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Indian Navy’s first four MiG-29K fighters arrive in knocked down condition December 5th, 2009 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS - New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The first four Russian-made Mig-29K fighters to be deployed on the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, formerly the Admiral Gorshkov, when it is inducted into the Indian Navy have been received in a knocked-down condition and will now be assembled in this country, an official said Saturday. The jets arrived in the country Dec 4, celebrated as Navy Day. “The four jets, in a knocked down condition, were delivered yesterday (Friday) by an AN-124 aircraft. It will be a while before the jets are assembled and start flying,” an Indian Navy official said but refused the divulge the present location of the aircraft. The jets were purchased by the Indian Navy as part of a $1.5 billion deal signed with Russia in January 2004 for the Admiral Gorshkov. Of this $740 million was meant for the aircraft and the balance for the refitting of the carrier The Russians have now upped the price to between $2.2 billion and $2.9 billion and negotiations on this are currently underway. The navy will eventually be getting 12 MiG-29K single-seater aircraft and four MiG-29KUB twin-seat trainer aircraft, some in flyaway condition. The trainer version is similar to the single-seater but with a slightly reduced operational range. The navy has named its MiG-29K squadron the “Black Panthers”. As the 45,000 tonne Kiev class aircraft carrier, is scheduled to be delivered by 2012, the jets will undertake shore-based sorties from Goa. The contract for the jets also stipulates the procurement of hardware for pilot training and aircraft maintenance, including flight simulators and interactive ground and sea-based training systems. The navy’s MiG-29Ks have arrester gear and stronger landing gear for carrier landings, folding wings and rust-proofing to prevent corrosion from salt water. The aircraft features a fully digitised glass cockpit, improved engine protection against ingestion of foreign particles like birds, a multi-mode radar and increased range. The contract ensures that the navy gets the entire spectrum of services, including a full mission simulator. The MiG-29K will provide aerial cover the carrier’s battle group, acquire air superiority and destroy sea-borne and ground-based targets with guided high-precision weapons during the day and at night and in any weather conditions. The aircraft, the first bought by the navy after the Sea Harriers, will also be capable of playing the role of a midair refueller.

MiG-29K completes its Last Firing and Weapons Trials today in Russia, first lot expected within this month - with couple of carrier ops pics

26 November 2009 The maiden flight of the two-seater trainer version of the indigenous light combat aircraft 'Tejas' Thursday was successful, officials said. The flight took off at 1 p.m. from the airport of Hindustan Aeronautical Ltd at Bangalore. 'It is a two-seater version of the LCA and can be used as trainer. The successful maiden flight covered an altitude of 9 km and a speed of 0.85 Mach,' said a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) official. The prototype was flown by Group Captain Ritu Raj Tyagi of the National Flight Test Centre (NFTC). Air Commodore Rohit Varma, project director (Flight Test), was in the rear seat. 'Extensive preparatory work that has gone in resulted in the first flight profile being executed with clock work precision. All the objectives set out for the flight were achieved and all the systems on board the new prototype performed well throughout the sortie,' said the official. 'The trainer, when fully developed, will have the full operational capability from the rear cockpit as well. As Tejas trainer has a lot of commonality with Tejas Naval version, even Tejas Navy programme would see accelerated progress as a result of the successful first flight,' the official added. The first eight Tejas aircraft are to be delivered to the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Navy between 2010 and 2012 and will be fitted with the F404-IN20 engines from the US-based General Electric.

Truly nice work lindr. Keep it up!!!

View File No. 5 Sqdn Sri Lankan Air Force MiG-27M skin MiG-27M skin No. 5 Sqdn Sri Lankan Air Force skin -------------------------------------------------- Sri lankan skinfor wpnssgt and lindr2's excellent MiG-27M model Many thanks to lindr2 for making various MiG-23BN & MiG-27 variants Sri Lankans are very particualr not to have "13" as total of numerals in their a/c serial nos. Hence CF-733 serial does not exist. ------------- Installation ------------- Just drop & replace slaf folder in MiG-27M folder -------- Credits -------- To the original MiG-27 team - wpnssgt, gepard, usafmtl, bib and moonjumper lindr2 - for making specific models for MiG-23 and MiG-27 soulfreak- for sharing his MiG-23 templates. Many thanks my friend. ----could not find the appropriate category hence keeping this in Indian AF/navy skins section-------- Sandesh "ghostrider883" Kanchan November 10,2009 Submitter ghostrider883 Submitted 11/10/2009 Category Indian Air Force/Navy Skins

View File No. 9 Sqdn "Wolfpack" MiG-27ML skin MiG-27ML skin No. 9 Sqdn "Wolfpack" skin ---------------------------------------------- Replacement skin for the IAF skin for wpnssgt and lindr2's excellent Indian MiG-27ML model Many thanks to lindr2 for making various MiG-23BN & MiG-27 variants ------------- Installation ------------- Just drop & replace iaf folder in MiG-27ML folder -------- Credits -------- To the original MiG-27 team - wpnssgt, gepard, usafmtl, bib and moonjumper lindr2 - for making specific models for MiG-23 and MiG-27 soulfreak- for sharing his MiG-23 templates. Many thanks my friend. Sandesh "ghostrider883" Kanchan November 10,2009 Submitter ghostrider883 Submitted 11/10/2009 Category Indian Air Force/Navy Skins

I got to rather embrassingly admit that all these folders were lying in the recycle bin. It was the last place i looked and found it there today. It also gave me a chance to add a few more details to the skins. Dave was approving them as soon as i was finishing uploading them one by one Have got one more skin left...a Kazhakhstan Air Force MiG-27M skin. Need to add a few more details to it. A request to someone willing......please make skins for East German & East European MiG-23BNs.

