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Indian Air Force Reaches Australia With 4 Sukhois For Pitch Black Exercise
Four Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets and two C-17 heavy-lift aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Friday joined a 17-nation air combat exercise in Australia.
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Air Force To Deploy Rafale, Sukhoi, Mirage 2000 Jets In Exercise With France
The Indian Air Force will deploy its Rafale, Sukhoi and Mirage 2000 combat jets besides other key assets in a five-day mega air exercise with French air and space force that begins near Jodhpur on Wednesday.
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Water Salute For Rafale Fighters At Ambala Air Base. Watch
More than two decades after the Sukhoi aircraft were inducted, a fleet of five French-made Rafale multi-role combat jets touched down in India on Wednesday and were welcomed with a regal water salute as the country's air power received a considerable boost over its adversaries in the neighbourhood.
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5 Rafales Land In Ambala, Greeted With Special Salute
A batch of five Rafale fighter jets touched down to a special water cannon salute at the Ambala air base this afternoon, the first western combat aircraft to join the Indian Air Force 23 years after Sukhoi aircraft were imported.
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Centre Approves Purchase Of MiGs, Sukhois, Missiles, Considering "Current Situation"
In the midst of India's tense border standoff with China, the Defence Ministry today approved procurement of 33 fighter jets, a number of missile systems and other military hardware at a cost of Rs 38,900 crore to bolster the combat capability of the armed forces, officials said.
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Integration Of Brahmos Missiles On Sukhoi Jets To Be Fast-Tracked: Report
Weeks after the Balakot air strikes, the government decided to fast-track integration of the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile on over 40 Sukhoi fighter jets, a closely guarded strategic project aimed at bolstering combat capability of the Indian Air Force, official sources said today.
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Outgunned By Pak F-16s, IAF Plans To Re-Arm Its Sukhois With Israeli Missiles
In two years from now, the Indian Air Force's frontline Sukhoi-30 fighters may be re-armed with Israeli Derby air-to-air missiles after the jet's Russian-made R-77 missiles were found wanting in air combat operations over the Line of Control on February 27 this year.
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Defence Research Body Test Fires Guided Bomb From Sukhoi Combat Jet
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday successfully test fired an indigenously-developed 500 kg class guided bomb from a Sukhoi combat jet at Pokhran in Rajasthan.
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Here Are 10 Things You Need To Know About BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile
BrahMos, the world's fastest supersonic cruise missile, was successfully flight tested from Rajasthan's Pokhran test range this morning. In a major milestone, the air-launched variant of the BrahMos was successfully test fired from Sukhoi-30 jet in November last year. The cruise missile is supersonic, which implies a speed greater than that of soun...
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After Super Hercules, Indian Air Force Fighter Planes Land On Agra-Lucknow Expressway
Nearly 20 planes of the Indian Air Force or IAF will perform touch-and-go landings on a stretch of the Agra-Lucknow Expressway today, starting with a 35,000-kg C-130J Super Hercules aircraft that will drop special forces commandos to secure the landing zone as part of the special drill for the fighter jets that will follow. This is the first time t...
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Republic Day 2017: Indigenous Fighter Jet Tejas Makes Its Debut At Rajpath Parade
The homemade Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas debuted at the Republic Day Parade today as part of a 35-plane air display. The flypast also included Mi17 helicopters, Sukhoi Su 30 fighter jets, the Advance Light Helicopter Rudra and military transport aircraft C-17 Globe Master.
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Indian Air Force Sukhois Dominate UK Fighter Jets in Combat Exercises
In some of the most intense international air combat exercises ever featuring the Indian Air Force, IAF pilots flying Sukhoi 30 MKI fighters had a resounding 12-0 scoreline in their favour against Royal Air Force Typhoon jets in Within Visual Range (WVR) dogfighting operations.
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Four years, 33 combat plane crashes, 27 MIGs lost
The Indian Air Force (IAF) lost 33 combat jets in the last four years, 27 of them MiGs of various variants, parliament was informed on Monday. Ten helicopters also crashed during this period. Twenty-six defence personnel, including 13 pilots, lost their lives in these crashes, Defence Minister A.K. Antony told the Lok Sabha during question hour.
