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Oh god IAF after analysing the Bosnian conflict came to the conclusion like many other airforces around the world of the benefit of having a twin seat plane.kindly read and understand the post. Also the bombing during kargil let me give you an idea how the IAF carried it first single seat...

Consider the terrain of Bosnia or Kosovo with Kargil nothing in common, IAF and all other airforces around the world learn the benefit of having a twin seat aircraft i.e WSO from the Bosnian Conflict

Are you serious ever considered the difficulty of bombing at high altitude it was an all new concept pioneered by IAF the Gulf war was fought in desert how can you correlate these two scenarios? Kindly read more on Ops Safed Sagar pls.

^ABOVE all the points which you enumerated they are good but to the idea that artillery or airforce is the answer to all problems is a fallacy fighting the enemy in unconventional way is the real answer i.e employ your airforce the way no one thought OP Safed Sagar is a good example. Upgrading...

When they build an artillery that has a range of 1000km then we'll talk but for now airforce is here to cater for sensitive targets that the artillery due to its LIMITED range cannot destroy:) Remember what happened to Pakis troops morale when leaflets fell from the sky.

^Why are you obsessed with the combat aspect of airforce do you know that in a conflict 60% of duties of an airforce consists of bringing supplies,airlifting troops and machinery etc. USA paradigm is not certainly the one to follow they are a war monger nation that likes to fight but with...

But you can't disagree that combined operations is the way forward the army on its own cannot do everything. IAF has gain valuable experience during operation Safed Sagar something that most airforces cannot dream to do.

Only 9 LGBs were used during the kargil war back to the main topic IAF in itself could not have change the tide if i'm not mistaken IA were armed with .303 rifles while Chinese were armed with AK-47.

Could the Indian Air Force Have Tilted the Scales in the 1962 War With China? In October 1962 the Chinese Army moved against Indian positions in the East and Ladakh. The positions which were lightly held gave way in the face of the Chinese assault. The so called Macmohan Line in the East was...

Its all behind us now 1962 nothing can't be done about that but the problem is that no lessons has been learn from that debacle additionally we have political masters who do not have an idea about national security or if they care about that at all.The only thing that is innate to all Indian...

By Air Marshal RS Bedi "The Indians at all levels are in a state of shock. Not one but two pleas for help are coming to us, the second one of them still highly confidential. They want our Air Force to back them up so that they can employ theirs tactically without leaving their cities...