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not a very good video, annoying music and they messed up the M2k with a Jaguar

would have been much nicer to hear the sound and not cutting away to PM Ji every 15 seconds

Jaguar is beautiful, any Idea how many in service with the IAF?
it is a beauty

no idea how many in numbers, a quick wiki says there are 6 squadrons, so maybe a 100 odd ? I think one of them is a maritime strike squadron.

not super clued into everything IAF but there's info out there on the Darin 3 upgrades and other info
 
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Jaguar is beautiful, any Idea how many in service with the IAF?
IIRC there are Six Jaguar sqns
5 Sqn "Tuskers"
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6 Sqn "Dragons"
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14 Sqn "Bulls"
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16 Sqn "Black Cobras"
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27 Sqn "Flaming Arrows"


https://www.airliners.net/photo/India-Air-Force/Sepecat-Hindustan-Jaguar-IS/4681199

224 Sqn " Warlords"
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not a very good video, annoying music and they messed up the M2k with a Jaguar

would have been much nicer to hear the sound and not cutting away to PM Ji every 15 seconds


it is a beauty

no idea how many in numbers, a quick wiki says there are 6 squadrons, so maybe a 100 odd ? I think one of them is a maritime strike squadron.

not super clued into everything IAF but there's info out there on the Darin 3 upgrades and other info

As expected the IAFs threat assessment is greater towards Pakistan/West placing 4 strong squadrons facing towards that threat.
 
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New Delhi (India), November 25 (ANI): Amid tensions on the border, the Indian Air Force has received a boost to its fighter jet fleet as two-second hand Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft have arrived from France at its Gwalior airbase.
"The Indian Air Force has received two Mirage 2000 trainer version aircraft from France. The two aircraft were flying with their Air Force and arrived at the Gwalior airbase recently," government sources told ANI.
The aircraft would now be upgraded to the latest standards as part of the Mirage upgrade programme going on in the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, the sources said.
The two aircraft were acquired by the Indian Air Force as part of the programme to make up the number of aircraft in the Mirage fighter fleet to around 50.
The IAF had acquired around 51 Mirages in different batches and they form three squadrons which are all based in the Gwalior Air Force station.
Sources said the Mirage upgrade deal between the French and Indian sides was for enhancing the capabilities of 51 aircraft and some of these kits are left due to crashes involving these planes.
The same kits can be put on these two French Air Force planes and make them suitable for combat operations, the sources said.
The Indian Air Force has invested very smartly in finding the spares for the Mirages in form of phased out old French aircraft and this is going to help the Air Force maintain them till 2035, the sources said.
The Mirages have been in service from the 1980s and have been the mainstay of the force from the Kargil war to the 2019 Balakot airstrikes where they bombed a Jaish e Mohammed terrorist camp in Pakistan.
The Mirages also successfully took out Pakistan Army camps and bunkers on the Tiger Hilltop in the Kargil war and changed the face of the war by successfully hitting enemy camps at such high altitudes with pinpoint precision using laser-guided bombs. (ANI)
https://www.aninews.in/news/nationa...rengthen-combat-aircraft-fleet20211125135243/

So assuming two full strength squadrons with the Tigers and Battle Axes, the Wolf Pack will have to make do with 15 Jets(18+18+15) or an odd strength of 17*3
Very prudent decision to upgun the Mirages
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11 June 2007, a MICA launched from a Rafale successfully demonstrated its over-the-shoulder capability by destroying a target behind the launch aircraft. The target was designated by another aircraft and coordinates were transmitted by Link 16. Seen here on IAF Mirage 2000’s

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IAF successfully tests Brahmos ALCM from Su-30MKI fighter off the coast of Odisha.

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Air version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test fired from the supersonic fighter aircraft Sukhoi 30 MK-I at 1030 hrs from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on December 08, 2021. In this copy book flight, the missile launched from the aircraft followed the pre-planned trajectory meeting all mission objectives.

The launch is a major milestone in the BrahMos development. It clears the system for the serial production of air-version BrahMos missiles within the country. Major airframe assemblies which form the integral part of the Ramjet Engine are indigenously developed by Indian Industry. These include metallic and non-metallic air frame sections comprising Ramjet fuel tank and pneumatic fuel supply system. During the test,the structural integrity and functional performance have been proven. The air version of BrahMos was last flight tested in July 2021.

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Do Tejas latest varient pose a threat to thunder block 3


He got some facts wrong (such as integration of the AShMs which is not yet done). The other aspects that he missed out are the integration with the Litening LDP which allows for extremely accurate ground strikes using LGBs and even dumb bombs. Tejas has proven that with the best range scores in competition with Mirage-2000s, Jaguars and Su-30MKIs.

Also the fact that the Astra Mk1 is being integrated and will be tested soon. It will be followed in a few years' time by the Astra Mk2 and then the SFDR based Astra Mk3 that is a Meteor equivalent BVRAAM.

But overall the first time I've heard an unbiased review of the Tejas by a Pakistani.
 
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Amazing pics...

Going for the Rafale was a huge mistake. Looking back we should have gone for a 5th generation fighter. The F-35 costs roughly the same as a Rafale.
Exactly my thaughts... Same cost and pretty much a game changer
Maybe y'all don't trust US enough?
 
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Older IAF BBJs (737-200) reconfigured with SIGINT/ELINT payload
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Interesting, IAF used 3 of these BBJs before being replaced by the more sophisticated -7 BBJs.
Not sure if the 3rd one also is reconfigured.
Here are the same K2413 and K2412 from back in the day
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Credits to Kunal Biswas from Twitter

This is a much clearer image of K2412 thanks to Ismail Arab/JetPhotos
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