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IAF Sukhois in USA - Picture Gallery

Great work Erwin & team

Thank You Florian

They say they will have a lady president....trying to show their "modern" outlook on one hand, while training & financing terrorists on the other . Its a part of Pakistan's policy to support Islamic terrorism against India. They will lose their "reason of existence" if they don't. No matter who comes to power, Pakistan will always be the same old "Pakistan".

Good Riddance Mad Man!!!!!!!

Now available for sale: http://www.anveshan.com/product_info.php/products_id/46 For deliveries within India, it costs Rs 1400(including Postage charges) & for other nations, it costs Rs 1600.

Most certainly it is , my friend :yes: . Will be a nice little addition to my personal little library. Just placed an order for it. Should be able to get within a week's time. Will put up a little review when I get it .

My friend, do you ever rest Great work

Interesting!!!!!!!!

Russia only retaliated after Georgia attacked first and killed Russian soldiers first. What is wrong in that? They are only sending a strong message that "if you attack us, you will have hell to pay". Georgia is dead wrong in this conflict. The Georgians were follish to do what they did. If Russia's actions are considered wrong, then people may even consider India's actions in the 1965 &1971 war as wrong. No wonder India was branded as the aggressor in those wars inspite of what pakistan did.

IAF Flankers & ILs land at Nellis Pics of Flankers at Nellis Those Flankers are from No. 20 Sqdn IAF "Lightnings"

nice work c5.

Serial Nos. of IAF aircraft participating in REd Flag: SB 042 SU-30MKI SB 046 SU-30MKI SB 048 SU-30MKI SB 049 SU-30MKI SB 107 SU-30MKI SB 109 SU-30MKI SB 110 SU-30MKI SB 115 SU-30MKI K-2661 IL-76MD RK-3453 IL-78MKI RK-3454 IL-78MKI Among the Su-30s, four airframes are HAL built Mk.III variants(107,109,110,115). Hey Stick,do you know to which sqdn these airframes belong to? I know for sure SB042 & 046 were in service with No.30 "Rhinos". IIRC,according to one of the newspapaer reports, One of the MKI sqdns (detachment??) had moved to Jamnagar AFS along with Jaguar IMs of No. 6 Sqdn. Red Flag Participants

Outstanding Dave!!! Simply outstanding

IAF removes hi-tech radars as 8 Sukhois leave for exercise with US New Delhi | Monday, Jul 7 2008 IST In a bid to maintain operational secrecy, the Indian Force have removed hi-tech multiple aerial target tracking raders from its eight Sukhoi 30 fighters before they left for the United States to participate in the 'Red Flag' air warfare exercise with NATO forces. Highly placed sources said here that the NIIP N001 radars, providing some ability for air-to-ground attack and to track and engage multiple aerial targets simultaneously were removed in a bid to maintain secrecy about the ability of the equipment during the air warfare exercise for which IAF was invited this year. An Air Force spokesperson, however, maintained that there was nothing secret about the avionics and equipment mounted on the SU 30 MK I and its equipment was fully functional. ''We are not playing a game of hide-and-seek,'' he added. The Indian Air Force would be participating in a multinational Air Exercise, "Ex - Red Flag 08" at the invitation of United States Air Force (USAF), scheduled to be held at Nellis Air Force Base in the US from August 9 to 23. The IAF contingent today left for the exercise. The IAF would participate in the exercise with eight SU-30 MK-I aircraft, two IL-78 air to air refuellers and one IL-76 transport aircraft. The contingent would comprise 156 personnel below officers rank and 91 officers (inclusive of 10 members of "Garuda" IAF Special Forces team). Exercise Red Flag is a multinational air exercise that is held thrice a year at Nellis Air Force base, USA. The IAF would be participating in the Exercise alongside South Korean Air Force with F-15K and the French Air Force with their latest Rafale aircraft, apart from the USAF. Red Flag was originally conceived in 1975 by USAF with an advanced aerial combat training format with an aim to ensure that pilots are trained well enough to survive in air combat and win air battles. The exercise holds tremendous learning opportunity for all the participating Air Forces. Prior to the main Exercise at Nellis, the IAF contingent would be working up at Mountain Home Air Base in Idaho, US from July 17 till August 8. The IAF contingent would reach the US via Doha (Qatar), Chorlu (Turkey), Mont de Marsan (France) and Lages (Portugal) before reaching mainland USA and Mountain Home airbase.

