Indian Air Force News & Discussions

[sudhir007]

 

[sancho]

Continued from - Indian Air Force News & Discussions | Page 187

IAF crash reports 2015

1) January 27, 2015 - Mig 27 crashed near Barmer in Rajasthan
IAF's MiG-27 aircraft crashes in Rajasthan, pilot safe

2) January 31, 2015 - Mig 21 crashed in Gujarat near Jamnagar
MiG-21 Fighter Jet Crashes in Gujarat's Jamnagar, Pilot Safe

3) March 5, 2015 - Jaguar crashed near Shahbad in Haryana
IAF's Jaguar aircraft crashes; pilot ejects safely - The Economic Times

 

[indiatester]

Continued from - Indian Air Force News & Discussions | Page 187

IAF crash reports 2015

1) January 27, 2015 - Mig 27 crashed near Barmer in Rajasthan
IAF's MiG-27 aircraft crashes in Rajasthan, pilot safe

2) January 31, 2015 - Mig 21 crashed in Gujarat near Jamnagar
MiG-21 Fighter Jet Crashes in Gujarat's Jamnagar, Pilot Safe

3) March 5, 2015 - Jaguar crashed near Shahbad in Haryana
IAF's Jaguar aircraft crashes; pilot ejects safely - The Economic Times

Jeez that's not good.
What is our crash/failure rate in comparision with other airforces?

 

[sancho]

Jeez that's not good.
What is our crash/failure rate in comparision with other airforces?

Don't know about the comparison, but the crash rate in IAF is reducing every year ( BBC: Why are India's air force planes falling out of the sky? | Page 3 ) thanks to improved training, maintenance and most importantly phasing out of old unreliable fighters. However accidents happen all over the world, for the one or the other reason, one can only try to minimise them.

 

[CONNAN]

 

[Bornubus]

Which UAV is this...?

 

[sancho]

IAF IL76 K-2661, Moscow April 2014

IAF IL76 K-2661, Moscow Febuary 2015

Nice to see IAF's modernisation / overhaul of AN32's, IL76's, Mig 29's and MKI's going on so well.

 

[kurup]

Which UAV is this...?View attachment 200464

@sancho , @Abingdonboy , @SpArK

 

[sancho]

@sancho , @Abingdonboy , @SpArK

Can't say, maybe the others can help.

 

[Agent_47]

IAF IL76 K-2661, Moscow April 2014
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IAF IL76 K-2661, Moscow Febuary 2015
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Nice to see IAF's modernisation / overhaul of AN32's, IL76's, Mig 29's and MKI's going on so well.

IAF is upgrading IL76?

 

[sancho]

IAF is upgrading IL76?

=>

August 2010 - Russia continues to dominate Indian military aviation

...Air Chief Marshal Naik disclosed that the IL 76s, first acquired in April 1985, are also under life extension under a contract with Russia. “The life extension of IL-76 aircraft would involve complete overhaul of airframe at the vendor’s premises in Russia… The first aircraft has already been positioned and the servicing has commenced. Various other upgrades would be executed in India. Post-servicing, the aircraft would be available to us for more than 10 years,” he said.

..:: India Strategic ::.. Indian Air Force: Russia continues to dominate Indian military aviation

 

[Ind4Ever]

Guys are we buying SU35 + PakFa kind of fighter ? More over talks has been going on for the last 2 years . With 2 Su 35S already in India for the past 6 months or so . Showing IAF the abilities of the fighter to replace MiG 21 and Mig 27 . Very interesting . We will have MKI kind of collaboration but fully modified into new 5th generation air superiority fighter ever . If deal is signed this new 5th gen variant of SU35S will not sold to China .China will be getting the Su35 but not even Su35 S . Which are currently ordered for Russian force .

Any updates on that ? I feel if this is true because the source is Russian claiming India already signed or in advanced stage to sign . If it's true it might be our stop gab fighters jet to replace 21/27 . And also Mr. Parikkar's upgraded Sukoi MKI . Which well might be Su35S of Russian variant for MMRCA

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

Mi-35 Hind E, nicknamed "Akbar" in the IAF

 

[sancho]

And also Mr. Parikkar's upgraded Sukoi MKI . Which well might be Su35S of Russian variant for MMRCA

Su35S is a 4.5gen heavy class fighter and nothing close to be stealthy, it "just" has a reduced RCS compared to older Flankers and an improved EWS, which is exactly what we add to the MKI in the current overhaul and upgrade of the fleet.

- addition of composites and radar absorbing coatings => 3 to 4 times reduced RCS
- wingtip pods to carry the ECM suit all the time
- new RWR and MAWS from DARE all around the airframe

The Su35 has an upgraded cockpit, compared to Su30s, which again is what is planned for the MKI upgrade, where the old and more and more unreliable Russian MFD's of the early MKIs will replaced with new once from HAL / Samtel.

The Su35 has the IRBIS E PESA radar, which is based on the BARS that our MKIs have. That makes it logical, that the easist step is, to upgrade the BARS to a similar level, which is already done for the Russian Su 30SM's.


So except of the single seat config, additional fuel and trust, there is nothing the Su35 offers to India, that would make a procurement worth it.

 

[kurup]

Which UAV is this...?View attachment 200464

View attachment 200466

Can't say, maybe the others can help.

Finally got it from D-F-I .......... this is the Drone-Cop UAV by a pvt India company Indian Armour .

They have some good range of products especially body armour .

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | Indian Armour