The Indian Air Force .. Our Nations Pride !!

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I take Immence pleasure in starting an thread on the INDIAN AIR FORCE..the world's best Air Defence Unit. I dedicate this thread to all the brave men serving our country for us. Together Lets Create an history !!
LONG LIVE INDIAN AIR FORCE .............. JAI HIND!!!!


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Starting With Exercise Garuda II
Ex GARUDA II was conducted between 15th to the 30th of June, 2005, at the Istres Airbase in France. It was the first time that the Indian Air Force took part in an air exercise in Europe and especially, the first time that it deployed its Sukhoi 30K out of its borders. The only known previous deployment was of the Jaguar Fighter bombers in the USAF exercises in Alaska dubbed Operation Cope Thunder in 2004.

GARUDA II is the second in series of the joint exercises between the Indian Air Force and French Air Force. GARUDA I was undertaken in February 2003 at the Indian Air Base of Gwalior, when four Mirage 2000 RDI from the Canbric airbase consituted the French participation.

The Indian detachment in GARUDA II consisted of six Sukhoi-30K from the No.24 Squadron, Indian Air Force, "Hawks" based in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, roughly a 100km away from the India-Nepal Border. The Air to Air refuelling component was provided by two Illyushin Il-78MKI "Midas" of the No.78 Mid Air Refuelling Squadron from Agra Air Force base.

The Sukhois left for Bareilly taking off for the Indian base at Jamnagar on the western Indian coast on June 9th. From Jamnagar, the aircraft departed on June 12th for Jyanklis, in Egypt.


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This six hour flight involved infight refuelling along the way. The aircraft took off and reached Istres on the 15th. In addition to the Illyushin 78 Refueller, an additional Illyushin 76 cargo aircraft accompanied the detachment carrying the ground support crew and equipment. The Indian detachment was led by Group Captain Shreesh Mohan.
The French detachment consisted of five Mirage 2000B and a Mirage 2000C of the E.C. 2/5 "Island of Orange France". These were soon joined by three Mirage 2000-5 of the 1 /2 "Storks" of Dijon during second half of the exercise. The Air Force had also ensured the participation of a supply craft C135 Fr of the ERV 93, of a E-3F AWACS of 36ème EDCA, several Mirage 2000N of the 3 /4 "the Limousin" and of two Tucano of the Division of Flights of Living room of Provence.
Exercise GARUDA II made it possible for the Indian airmen to familiarise themselves with the procedures and activity of a major NATO airforce. Since the exercise was held according to the procedures of NATTO, it was a new experience for the Indians. The Indians were particularly curious to find out how thier existing know how would perform in an environment with which they were not familiar.
In addition to integration in devices, the pilots of Sukho-30 would have had the occasion to operate rom the cover of the E3F AWACS. They would also get to fly refuelling sorties with the Boeing C135Fr, after ensuring that thier refuelling equipment was compatible with the French.
Similarly the French pilots would get the oppurtunity to fly and refuel from the russian Il-78! This was the first time that the French air force flew against the Sukhoi 30K and it largely benefitted from the experience, even though the Indian Air Force had not sent its much powerful Sukhoi Su30MKI version, which is the most powerful of the Sukhoi-30 variants in service today.


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Unfolding of GARUDA II:

The main exercise was planned from the 17 to 28 June. It was under the control and direction of Lt Col Jean Sebastien Macke (2nd in Command of the 2/5 and the overall director of the exercise). The prinicipal aim of GARUDA II was in the execution of combined missions of air defense. After some flights of familiarisation and recognition of the aerodromes surrounding the exercise area for the benefit of the Indian Air Force Team, the fighters were divided in to two groups - "blue" force and "red" force.

The scene of the exercise area chnaged from the the high altitude areas from the top of the south-east of France and to the Mediterranean, depending on the tactical scenario and the complexity of the missions, which increased progressively. The various objectives of these complex missions comprised missions like protection of AWACS, Air Raids, Slow Escorts, the latter to simulate the transport aircraft and finally, missions of prohibition (No fly zone).

The first 1 Vs 2 within visual range (WVR) air combats were soon succeeded by missions like "CAP2 Vs SWEEP2", which pitted two Sukhoi-30s against two Mirage 2000s in Beyond Visual Range (BVR) Mode. By the fourth day, missions like "CAP4 Vs SWEEP4" were being flown, which consisted of two Sukhoi-30s accompanying two Mirage 2000s of Red Force fighting against a similarly composed Blue Force.

The first Air to Air Refuelling missions on the Il-78 were flown the same day in the "CAP2 Vs SWEEP2 + STRIKE2" exercise. This exercise had Mirage 2000s of the Orange flying against the Mirage 2000Ns of the 3/4 "The Limousin", escorted by two Indian Sukhoi-30s.