The Air Chief Marshal, FH Major with the members of IAF's team for exercise 'Red Flag’ (USA) prior to their departure date at Air Force Station Pune on July 06, 2008. NEW DELHI: In the early hours of Monday, eight frontline Sukhoi-30MKI fighters, two IL-78 mid-air refullers and an IL-76 heavy-lift aircraft will quietly take off from Pune to head for what will be one of toughest challenges for IAF till now. Hopping across Qatar, Turkey, France and Portugal, the IAF aircraft — along with 91 officers and 156 other ranks — will finally touch down in the US on July 17 in the run-up to the world famous "Red Flag" air combat wargames. Not only will IAF fighter pilots have to match their combat skills with American top-guns in their F-16s and F-15s, but also grapple with French ones in their spanking new Rafale fighters and South Korean ones in their F-15K jets during the multi-nation exercise at Nellis US Air Force base at Nevada from August 2 to 23. The Red Flag exercise, after all, is considered to be the closest one can get to real air combat situations. And it does not come cheap. As reported by TOI earlier, India will be shelling out around Rs 100 crore to take part in the complex air combat manoeuvres, which are being touted as a new high in Indo-US military ties. Indian and American armed forces, incidentally, have held around 50 wargames in the last seven years to build "interoperability" and learn "best practices" from each other. Such exercises also give the two confidence that they can operate together against "a common enemy" in the future if required. Left parties like CPM and CPI, of course, have been extremely strident in their opposition to this growing strategic embrace between India and the US. But unlike the civil nuclear deal, that has not deterred the UPA government from going ahead with the flurry of Indo-US wargames since it came to office in 2004. Before the actual Red Flag begins in August, the IAF contingent will get a chance to "clearly understand the new flying environment" at the Mountain Home Air Base at Idaho, where they will practice with F-16s and F-15s in the "work-up phase". "We are sure our pilots will be able to hold their own in Red Flag. We may not be as used to advanced BVR (beyond-visual range) combat or operating in an AWACS (airborne warning control and warning systems) environment as USAF but are making steady progress in these aspects as well," said a senior IAF officer. IAF fighter pilots have certainly proved more than a match for American, French, British and other pilots in combat exercises over the last few years. During the Indo-US "Cope India" exercise at Gwalior in February 2004, the first such air wargames between the two countries since 1963, for instance, IAF pilots flying Sukhois and other jets had simply outgunned USAF pilots in their F-15C fighters. Soon after, IAF pilots had flown Jaguar strike fighters all the way to Alaska to participate in the multinational Cope-Thunder exercise there. Then, in November 2005, despite objections from the Left, the next Cope India exercise at Kalaikunda in West Bengal saw IAF fighters successfully take on the American F-16s.

Could be. The picture would become more clear once the contingent departs Indian shores. The Rhinos went to the Old Blighty for Ex Indradhanush. May be this time its the Lightnings turn this time. Or could it be the new MKI sqdn - The Pursoots?

This is the first major export order for HAL for its Advanced Light Helicopter "Dhruv". Things are looking good for the Dhruv. Its gunship version will be ready by december. http://frontierindia.net/ecuadorian-air-fo...for-507-million

Nice work ordway. Looking forward to this. The mystere IVA saw action with the indian af in the 1965 & 1971 wars. One brave mystere pilot took on a paf f-104 and shot it down before going down. Google for sqdn ldr a b devayya to know more.

Nice work ordway. Looking forward to this. The mystere IVA saw action with the indian af in the 1965 & 1971 wars. One brave mystere pilot took on a paf f-104 and shot it down before going down. Google for sqdn ldr a b devayya to know more.

Nice skin Dave

Get well soon Marcelo. I hope its nothing serious. I pray for your speedy recovery

Looks Great . I'll be happy to help in case you need any help regarding cities and terrain type. Does the map include Pakistan as well?

Saab offers Gripen IN to the IAF IAF gets SUper Hornet proposal LM offers F-16IN MiG & Dassault have not responded to the RFP.....yet.

Exactly. Eventhough you( ) perfectly met India's requirments for its DPSA (Deep Penetration Strike Aircraft) to replace the EE Canberras, it was your American built engine that came in the way. The other fighters in competition were Jaguar, Mirage F1 and Su-17/22.