Evildeadmeat

Not SF2. It's IL-2 maybe with CUP. Nice shot.

Tomcat

Rip James.

Panther

Alizé !!! (not the singer, the aircraft)

You'll be carpet bombed with tons of smelly cheese. Survivors will be drowned in cheap wine. We'll make you cry for mercy !!! ;)

Death toll is 4 with 2 more severely injured. The aircraft crashed shortly after take off.

Nice !!! Year? Is this an F-15A or C? I don't know how to externally differentiate A and C. I always need a close look in the cockpit to see the difference.

Some terrains reworked include such features. They're available in D/L.

F-111s at work

Ok, it makes sense. It still seems a little bit weird. India is not very confident in its abilities to build high end technological aircraft but at the same time, you can find indian engineers and scientists in a lot of highly technological programs. I learnt some indians engineers have worked with NASA on some of the satellites they launch. There are indians students in almost all of the greatest schools and universities of the world. Of course, I understand this is not the same thing as building an aircraft on your homeland. My point is that I believe India now may have the knowledge to develop such programs like building new generation aircraft. This is why I don't fully understand the "I want you to pay to fix anything I make if it breaks" thing. Are they really so afraid of doing wrong?

I'm french and, honestly, sometimes i don't understand our own logic. I remember when the contract for 126 aircraft was announced, they labeled it, "le contrat du siècle" ( the contract of the century). We were in 2012 and Rafale had won the MRCA in India. Dassault had so much trouble saling its aircraft and this first contract was just amazing so everyone considered it a flawless victory. It reminds me the aborted sale in Brazil where we were supposed to have a firm order. Ultimately, Brazil ordered Gripens... In indian case, it seems that there were problems in negociations between french and indians manufacturers. Most of the 126 aircraft were supposed to be built in India. It seems that Dassault faced difficulties to build a working production line for the aircraft in India.

It seems that the 36 aircraft France has sold to india will be the only ones in IAF inventory. French TV reports that Dassault 126 Rafales contract is about to be cancelled.