Indian Air Force News & Discussions

[ni8mare]

 

[sathya]

ALH or AUH ?
Anything special ?

 

[satishkumarcsc]

ALH or AUH ?
Anything special ?

I think it is the LUH....undergoing ground tests before integration of engine and the main rotor.

 

[帅的一匹]

IAF is declining rapidly without new jets induction, the government shall take responsibility for it.

China last year add 82 brand new fighter jets to PLAAF. You guys need to catch up, or there is no fun for the game.

 

[Ankit Kumar]

@PARIKRAMA @Abingdonboy
Today saw in Twitter that Boeing will be supplying air refueling tankers to Israel not Airbus.
I don't think that the Boeing took part in the competition for Indian Airforce.
What is the probability that if the Airbus deal falls off, then Boeing gets the deal? I am sure no more Il78s , and we have a very positive business relationship with Boeing.
Also a short comparison between KC 46 and AirbusA330 on basic of fly away cost , cost in operating the aircrafts and the capability.
Thanks.

 

[Abingdonboy]

@PARIKRAMA @Abingdonboy
Today saw in Twitter that Boeing will be supplying air refueling tankers to Israel not Airbus.
I don't think that the Boeing took part in the competition for Indian Airforce.
What is the probability that if the Airbus deal falls off, then Boeing gets the deal? I am sure no more Il78s , and we have a very positive business relationship with Boeing.
Also a short comparison between KC 46 and AirbusA330 on basic of fly away cost , cost in operating the aircrafts and the capability.
Thanks.

The A330 MRTT is coming don't worry about it bro.

 

[SRP]

https://twitter.com/x/status/699841775968612352

 

[Abingdonboy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/699841775968612352

So will the IAF's AH-64E fueslages be made in India? @PARIKRAMA @Water Car Engineer @acetophenol @anant_s

 

[ni8mare]

 

[Armani]

^^ All 10 of them at one spot!

 

[XY1234]

Israeli Defence Analyst Caroline B. Glick who served has Captain in Israel Defense Forces in her latest report has urged Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in effort to maintain Israel’s qualitative edge against Iran should not depend on American solely on supply fighter jet after US administration rejected Israel’s requests for additional F-15 systems which it could have used to defend against Iran attacks.

US administration also has rejected Israel’s request to outfit its own electronics systems and bunker buster bombs in its current fleet of F-15 and instead wants Israel to buy F-35 which has been facing technical issues and will take next few years to fully become operationalised.

Analyst argues that F-35 is an impressive next generation fighter. But at the same time, as Aaron Lerner from IMRA news aggregation service noted this week, the F-35 suffers from one major weakness that arguably cancels out all of its advantages. That weakness is the F-35’s operational dependence on software laboratories and logistics support computers located in the US.

She also explains that All F-35 aircraft operating across the world will have to update their mission data files and their Autonomic Logistic Information System (ALIS) profiles before and after every sortie, to ensure that onboard systems are programmed with the latest available operational data and that ALIS is kept permanently informed of each aircraft’s technical status and maintenance requirements.“ALIS can, and has, prevented aircraft taking off because of an incomplete data file.

F-35’s continuous dependence on a US-based logistics system is a critical weakness is that it would be irresponsible of Israel to trust that the US will not abuse its power to undermine and block IAF operations.

In light of the F-35s massive vulnerabilities and the diminishment of US power in the Middle East and beyond, Netanyahu should view India’s enthusiasm for Israeli systems as an opportunity to end the IAF’s utter dependence on increasingly undependable US systems.

Analyst urges that instead of procurement of the 14 additional F-35s, Netanyahu should offer Modi to jointly develop a next-generation AMCA fighter jet based on the Lavi.

 

[SRP]

https://twitter.com/x/status/702835664463667201

 

[Abingdonboy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/702835664463667201

 

[Abingdonboy]

IAF MI-35 with new self defence suite:

@PARIKRAMA @anant_s @Blue Marlin @nair @AUSTERLITZ @SpArK @Water Car Engineer @ni8mare @knight11 @MilSpec @Levina @Koovie @Echo_419

 

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