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Indian Air Force Reaches Australia With 4 Sukhois For Pitch Black Exercise
Four Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets and two C-17 heavy-lift aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Friday joined a 17-nation air combat exercise in Australia.
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Air Force To Deploy Rafale, Sukhoi, Mirage 2000 Jets In Exercise With France
The Indian Air Force will deploy its Rafale, Sukhoi and Mirage 2000 combat jets besides other key assets in a five-day mega air exercise with French air and space force that begins near Jodhpur on Wednesday.
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Water Salute For Rafale Fighters At Ambala Air Base. Watch
More than two decades after the Sukhoi aircraft were inducted, a fleet of five French-made Rafale multi-role combat jets touched down in India on Wednesday and were welcomed with a regal water salute as the country's air power received a considerable boost over its adversaries in the neighbourhood.
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5 Rafales Land In Ambala, Greeted With Special Salute
A batch of five Rafale fighter jets touched down to a special water cannon salute at the Ambala air base this afternoon, the first western combat aircraft to join the Indian Air Force 23 years after Sukhoi aircraft were imported.
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Centre Approves Purchase Of MiGs, Sukhois, Missiles, Considering "Current Situation"
In the midst of India's tense border standoff with China, the Defence Ministry today approved procurement of 33 fighter jets, a number of missile systems and other military hardware at a cost of Rs 38,900 crore to bolster the combat capability of the armed forces, officials said.
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Integration Of Brahmos Missiles On Sukhoi Jets To Be Fast-Tracked: Report
Weeks after the Balakot air strikes, the government decided to fast-track integration of the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile on over 40 Sukhoi fighter jets, a closely guarded strategic project aimed at bolstering combat capability of the Indian Air Force, official sources said today.
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Outgunned By Pak F-16s, IAF Plans To Re-Arm Its Sukhois With Israeli Missiles
In two years from now, the Indian Air Force's frontline Sukhoi-30 fighters may be re-armed with Israeli Derby air-to-air missiles after the jet's Russian-made R-77 missiles were found wanting in air combat operations over the Line of Control on February 27 this year.
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Defence Research Body Test Fires Guided Bomb From Sukhoi Combat Jet
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday successfully test fired an indigenously-developed 500 kg class guided bomb from a Sukhoi combat jet at Pokhran in Rajasthan.
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Here Are 10 Things You Need To Know About BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile
BrahMos, the world's fastest supersonic cruise missile, was successfully flight tested from Rajasthan's Pokhran test range this morning. In a major milestone, the air-launched variant of the BrahMos was successfully test fired from Sukhoi-30 jet in November last year. The cruise missile is supersonic, which implies a speed greater than that of soun...
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After Super Hercules, Indian Air Force Fighter Planes Land On Agra-Lucknow Expressway
Nearly 20 planes of the Indian Air Force or IAF will perform touch-and-go landings on a stretch of the Agra-Lucknow Expressway today, starting with a 35,000-kg C-130J Super Hercules aircraft that will drop special forces commandos to secure the landing zone as part of the special drill for the fighter jets that will follow. This is the first time t...
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Republic Day 2017: Indigenous Fighter Jet Tejas Makes Its Debut At Rajpath Parade
The homemade Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas debuted at the Republic Day Parade today as part of a 35-plane air display. The flypast also included Mi17 helicopters, Sukhoi Su 30 fighter jets, the Advance Light Helicopter Rudra and military transport aircraft C-17 Globe Master.
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Indian Air Force Sukhois Dominate UK Fighter Jets in Combat Exercises
In some of the most intense international air combat exercises ever featuring the Indian Air Force, IAF pilots flying Sukhoi 30 MKI fighters had a resounding 12-0 scoreline in their favour against Royal Air Force Typhoon jets in Within Visual Range (WVR) dogfighting operations.
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Four years, 33 combat plane crashes, 27 MIGs lost
The Indian Air Force (IAF) lost 33 combat jets in the last four years, 27 of them MiGs of various variants, parliament was informed on Monday. Ten helicopters also crashed during this period. Twenty-six defence personnel, including 13 pilots, lost their lives in these crashes, Defence Minister A.K. Antony told the Lok Sabha during question hour.
