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This is a old photo, Side by side HAL Sitara looks much better than BAE design Hawk ..

India's Intermediate Jet Trainer IJT HJT 36

Lets not turn this nice thread into some ranting bashing garbage ..

Lets not jump on conclusions yet, We have gone through such discussions since 2009 to till date, Lets not repeat same slogans .. @bennedose, is one of our fine members, His word does have weight ..

@YS, He is not a HAL fan, IJT is near IOC and FOC dead line is already declared ..

What were those noises from ? must be from lobbies ..

The bird > The bird running fast for IOC ..

Alot of people have no Idea abt what they are talking .. They were inducted long back as LSP variant, Sitara will be getting it IOC-2 in few weeks .. More information on this thread >> http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/indian-air-force/57047-sitara-trainer-poised-enter-service.html

I will only answer two things in your post > 1. Yes and they still do, Not because they did not have AJT back then but because most squadron in India are MIG-21 squadrons hence after getting trained on Kirans now AJT these greens are trained on MIG-21, JAG, Mirage trainers from there respective...

@Twinblade, If you have opportunity to talk with some official in IAF ( Fighter Pilot ), Do asked abt the kind of manuvers and training they used to get in Kirans and HTT-32, And ask what kind of training and purpose such category has before you quote me .. I have asked these questions years...

You dont understand the roles they are preforming, The category is not required when one of any two category exists, It nullify the other one .. The training are same which are done on both aircraft, As of now the exsistance of AJT is to have first hand experience of operating Jet and...

No, The Sitara engine is very small and design for low fuel consumption and thrust enough for maneuvers in training ... Kaveri is design as per Tejas size Aircraft its a big engine compare to Sitara`s ..

Quite frankly there is no Major difference between IJT and AJT .. Just names, The category are made for imports .. ================ Sittara and Hawk are almost same, Only difference is that HAWK as more powerful engine .. Other than that there function are same ..

Sitara trainer also poised to enter service Source : In Tejas' shadow, Sitara trainer also poised to enter service | Business Standard

Served us well.. =================== I never understood why we go for a new design for HJT-36 ? When we can make a new Kiran as tandam and a composite one with glass cockpit so does new engine ? As far as i researched, Kiran can hold the Russian engine used by HJT-36 ..

Re: HAL's HJT-36 Sitara Project Struggling We get Bae hawk as AJT but can also use as IJT.. Sitara is suppose to supplement Hawks..