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Reposting from another thread: 1/72 Scale Indian Air Force Mirage 2000H 'KF144' of the No.1 Tigers Squadron based in Gwalior. Dassault Aviation and the Indian Air Force: MD.450 'Toofani', Mirage 2000 'Vajra' and Rafale (nickname?)

So many of the articles released today say that the used Mirage 2000s will just be used for spares and won't fly again. IAF signs deal with France to purchase phased out Mirage-2000 fighter aircraft None of these aircraft would be used for flying and they are being acquired to help improve the...

I didn't know someone declared the US king of the world and gave it the power to decide who is a "bogus regimes" "I won’t consider any government stoning people to death for social “crime” a normal country. Hopefully one day Iranians will overthrow the mullahs and bring their country to its...

Maybe it has something to do with economies of scale? 4,600 F-16s were built and its still expected to be in production till 2026. Only 600 Mirage 2000s were made and production stopped in 2007. I guess the Mirage 2000-5 doesn't count as an upgrade package? If F-16 OEM support is expected till...

INDIA NEWS IAF to bolster fighter fleet with 24 second-hand Mirages IAF’s 35-year old Mirage fleet, which performed exceptionally during the 2019 Balakot operation, is undergoing a mid-life upgrade, the people said – with the trigger for the acquisition of the second-hand aircraft being the...

If 100 series "were definitely more cutting edge than Soviet supplied Mig15, 17 and 21" but less agile, then why were the succeeding F-16, F-15, F/A-18, F-22, F-35 designed to be more manoeuvrable like the Migs? Why did they copy the inferior and obsolete aircraft for the next 40+ years and...

I think you should tell that to USAF and Navy F-4 and and F-105 pilots of the Vietnam war who were shot down by cheap, obsolete Mig-17s and Mig-21s flown by peasants from a 3rd world country. Ask the IDF if the AT-3 Sagger was the cheapest and most cutting edge after they knocked out 100s of...