Abingdonboy

So what was your experience with the SOF guy?

Even Udhampur base in my state which has Mig 29 has underground hangers which is also known to many.But its good to know there are many more.

Yes good info. Regarding hangers, I have heard about this. The only known location I can think of is Trishul AFB in UP that houses MKIs and Bisons:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trishul_Air-base


Of course there are bound to be many more.

What i think are the useful infos he shared with me are 1.general info on spg,2.that they train with various european countires,3.They have regular interactions with the army..he didnt share what they discuss which i really wanted to know,4.secret hangars of the air force everywhere around the country,

+ I had a freind who was in the Met police's Diplomatic Protection Group (DPG) and whilst they weren't as well armed,funded or resourced he was a bit of an expert in Bodyguarding and the art behind it- most of his examples involed US Secret Service so this is where he applied CAT/CSU/close protection team analogies as the DPG didn't have such units/resources and this is how you can apply it to SPG as they do have such units/resources.

Yeah sure..I would love to hear that.

He was saying that MMS was a very sincere and intelligent person who only spoke when it was necessary.He also said that Sonia was very dominating.He was praising MMS but not Sonia and Rahul..he spoke very negatively of rahul.Actually he was having a beer..so after sometime he started opening up and started discussing about MMS rahul and sonia whereas i wanted to know about SPG from him.

I understand the logic, for the close protection/inner cordon guys their primary responsibility is the security of their protectee so the best course of action is as much distance between them and the attacker. The job of taking out the attackers is some one else's. Even the job of the heavily armed CAT guts (ones armed with FN 2000 and dressed in the black torso and cream trousers looking mean) is to provide a robust and harsh response to any possible attacker so as to break contact with the protectee (intended target of the attacks) to give time to the close protection guys to get the protectee out of the kill zone.

He was insisting on the different psycology SPG guys have ie to only protect the VIP and to not get into a firefight.

Its a shocker for me actually because this guy kept on telling me that their job is not to fight operatins and to protect the VIP and run.

No counter sniper units too as he said their job is to protect the vip and run from the situation.They dont go after the attacker.They only neutralise him when its in their range.He said such things would be the responsiblity of the outer ring guys.

Maybe this encounter was using a bit of outdated info on this guy's part because AFAIK the SPG does now have a Counter Sniper Unit (CSU), but this is a relatively new unit:

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-04-01/india/27779043_1_snipers-elite-force-special-protection-group

I asked him if SPG has snipers to which he said that their job was to protect the inner ring and the security of the outer ring lies with the local police and other agencies.

No he didnt mention his unit and neither did i ask.I am glad you found useful imformation in my messages.

And yeah forgot to tell you something important..he said that he is from a place where he never knew that the air force has underr ground hangers till the time he had to visit the base with sonia gandhi...and he said there are a lot of under ground hangers and every thing is very secretive.

Rest he was talking baout so many allowances they get from the allowance for food to the allowance for getting you suits stiched.Was praising Bmws also Then he said that they take their vehicles everywhere in train..they also have a special boggie for this.They dont trust the local police for vehicles.He also said that their job is to look after the inner ring of security..the outer ring has to be managed by police and other agencies.He also said there is sooo much planiing and everrything is looked into detail from escape routes to the hospitals to take.Even the food is checked,toilets flushes etc nothing gets left.

Then he shared that he has served with Sonia and MMS..was criticising Rahul for being a cassonova and wasting the nations wealth...he shared an incident when rahul took his gf to a hotel and spg had to book rooms left and right for his safety and how it is a waste of wealth.He aslo shared that a lot of govt money is wasted in hotel etc.He was just sharing on his own as i thought it wont be right to ask him questions.