Indian Air Power

As we all know and talking about IAF prepration to hit terrorist camps in Pakistan so trying to put some light on IAF.

With its headquarters in New Delhi, the Indian Air Force has a strength of approximately 170,000 personnel and 1430 combat aircrafts making it the fourth largest air force in the world after US, Russia and China....

Sukhoi SU-30MK




The Sukhoi is the IAF's prime air superiority fighter. IAF has 150+ of these heart fearing Bombers..


MIG 29s


The MIG-29 (NATO: Fulcrum) has a top speed of 2,445 km/h (Mach 2.3) and is armed with a 30 mm cannon along with R-60 & R-27 R missiles. Capable of flying at 2,500 km/h (Mach 2.3).


Mirage 2000s


The Mirage 2000-H is the IAF's prime ground-attack fighter jet while the double seater Mirage 2000-TH can also play the role of an effective interceptor aircraft.....India has more than 250 of these.


Jaguars


This is one of the most feared fighter of IAF extremely capable of fierce ground attacks....The tanks regiments all over the world fear this monster....India has more than 200 of these.


MIG 27s and Tejas LCA




MIG 27s are again Jaguar like ground attack fighters. The single-seater MiG-27 carries one GSh-6-30 six-barrelled 30 mm cannon, 4000 kg of general-purpose ordnance, SPPU-22 and SPPU-6 gun pods, and various guided air-to-surface missiles.....Whereas Tejas as all of you has just been introduced into IAF and will replace more than 200 MIG 21s. Tejas has world's fiercest close combat air to air missile R-73....


Hawk AJT & MI-25 choppers


The BAE Systems Hawk is a British single engine, advanced jet trainer aircraft....Earlier Indian trainee pilots on MIG 21s crashed due to sudden change of speed for a trainee pilot....IAF has obtained 66 of these advance jet trainers to overcome this problem....It can be used in combat as well.....MI choppers are deadly machines and India has 600 of these..

Great collection vibes.Which one is best and latest ?

The Sukhoi SU-30MK are the latest and best ones.

hey i think we got f16 as well, which was bought last year i think

The US offered us F-16 but we have not purchased it. India is more interested in F-18 Hornets.

ohh, i thought india bought it

Originally Posted by sb21pro

ohh, i thought india bought it

Pak bought the F-16s

India still surviving with their Russian Fighters [mig , sukhois etc]

imo India should concentrate on building up their home made Tejas ....... its one generation behind current fighters but it ll give India capability to build their own 4th generation fighters atleast ....

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

India still surviving with their Russian Fighters [mig , sukhois etc]

imo India should concentrate on building up their home made Tejas ....... its one generation behind current fighters but it ll give India capability to build their own 4th generation fighters atleast ....

i totally agree bro, but our politicians re not concerned at all

the best one is Sukhoi SU-30MK but i like Jaguars

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

Pak bought the F-16s
imo India should concentrate on building up their home made Tejas ....... its one generation behind current fighters but it ll give India capability to build their own 4th generation fighters atleast ....

I too expect this.
but nobody is taking steps forward as they do in missile research.

Really Good info.
thanks smooth.

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

Pak bought the F-16s

India still surviving with their Russian Fighters [mig , sukhois etc]

imo India should concentrate on building up their home made Tejas ....... its one generation behind current fighters but it ll give India capability to build their own 4th generation fighters atleast ....

The Sukhoi 30-MK are one of the best in the world. Only the F/A-22 Raptors and F-18 Hornets are superior.

India is looking for the advanced version of Mirage-2000 (the Mirage 2000-5) also. Here are some more pics.




The Mirage-2000 is deep penetration ground strike aircraft. It is not suitable for dog-fights in the air.

The most awesome fighter plane currently my favourite is the f22


-F

The F-18 are meant for fighting over the sea. They were the replacement for F-15 Eagles.

Here is an F/A-22 Raptor (possibly the world's best fighter aircraft right now):

All-weather fighter and attack aircraft.
The newest model, Super Hornet, is highly capable across the full mission spectrum: air superiority, fighter escort, reconnaissance, aerial refueling, close air support, air defense suppression and day/night precision strike. Compared to the original F/A-18 A through D models, Super Hornet has longer range, an aerial refueling capability, increased survivability/lethality and improved carrier suitability

F/A-18 Hornet Aircraft Cockpit
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Aircraft
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F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet Ordnance Load Out
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Note: I May Like to Get Some Repo For This Good Post

Originally Posted by smoothvibes

Note: I May Like to Get Some Repo For This Good Post

Obviously you deserve repo Just wait for that(i can't able to give because of this message 'You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to smoothvibes again') :thumbup1:
Very good collection IAF.I think the time has come to.......

Fight

(Rupu's Sentence completed)

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Originally Posted by smoothvibes

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Repo given

Originally Posted by just4kix

The F-18 are meant for fighting over the sea. They were the replacement for F-15 Eagles.

Here is an F/A-22 Raptor (possibly the world's best fighter aircraft right now):

could say the origin of this plane.

repo given

Origin ?

Made by US companies Lockheed Martin and Boeing

jointly developed by 8[approx] countries US many European countries ... and some others like Singapore and Aus

Its Technically the most advanced plane ever built ..... F-35 Lightning II is the only aircraft which can be compared to the raptor ..... Russians dont have any Equivalent aircrafts to match the sophistication of F-22 [5 th generation fighter] Raptors yet .
India and Russia are currently still developing a 5 th generation fighter [PAK 35 ??]

thanks everyone for repo
F-22 Raptor: 62.1 feet long with a wing span 44.5 feet raptor is one of the most advanced plane of USAF which they consider best for ground attacks, It can go upto 50,000 ft.


Cockpit pic of F-22
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F-22
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Originally Posted by just4kix

The Sukhoi 30-MK are one of the best in the world. Only the F/A-22 Raptors and F-18 Hornets are superior.

Actually there are many which are as good as or a shade better than Sukhoi 30 MKs ....

-->F-18 Hornets [US}

-->Euro Fighter Typhoon [NATO]

-->Dassault Rafale [France]

-->Saab JAS 39 Gripen NG [Sweden]

-->Mitsubishi F2 [Japan]


All are 4.5th generation crafts like the Sukhoi 30MK

India is looking for the advanced version of Mirage-2000 (the Mirage 2000-5) also. Here are some more pics.
The Mirage-2000 is deep penetration ground strike aircraft. It is not suitable for dog-fights in the air.

These were very useful for Indians during the Kargil war ... It was reportely the most efficient [due to easy maintenance]

Originally Posted by farce

The most awesome fighter plane currently my favourite is the f22


-F

hey its a decepticon not f22 :lol:

Originally Posted by sb21pro

hey its a decepticon not f22 :lol:

well, it is an f22 with decepticon decals.

-F

MiG-27M [Flogger] Bahadur is air to ground attack figher which took its first flight in august 1970, its primary users are Soviet Air Force and Indian Air Force.

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Sukhoi is one of the best aircraft and with the joint collaboration of Israel[the best airforce in the world] and India, our airforce will now have some serious addons. Also the indo-russian joint venture will help india immensely, not to forget the BRAHMOS missile [Fastest missile in the world]

According to a US official after Indian Pilots outsmarted US pilots at a wargame excercise in 2005...

"Remember that the Indians have two hostile nations on their border, both with credible air forces. Indian pilots actually fly almost twice as many hours a month as ours and much of it is under operational conditions. Even though equipped with Russian-designed aircraft, they ain't the Russians (notorious for being undertrained)."

sukoi's are latest...but there is no proper maintainance..