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[Juggernautjatt]

Air Force Station Kanchrapara resurfaces in new avatar
KOLKATA: It was set up on September 1, 1942, as a base for P-51 Mustangs, B-25 Mitchells and P-38 Lightnings of the United States Army Air Force. It fell into disuse after the end of World War II. On Saturday, Air Force Station Kanchrapara will resurface in a new avatar when chief of air staff Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha who is also chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee, inaugurates an Indian Air Force selection board there.

"All necessary infrastructure is in place. It has been named No. 5 Air Force Selection Board. The air chief will be received at Kanchrapara by Air Marshal R K Jolly, air officer commanding-in-chief, Eastern Air Command and other senior officers. There are a large number of people from West Bengal in the IAF. The state is very well represented. This selection board will facilitate the entry of more young men and women from the eastern part of India to join the IAF in the officer cadre," an officer said.

During his visit to Kanchrapara, the air chief will be briefed on operationalisation of various facilities and selection processes. Air Chief Marshal Raha will also visit selection areas and oversee facilities provided at the base. He will also interact with air warriors before returning to Kolkata.
Air Force Station Kanchrapara resurfaces in new avatar - The Times of India

 

[Abingdonboy]

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[Hindustani78]

Indian Air Force got 81 Sukhoi planes against 112 due till 2012-13: CAG
19 Dec 2014,

New Delhi: Indian Air Force received 81 Sukhoi-30 MKI aircraft as against 112 due till 2012-13 from state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) because of delay in receipt of technical documents from Russian manufacturer Rosoboronexport (ROE).

Due to delayed delivery of the fighter planes, the Defence Ministry recovered liquidated damages of Rs 96.26 crore from HAL, which, however, could not recover the amount from ROE “in the absence of enabling provision” in their contract, a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said. The report, tabled in Parliament today, said the acceptance of a new rate by HAL for procurement of engine kits for the Su-30 aircraft “disregarding the price stipulated in the General Contract of December 2000 resulted in additional expenditure of Rs 66 crore”.

It said the supply of 81 of these multi-role combat aircraft instead of 112 till 2012-13 was due to the delay in receipt of technical documents and rectification of defective toolings received from ROE.

“There were delays up to 275 days in ferry out of aircraft.. due to snag rectification,” the report said. The CAG report said that HAL incurred a loss of Rs 101.72 crore in supply of aircraft due to “adoption of incorrect exchange rate by Defence Ministry while amending the contract” between IAF and the Russian manufacturer.

HAL also suffered a loss of Rs 66.61 crore in supply of ground handling and ground support equipment to IAF due to “quoting rates without reference to year of incurrence and non-inclusion of escalation clause in the contract” with the Defence Ministry, the report said.

India had directly purchased 50 Su-30 MKI planes from the Russian government and concluded an inter-governmental agreement in 2000 for transfer of licence and technical documentation to India for production of 140 aircraft, 920 engines and 140 sets of air-borne equipment.

Pursuant to this and due to immediate requirement, IAF had ordered 140 of these aircraft from HAL in January 2001 in four phases, stipulating deliveries till 2017-18. However, due to sharp depletion in combat aircraft force levels, the deliveries were advanced to 2014-15. The IAF had then placed an order of 42 aircraft to avoid depletion of its force levels.

 

[sathya]

[URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/Panchi?src=hash']#Panchi, wheeled version of #Nishant UAV had its maiden flight today[/URL]

Sources say #Panchi flew for 20 minutes. Take off & landing were perfect. ADE carved out Panchi in 8 months

 

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[ptltejas]

Su-30MKI GROWLER SKI

FLANKER IN ELECTRONIC ATTACK ROLE.

On December 14 HAL, ADA and other related organisations conducted Vibration test on Su-30mki

The tests were carried out for nine configurations, including clean configuration,

with bombs (2 tons) at station 1 & 2 (centerline of the aircraft),
with BrahMos missile at the newly-developed station 13,
R-27 missiles at station 3-6, R-73 missiles at station 7-10
SAP518 pod (ECM jamming pod) at station 11-12.

SAP-518 is capable of overriding the sensors in Air defence systems by jamming and creating electronic signature of many aircrafts within the system. SAP-518 along SAP-14 makes MKI equivalent to EA-18G GROWLER, but will have payload.