Each day, even half-day, saw an additional difficulties along the way. Thus, the last missions included the participation of Mirage 2000-5 of Dijon in complex scenarios of type "CAP4 Vs SWEEP6" - two Mirage 2000-5 and two Sukhoi-30 forming CAP4 and flying against four 2000RDI and two Sukhoi-30s as SWEEP 6. And the whole complex exericse was under the control of an E-3F!

The whole exercise made it possible for French pilots to fly in place in the Sukhoi-30 while the Indian crews got to test themselves with the Mirage 2000B. One can now only dream of a future exercise, GARUDA III in India, with the participation of the much awaited Sukhoi-30 MKI!


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A FEW MORE PICS FROM MISSION GARUDA II PHOTO COURTESY BHARAT RAKSHAK & AF MIL

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THE MID AIR REFUELING IN GARUDA-II
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OUR LATEST ACQUISATION THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL PRESENTING .............SUKHOI 30 Mki
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THE END OF GARUDA
Participating Aircraft
Aircraft Type Serials
Sukhoi-30 K SB-010
SB-013
SB-014
SB-016
SB-017
SB-018
Illyushin-78 MKI RK-3451
RK-3452
Illyushin-76 K-3077
K-2901

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THE RESULT:- This was what the americans had to say "We thought we had come to help these indian pilots fly high but believe me or not we did not teach an single maneouver to them, but we learnt how to really fly, from them. The Indian Air Force is unbeatable" !!!!!!!! JAI HIND
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THE RESULT:- This was what the americans had to say "We thought we had come to help these indian pilots fly high but believe me or not we did not teach an single maneouver to them, but we learnt how to really fly, from them. The Indian Air Force is unbeatable" !!!!!!!! JAI HIND

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Guys I need your encouragement to continue this thread !! Started this thread with great anticipitation. JAI HIND
Continuing With the MIGHTY SURIYA KIRANS AT THE HINDON AIR FORCE STATION photo courtesy Bharat Rakshak

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The famed Suryakirans of the IAF and the Patrouille De France of the French Armee De L’ Air performed together at Hindon Air Force Station on November 7th, 2004. The Suryakirans on their Kiran Mark-II along with the French in their Alpha jets. The two teams put on a show of carefully honed and precision-timed flying.

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“It was an exhilarating display by both the teams. It had stand-out skills, not seen in the normal course. They both demonstrated great professionalism,’’ Western Air Command Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief and Chief of Air Staff-designate Air Marshal S.P. Tyagi said. Talking to newspersons after the show, he said the relationship between both forces was very old.

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GUYS CONTINUING WITH THE MUMBAI AIR SHOW
WING COMMANDER I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE Su 32 with LGB but what about its range?

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Commander ji here is your RVV AE missile
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SINGAPORE AIR SHOW FOLLOWS NOW
Sarang is the first Indian Air Force helicopter formation display team. The team flies three HAL- ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) Dhruv (North Star) helicopters from Bangalore. The word "Sarang" means Peacock in sanskrit and is chosen for it is the national bird of India. The Birds beauty and grace is legendry in Indian mythology. The crew and aircraft belong to the Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment of the IAF, which is facilitating the entry into service of this new helicopter.

The helicopter, also in service with the Army, Navy and the Coast Guard is a state of the art composite hinge less rotor design and is powered by two turbomeca TM 333-2B2 engines allowing sufficient single engine performance and cat'A' take off capability. The helicopter's civil variant is also built to FAR-29 specifications.


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HATS OFF TO THE BRAVERY AND THE DETERMINATION OF THE PILOT WHO DID THIS MANEOUVRE HE IS GREAT !!!!!!!
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In 1996, an agreement between Israel and India saw the procurement of nearly 32 UAVs of the Searcher-II Variant manufactured by IAI-Malat. These were inducted into the Indian Army as well as the Indian Air Force. Subsequently some IAI Herons were procured too. This article talks about the operation of Searcher II UAVs in the IAF.

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AN UAV TAKES OFFhttp://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Images/Special/UAVs/UAV-Air-01.jpg

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The flight crew operating the Searcher check the aircraft prior to a mission.
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OK GUYS SEEMS LIKE NO ONE IS INTERESTED ??? WELL I THANK EVERYBODY WHO VISITED THIS THREAD. THIS THREAD HAS JUST STARTED !! THIS THREAD IS AN TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVE MEN OF THE INDIAN AIR FORCE.. JAI HIND !
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JAI HIND !!
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[maa]

jai hind

[dva]

mast thread hai bhai

Jai Hind

[zubi]

awesome man plz post more . this shows

[john]

nice pics

[xbji]

Really Good thread. Nice posting. :coolpics:

[kaidi_420]

good thread.
Hindustan zindabad

[nikhil]

M Nt ResidinG In India But I Luv My Country......India Is D Best....