Indian Air Force News and Discussions ll

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

HAL bahane, Marwari/Parsi/Jain etc. super-tycoons shahane...

IAF's epitome and gold-standard of achievement: pulverizing the single poorly equipped PAF squadron in the East Pak in 1971 and gaining 100% air-superiority. The IAF wants to replicate that at all engagements. According to this former AM, the IAF has compelled the Pak side to ask for a ceasefire during Ops Sindoor!

My note: the IAF is 100% OK vis-a-vis the PAF; And, the PAF is 1,000% OK vis-a-vis the IAF, so it can now join the ME/CA wars.

HAL Has Lost the IAF’s Faith’: Air Marshal Choudhury (R) Red Flags Maharatna Over Tejas Delays​

 

[Yasser76]

Rent free guys, rent free....

BJP MP’s IAF Day post with Pakistani jet invites Congress attack. He lays blame on ‘designer’

BJP MP’s IAF Day post with Pakistani jet invites Congress attack. He lays blame on ‘designer’

Responding to the criticism, Bhola Singh blamed the error on the person responsible for designing and editing the graphic.

theprint.in

 

[ThoroughPro]

F-35 for IAF, from horses mouth

 

[Corax]

F-35 for IAF, from horses mouth

The donkeys mouth more like.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

a typical friendly desi geture of stating a funny thing and touching someone is more of a Punjabi gesture shown by IAF chief while in a press confrence while commenting about F-35.
"the whole aircraft was shown, the cockpit was not"..

a spot on comment. very funny but friendly as well. there is a bit of joke but a mild compaint as well that the Americans could do better,

 

[Yasser76]

Saǐd this for years on years on here, Indian posters claimed otherwise and now they have gone silent.

F-35 was never offered and never will be. Indians not even allowed near it.

India-Russia relationship is just too close

 

[Mufasa]

Saǐd this for years on years on here, Indian posters claimed otherwise and now they have gone silent.

F-35 was never offered and never will be. Indians not even allowed near it.

India-Russia relationship is just too close

Indian government has not floated any tender for the acquisition of fifth-generation fighter jets, nor has the Indian Air Force proposed any such acquisition plan. The only fifth-generation fighter India is pursuing is its indigenous AMCA, whose first flight is targeted for September 2028, with induction planned for 2035.

CATS Warrior could enter production within the next 2–3 years. It is a stealthy, unmanned combat aircraft designed to carry out missions alongside existing fighters and can be equipped with air-to-air missiles. Essentially, these aircrafts act as stealthy extensions of existing fourth-generation fighters, enhancing their reach, firepower and survivability without requiring the immediate induction of a fifth-generation fighter.

 

[Yasser76]

Indian government has not floated any tender for the acquisition of fifth-generation fighter jets, nor has the Indian Air Force proposed any such acquisition plan. The only fifth-generation fighter India is pursuing is its indigenous AMCA, whose first flight is targeted for September 2028, with induction planned for 2035.

CATS Warrior could enter production within the next 2–3 years. It is a stealthy, unmanned combat aircraft designed to carry out missions alongside existing fighters and can be equipped with air-to-air missiles. Essentially, these aircrafts act as stealthy extensions of existing fourth-generation fighters, enhancing their reach, firepower and survivability without requiring the immediate induction of a fifth-generation fighter.
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Great to see, now Tejas MK1A in service but fill 5th gen unmanned combat jet in 2-3 years. HAL has promised....

 

[Mufasa]

Great to see, now Tejas MK1A in service but fill 5th gen unmanned combat jet in 2-3 years. HAL has promised....

Tejas features highly advanced avionics, including the indigenous UTTAM AESA radar, an indigenous mission computer, a four-channel quadriplex digital fly-by-wire system, the Mayawi electronic warfare suite, external jammers, digital flight-control computers, air-data computers, and weapon computers. Its glass cockpit incorporates three multifunction displays (MFDs), a head-up display (HUD), and helmet-mounted display capabilities. These systems have been developed by Indian agencies such as ADA and DRDO.

CATS Warrior does not incorporate the same suite of onboard systems or have the same development requirements. Therefore, comparing the development timelines of the Tejas and the CATS Warrior is neither logical nor an apples-to-apples comparison. They are fundamentally different platforms with different design objectives, technological requirements and levels of complexity.

 

[Trailer23]

F-35 for IAF, from horses mouth

The donkeys mouth more like.

Saǐd this for years on years on here, Indian posters claimed otherwise and now they have gone silent.

F-35 was never offered and never will be. Indians not even allowed near it.

This cartoon IAF Chief AP Singh is a gift to us Pakistanis.

Phlay HAL ke m.c-b.c kar di thee with that audio leak. Then his statements 4-5 Months after Ops. Sindoor on PAF Kills (which no one bought) and now this about the F-35 making it clear to ALL Indian that IAF has NEVER evaluated the F-35.

Note: Visnu Som you can now STFU !

USAF was kind enough to gift the IAF Chief with a Poster of the F-35 & told him, "Ye lo. Ab challo cutto."

I wish this Air Chief never retires. Give him an extention.

 

[Yasser76]

Tejas features highly advanced avionics, including the indigenous UTTAM AESA radar, an indigenous mission computer, a four-channel quadriplex digital fly-by-wire system, the Mayawi electronic warfare suite, external jammers, digital flight-control computers, air-data computers, and weapon computers. Its glass cockpit incorporates three multifunction displays (MFDs), a head-up display (HUD), and helmet-mounted display capabilities. These systems have been developed by Indian agencies such as ADA and DRDO.

CATS Warrior does not incorporate the same suite of onboard systems or have the same development requirements. Therefore, comparing the development timelines of the Tejas and the CATS Warrior is neither logical nor an apples-to-apples comparison. They are fundamentally different platforms with different design objectives, technological requirements and levels of complexity.
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Yes, of course it does, we look forward to hundreds, if not, thousands, of these in IAF service shortly....

 

[Yasser76]

This cartoon IAF Chief AP Singh is a gift to us Pakistanis.

Phlay HAL ke m.c-b.c kar di thee with that audio leak. Then his statements 4-5 Months after Ops. Sindoor on PAF Kills (which no one bought) and now this about the F-35 making it clear to ALL Indian that IAF has NEVER evaluated the F-35.

Note: Visnu Som you can now STFU !

USAF was kind enough to gift the IAF Chief with a Poster of the F-35 & told him, "Ye lo. Ab challo cutto."

I wish this Air Chief never retires. Give him an extention.

Best bit when I think he was actually drunk and at the end of a rambling speech casually mentioned "Oh yes and S-400 downed 12 PAF jets" and no other detail. Literally not even Indian Government repeated it. It was just so so cringe.

This guy has stained the IAF uniform so badly. Arjun Singh must be turning in his grave seeing a fine legacy destroyed by a political sycophant

 

[Yasser76]

This all supports what many of us have been saying here for the last year. The IAF is seriously f**cked, both in quantity and quality

No SU-57 Evaluation according to the IAF chief
No F-35 offer (we all knew but IAF chief confrmed)
No Tejas MK1A delivered this year so far, IAF now looking beyond this
No Rafale contract signed
No SU-30 upgrade signed and even HAL states 2035 as "earliest" for delivery



All the above indicates we cannot expect any improvement in IAF numbers or quality for at least another 4-5 years. In this same time period we are looking at perhaps another 2-3 Sqds of the oldest Jaguars retiring

That will bring 2030 IAF down to around 25 Sqds and an average jet fighter age of around 44-45 years.

That is no longer a modern air force.