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Possibly, Not bad initiative but their is no progress on it so far .. I have merged HAWK related threads into one and this is a gud thread to read all developments on HAL`s HAWKs till date ..

Better focus of Sitara, Its time for CAT-25, Next challenge is to power Sitara and CAT-25 by Indian engines ..

Source : http://www.defensenews.com/articles/indian-air-force-rejects-british-advanced-hawk-aircraft

For the start, Learn what this was about : The HAL HJT 39, aka CAT (Combat Air Trainer), is an Advance Jet Trainer (AJT) project proposal by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force. CAT is Planned as a twin engine transonic “Lead in Fighter Trainer” (LIFT) with a very...

Just some of the specs, not the design.. Tejas are front-line fighters..

AJT purpose is to learn flight maneuvers and other combat maneuvers while using a jet.. There are trainers within specific squadrons, If its MIG there is trainer based on MIG within same Squadron, If its Tejas there is same follows as MIGs.. YAK-130 can replicate the characteristics of an...

I dont think anyone can say what you are asking, But if IAF follows his same mistakes what it did with MIG-21 with any-other result will be same.. SU-30MKI / Rafale / F22 / all are machines are meant to malfunction and Crash...

Are you here to troll ? article dated back 2009. Technically they are not the same, I can call a Musket and a AK same in that sense but capability wise there are no where near the same..

Who told you Migs aren't and SU-30mki were sent back for overhauls ? Where to overhauls ? Indian dont operate SU-30 or SU-27 but variant of SU-30 which is known as SU-30MKI with canards and TVC..

Its mentioned : MiG-21bis [Fishbed N] - Type 75

Indian Air-force operate 5 kinds of MIG-21, Which is not in any other air-force in the world.. MiG-21FL [Fishbed D] - Type 77 MiG-21U/UM/US [Mongol] - Type 66 MiG-21M/MF [Fishbed J] - Type 96 MiG-21bis [Fishbed N] - Type 75 MiG-21Bison MIG-21 preform highest sorties compare to any other...

I should also mention beside fault-spares, Indian Airforce makes more sorties than most Airforces in the world.. This lead to extensive maintenance, And it also rise the technical failure issue..

If you check, IAF operate many kinds of MIG-21 and all have different spares.. Only one kind have spares made by HAL and its now retired..

1. Cheap spares from east block for most of the MIGs including 23/27/29.. 2. Its a disgusting effort to put spare issue behind the scene.. 3. Yes, Its very strange indeed, suddenly out of now where our Mirages start crashing after Rafale won MRCA competition.. 4. IAF was sleeping, All the...