View File IAF Grey MiG-27ML skin MiG-27ML skin IAF Grey skin ---------------------------------------------- Replacement skin for my generic IAF grey skin for wpnssgt and lindr2's excellent Indian MiG-27ML model Many thanks to lindr2 for making various MiG-23BN & MiG-27 variants ------------- Installation ------------- Just drop & replace grey folder in MiG-27ML folder -------- Credits -------- To the original MiG-27 team - wpnssgt, gepard, usafmtl, bib and moonjumper lindr2 - for making specific models for MiG-23 and MiG-27 soulfreak- for sharing his MiG-23 templates. Many thanks my friend. Sandesh "ghostrider883" Kanchan November 10,2009 Submitter ghostrider883 Submitted 11/10/2009 Category Indian Air Force/Navy Skins

View File No. 29 Sqdn IAF "Scorpions" MiG-27ML MiG-27ML skin No. 29 Sqdn IAF "Scorpions" ---------------------------------------------- Skin for wpnssgt and lindr2's excellent Indian MiG-27ML model Many thanks to lindr2 for making various MiG-23BN & MiG-27 variants ------------- Installation ------------- Just drop 29sq folder in MiG-27ML folder -------- Credits -------- To the original MiG-27 team - wpnssgt, gepard, usafmtl, bib and moonjumper lindr2 - for making specific models for MiG-23 and MiG-27 soulfreak- for sharing his MiG-23 templates. Many thanks my friend. Sandesh "ghostrider883" Kanchan November 10,2009 Submitter ghostrider883 Submitted 11/10/2009 Category Indian Air Force/Navy Skins

View File No. 22 Sqdn IAF "Swifts" MiG-27ML MiG-27ML skin No. 22 Sqdn IAF "Swifts" ---------------------------------------------- Skin for wpnssgt and lindr2's excellent Indian MiG-27ML model Many thanks to lindr2 for making various MiG-23BN & MiG-27 variants ------------- Installation ------------- Just drop 22sq folder in MiG-27ML folder -------- Credits -------- To the original MiG-27 team - wpnssgt, gepard, usafmtl, bib and moonjumper lindr2 - for making specific models for MiG-23 and MiG-27 soulfreak- for sharing his MiG-23 templates. Many thanks my friend. Sandesh "ghostrider883" Kanchan November 10,2009 Submitter ghostrider883 Submitted 11/10/2009 Category Indian Air Force/Navy Skins

View File No. 18 Sqdn IAF "Flying Bullets" MiG-27ML MiG-27ML skin No. 18 Sqdn IAF "Flying Bullets" ---------------------------------------------- Skin for wpnssgt and lindr2's excellent Indian MiG-27ML model Many thanks to lindr2 for making various MiG-23BN & MiG-27 variants ------------- Installation ------------- Just drop 18sq folder in MiG-27ML folder -------- Credits -------- To the original MiG-27 team - wpnssgt, gepard, usafmtl, bib and moonjumper lindr2 - for making specific models for MiG-23 and MiG-27 soulfreak- for sharing his MiG-23 templates. Many thanks my friend. Sandesh "ghostrider883" Kanchan November 10,2009 Submitter ghostrider883 Submitted 11/10/2009 Category Indian Air Force/Navy Skins

may i suggest this skin for your Indian MiG-23MF Rakshak?? http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=3043 No. 224 Sqdn "Warlords" An IAF grey skin to represent the Rakshak during its end days would be good too.

I accidentally these skins I made for the new MiG-27ML & MiG-27M. I had just finished enhancing, testing these oldish skins and adding soulfreak's markings. These are lost forever I feel like kicking myself . No. 18 Sqdn IAF 'Flying Bullets" No. 9 Sqdn "Wolfpack" No. 22 Sqdn "Swifts" No.29 Sqdn "Scorpions" IAF Grey No. 5 Sqdn Sri Lankan AF

View File MiG-23BN skin Ethiopian AF MiG-23BN skin Ethiopian AF ------------------------------------------ Ethiopia was the first export customer for MiG-23BN. Skin for wpnssgt and lindr2's excellnt MiG-23BN(Soviet). Many thanks to lindr2 for making various MiG-23BN & MiG-27 variants ------------- Installation ------------- Just drop Eth folder in MiG-23BN_ folder -------- Credits -------- To the original MiG-27 team - wpnssgt, gepard, usafmtl, bib and moonjumper lindr2 - for making specific models for MiG-23 and MiG-27 soulfreak- for sharing his MiG-23 templates. Many thanks my friend. Sandesh "ghostrider883" Kanchan November 08,2009 Submitter ghostrider883 Submitted 11/08/2009 Category Mig-23 Flogger Skins

nice work for the UB put some serials and it should be good to go.