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IAF exercise shows India can send to battle double the number of fighter jets that Pakistan can

Sources said that Exercise Gagan Shakti was not about learning tactical lessons but focused on checking logistics stamina to build up and sustain the high serviceability levels.


IAF Chief, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa, IAF has achieved unprecedented serviceability levels of 80 per cent for its fighter aircraft during the exercise.


The ongoing training exercise Gagan Shakti of the Indian Air Force (IAF) has demonstrated that it can put out double the number of fighter aircraft in combat compared to the Pakistan Air Force, should the situation arise.

As per the IAF Chief, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa, IAF has achieved unprecedented serviceability levels of 80 per cent for its fighter aircraft during the exercise.

In an exclusive conversation with The Indian Express, Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa said that “full credit goes to our engineers that we have built up the serviceability of fighter aircraft to 80%, compared to a target of 75%, and a dispatch reliability of more than 95% during Gagan Shakti exercise

Considering the vintage of its aircraft and problems with availability of spares, IAF has struggled to maintain high serviceability levels, i.e, have a greater number of its fighter aircraft available for operations. Dispatch reliability is the IAF’s ability to make airborne the number of serviceable aircraft, a figure which has been lower during peace time.

Top IAF sources told The Indian Express that these numbers were significant as they demonstrated IAF’s capability to “overwhelm the Pakistan Air Force by bringing double their number of fighter aircraft in combat, and that too with significantly higher throw weight”.
At 70% serviceability for its 371 fighter jets, Pakistan Air Force is estimated to be able to bring approximately 260 aircraft into combat but they have lesser stamina and capability than their IAF counterparts.



As far as China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) is concerned, sources said the IAF had shown its ability to observe the PLAAF from dispersed locations, thereby reducing the probability of it being hit by Chinese missile strikes. Sources, however, conceded that PLAAF has an overwhelming superiority in the number of fighter aircraft and its ability to employ them is constrained only by the geography of Tibet.

The IAF currently has 31 fighter squadrons against an authorisation of 42 squadrons. Sources conceded that this shortfall remains a criticality because these high serviceability and dispatch reliability levels have been achieved after eight months of sustained effort. It would be tough for IAF to replicate these numbers, if it is asked to go into combat on very short notice. Most analysts believe that the most likely future military conflict involving India would be a short war at very short notice. To kick off the IAF from peace locations and provide overwhelming superiority in such a scenario, it would need a much larger number of fighter squadrons.

Exercise Gagan Shakti has also shown that the IAF can do long-range sorties where fighter aircraft taking off from bases in southern and western India can reach targets 3,000 km away, say inside Tibet. But sources added a note of caution about the reach of long range trans-theatre flying due to low availability of mid-air refuellers.

Sources said that Exercise Gagan Shakti was not about learning tactical lessons but focused on checking logistics stamina to build up and sustain the high serviceability levels. This physically validates the operating time and effort taken to rotate the fighter aircraft after it has made one sortie, fired all its weapons and turn them out again after loading them fully.

As per Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa, “This has happened due to support of the defence ministry and because of close cooperation with public sector units such as HAL and BEL. I have said it at the recent Defence Expo in Chennai and personally thanked HAL Chairperson Dr T Suvarna Raju for the tremendous support HAL has given for the buildup of this serviceability.”


This is simply awesome. Double numbers do not tell full story. It is Su 30 MKI, Mirage 2000 (UPG), Jaguar Darin III, Mig 29 (UPG) Vs Jf 17, F 16 BLk 52, Mirage III. The plane in first case are significantly better.
 
They should increase the number to seven fold since India is seven times bigger than Pakistan.

Then after that they should keep the pilots well fed.

Then Declare war !!
 
real threat from india can only come when india get stealth jets like f35 otherwise we can handle india airforce.if india acquire electronic and radar jamming capabilities with large no of stealth jets which is very difficult then we have no option left but to use nukes
 
India air force is 2.3x larger then Pakistani air force. most of indian fighters are far nore modern then paks
History is fucking of armies that had superior numbers but got decimated. Numbers don't mean anything. And you Indians know that
 
This is simply awesome. Double numbers do not tell full story. It is Su 30 MKI, Mirage 2000 (UPG), Jaguar Darin III, Mig 29 (UPG) Vs Jf 17, F 16 BLk 52, Mirage III. The plane in first case are significantly better.
Mirage III Is a 60s relics its older then our mig bisons , apart from b.s fan claims they only have a hand full Mirage 5 operational ,Mirage 3 is probably rusted in some shed .

History is fucking of armies that had superior numbers but got decimated. Numbers don't mean anything. And you Indians know that
Right that's why Somalia is the only super power of the world. Call me when they take down U.S. military with a handful of their tribesmen with bows & arrows.

You Pakistanis need to stop with this 1 pak thing = 10 indian thing logic.
 
Mirage III Is a 60s relics its older then our mig bisons , apart from b.s fan claims they only have a hand full Mirage 5 operational ,Mirage 3 is probably rusted in some shed .


Right that's why Somalia is the only super power of the world. Call me when they take down U.S. military with a handful of their tribesmen with bows & arrows.

You Pakistanis need to stop with this 1 pak thing = 10 indian thing logic.

I think our women are enough for you....

Weren't you coming for tea at Lahore....what happened? How much bigger was your army?
On paper India is amazing. Reality we know. Takes you a months to get your strike forces to the border let alone fight
Regarding a handful of men with bows nd arrows....arn't they the ones who defeated NATO and still control 70 percent of Afghanistan.. Pakistan used those same men to defer Soviets.
What's your achievements.. ..oh you lost Pakistan and Bangladesh as it was carved out of India . cup of cow pee for you. Calm down drink liberally
 
They should increase the number to seven fold since India is seven times bigger than Pakistan.

Then after that they should keep the pilots well fed.

Then Declare war !!

Century is a very long time to wait. :cheesy:
 
Lol keep denying.

A military 7x larger military budget & 2.5 x larger airforce arsenal than Pakistan can't operate 2x more jets then Pakistan can?

Lol can u be more delusional

Yea more bull-shi.t from BS artists. Typical indians.
 
India will eventually have to impose a conventional war on Pakistan to divert her internal problems.

and then

Dama Dam Mast Qalandar !!


Gajwa e Hind coming...according to some Indian OP's...and people, we don't call it Gajwa.
 
Gajwa e Hind coming...according to some Indian OP's...and people, we don't call it Gajwa.

Nope.
We refuse to give in to their demands of Gajwa and its Fajwa.

Let them burn their own house down.
 
Whatever kid , now go play Mario Cart , Pakistan hasn't been a threat to India in conventional warfare since the 60s , India military arms race is focused on China not Pakistan.
That’s why Pakistan holds Point 5353 today and India doesn’t.
 
Nope.
We refuse to give in to their demands of Gajwa and its Fajwa.

Let them burn their own house down.


They don't have phonetics for Ghazwa and 'Phir' and many more...keep calling phir sey as fir sey. Wondering they have what it takes...if push comes to shove.
 

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