Its capable of containing all defence systems working within G-J bands.Malaysian Flankers SU-30MKM are other operator of SAP-518 in Asia.
SAP-518 along with SAP-14 and earlier variants like Sorbtsiya L-SERIES are few tactical systems within Indian Arsenal less known to the world.

Indian - Aerospace/defense NEWS. | Facebook

 

[sancho]

Su-30MKI GROWLER SKI

FLANKER IN ELECTRONIC ATTACK ROLE.

On December 14 HAL, ADA and other related organisations conducted Vibration test on Su-30mki

The tests were carried out for nine configurations, including clean configuration,

with bombs (2 tons) at station 1 & 2 (centerline of the aircraft),
with BrahMos missile at the newly-developed station 13,
R-27 missiles at station 3-6, R-73 missiles at station 7-10
SAP518 pod (ECM jamming pod) at station 11-12.

SAP-518 is capable of overriding the sensors in Air defence systems by jamming and creating electronic signature of many aircrafts within the system. SAP-518 along SAP-14 makes MKI equivalent to EA-18G GROWLER, but will have payload.

Its capable of containing all defence systems working within G-J bands.Malaysian Flankers SU-30MKM are other operator of SAP-518 in Asia.
SAP-518 along with SAP-14 and earlier variants like Sorbtsiya L-SERIES are few tactical systems within Indian Arsenal less known to the world.

Indian - Aerospace/defense NEWS. | Facebook

Wrong infos I would say, the SAP518 are wing tip ECM pods, which makes the given stations questionable, but they are also "only" meant for self protection and not escort jamming like the ALQ 99 pods of the Growlers, that is what the SAP14 is meant to do and other than Su 34s, no Flanker version has got such capability so far. Su 30s and Su 35s have (in our case will get) increased self defence capability, by integrating the wingtip pods, but to make it similar to a Growler, we need a proper jaming pod, be it from Russia, Israel, France or an indigenous one from DARE.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Su-30MKI GROWLER SKI

FLANKER IN ELECTRONIC ATTACK ROLE.

On December 14 HAL, ADA and other related organisations conducted Vibration test on Su-30mki

The tests were carried out for nine configurations, including clean configuration,

with bombs (2 tons) at station 1 & 2 (centerline of the aircraft),
with BrahMos missile at the newly-developed station 13,
R-27 missiles at station 3-6, R-73 missiles at station 7-10
SAP518 pod (ECM jamming pod) at station 11-12.

SAP-518 is capable of overriding the sensors in Air defence systems by jamming and creating electronic signature of many aircrafts within the system. SAP-518 along SAP-14 makes MKI equivalent to EA-18G GROWLER, but will have payload.

Its capable of containing all defence systems working within G-J bands.Malaysian Flankers SU-30MKM are other operator of SAP-518 in Asia.
SAP-518 along with SAP-14 and earlier variants like Sorbtsiya L-SERIES are few tactical systems within Indian Arsenal less known to the world.

Indian - Aerospace/defense NEWS. | Facebook

Wrong infos I would say, the SAP518 are wing tip ECM pods, which makes the given stations questionable, but they are also "only" meant for self protection and not escort jamming like the ALQ 99 pods of the Growlers, that is what the SAP14 is meant to do and other than Su 34s, no Flanker version has got such capability so far. Su 30s and Su 35s have (in our case will get) increased self defence capability, by integrating the wingtip pods, but to make it similar to a Growler, we need a proper jaming pod, be it from Russia, Israel, France or an indigenous one from DARE.

 

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[IrbiS]

World Air Forces 2015 FLIGHT International

 

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@Umair Khan Niazi
Please put Indian Navy coastguard and army aviation as well. What about UAVs?

 

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World Air Forces 2015 FLIGHT International


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Nice to see At a glance compilation. However several assumptions have been made on deals which are yet under negotiation.
& Rafale B and Rafale C! inetersting @DrSomnath999 Sir any idea?

 

[IrbiS]

@Umair Khan Niazi
Please put Indian Navy coastguard and army aviation as well. What about UAVs?

Did it. UAVs aren't listed!