing configurations, but they are different types of delta wings. Mirage 2000 has Simple Delta Wing (or Cropped Delta Wing). While Tejas features a Tailless Compound Delta Wing . This aerodynamic design combines a simple delta wing with additional control surfaces and sweep angles to enhance maneuverability, lift, and stability without requiring a horizontal tailplane.

[Rakesh]

VIDEO: https://x.com/akki_bauer22_/status/1987 ... 39810?s=20 ---> BREAKING NEWS: Def Min Rajnath Singh confirms India will pursue more S-400 if they are available . Also says India will make its own jet engines within a year… hinting at Safran-DRDO jet engine co-development having made lot of progress and reaching CCS soon.

[ashthor]

VIDEO: https://x.com/akki_bauer22_/status/1987 ... 39810?s=20 ---> BREAKING NEWS: Def Min Rajnath Singh confirms India will pursue more S-400 if they are available . Also says India will make its own jet engines within a year… hinting at Safran-DRDO jet engine co-development having made lot of progress and reaching CCS soon.

May be some news of Kaveri.

[uddu]

93rd IAF Day Airshow Mesmerises Guwahati
The Indian Air Force will host a grand fly-past at Lachit Ghat, Guwahati, for the 93rd Air Force Day celebrations, which began with a parade at Hindon Airbase on October 8.

Nearly 75 fighter jets, including Sukhoi, Rafale, Tejas, and Mirage, will participate. This is the first Northeast Air Force Day event. Highlights include formations named after Assam's symbols, like the LCA Tejas in "Lachit" and Apache helicopters in "Rhino." Dignitaries, including Air Chief Marshal AP Singh and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, will attend.

[Kartik]

VIDEO: https://x.com/akki_bauer22_/status/1987 ... 39810?s=20 ---> BREAKING NEWS: Def Min Rajnath Singh confirms India will pursue more S-400 if they are available . Also says India will make its own jet engines within a year… hinting at Safran-DRDO jet engine co-development having made lot of progress and reaching CCS soon.

May be some news of Kaveri.

More likely GE F-414 negotiations leading to the start of the building of an assembly line to manufacture and assemble them in India.

[chetak]

Not pushing any platform, just informing onlee



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shbtwsdcB4Q



Su-57 SHOCKS Dubai Airshow 2025 — Full Breakdown of Russia’s Gen-5 Monster

Russia’s Su-57 shocked the world at Dubai Airshow 2025, delivering a performance that overshadowed the F-35, J-20, Rafale and every other fighter jet on the tarmac.


This video breaks down the Su-57’s aerobatic moves, real combat data from Syria, advanced N036 Byelka radar system, stealth design choices, weapons bay engineering and why its appearance changed global airpower debates.


If you are searching for the Su-57 performance, Dubai Airshow 2025 highlights, fifth-generation fighter comparison, or air superiority analysis, this video covers everything with technical accuracy and expert breakdowns.

[Rakesh]

India eyes more S-400s with upcoming Putin visit, Su-57 likely to stay off radar
https://theprint.in/defence/india-eyes- ... r/2792399/
26 Nov 2025

Not only did S-400 record its longest hit during India-Pakistan 88-hour conflict, ability of the system to shoot and scoot in a short time, which allows it to evade enemy fire, was also proved.

[Rakesh]

Not an IAF Jaguar, but damn!

VIDEO: https://x.com/PAVE_naught/status/162516 ... 41472?s=20 ---> SEPECAT Jaguar demonstrates its short takeoff capability.

[Manish_P]

^ Many years ago I wondered why this bird was named Jaguar.. and why the Brit pilots called it the 'Cat'. Especially when their other aircraft were named Tornado, Lightning, Buccaneer...

Then I saw the above video on the TV (it was shown in a documentary on Doordarshan!) and it all made perfect sense

[Rakesh]

https://x.com/IAF_MCC/status/1995891832245616664?s=20 ---> Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari, Vice Chief of the Air Staff, visited No 1 Squadron from 01-02 Dec 25, on his farewell visit as the Commodore Commandant of the ‘Tigers’. During his visit, he was accorded a ceremonial Guard of Honour. The VCAS reviewed the operational readiness of the Squadron, interacted with the Squadron personnel, and flew a sortie on the Mirage 2000 aircraft.

[Rakesh]

Oman Hands Over 20 Jaguar Jets to India for Spares as IAF Battles Aging Fleet
https://www.timesnownews.com/india/oman ... -153255479
06 Dec 2025

[Rakesh]

S-400 Air Defence System | S-400: India's Pak AWACS Killer

On episode 29 of Ctrl Alt Defence, join Shiv Aroor and Vishnu Som as they look at India's Pakistani AWACS killer, the S-400 system. We have this podcast at a time when the Russian President Vladimir Putin is here in India and we reflect on its capabilities and its future avatar, the S-500 Prometheus.

[Manish_P]

Oman hands over 20 Jaguar jets to India for spares as IAF battles aging fleet
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/om ... 43004&ei=2
06 Dec 2025

"Thank You Oman," would be the Indian Air Force's message to Muscat. For, the Oman Air Force will be transferring its 20+ Jaguar fighter-bombers to the IAF to be broken up and used as spares. The IAF has six squadrons of the Jaguar, with each of them having 18-20 warplanes, and it is one of the few countries in the world that still uses this Anglo-French-made jet.

Getting used warplanes to be broken up and used as spares is hardly glamorous, but it is certainly useful. For, the Royal Air Force and the French Air Force have retired their Jaguars, as have the Omanis. With the production facilities also having ended, there is little choice before the IAF-- it has to find spares where it can and the Omanis have 20-odd planes they have little for. And Oman is a friendly country, with a long defence-related relationship with India. When the Jaguars arrive, they will be broken up into spare parts, which are much-needed, considering the first Jaguar arrived in India in 1979. More came years later, but it is an aging aircraft and needs serious maintenance.

[Prem Kumar]

^ Nose-turned-up, "we will fight with what we have" in action

[Tanaji]

S-400 Air Defence System | S-400: India's Pak AWACS Killer

I can’t believe someone has such self importance the he makes an image of himself as an attack helicopter pilot in a video about a missile system…

[drnayar]

Not an IAF Jaguar, but damn!

VIDEO: https://x.com/PAVE_naught/status/162516 ... 41472?s=20 ---> SEPECAT Jaguar demonstrates its short takeoff capability.

I don't think that was a proper runway !.. it's was more like a semi metalled off road

[sanjayc]

^ Nose-turned-up, "we will fight with what we have" in action

More like "We are determined not to order anything for decades; After 30 years, we will fight with whatever rattletraps we have left."