Gagan Shakti 2018: The IAF Will Field 1,100 Aircraft For Mega War Exerc

[Mikesingh]

Fact remains he would be remembered for solving OROP, and not how he dressed.

No doubt Parrikar was better than other defence ministers before him. But to say that he would be remembered for OROP is stretching things a little too far. OROP was not OROP that the government promised before the elections. OROP means same pay for same rank and service which meant equalizing pension every year. But unfortunately, the equalization will take place only after every 5 long years by which time 50% of pensioners would be dead and gone!

So, it's not OROP. It's OROP only once in 5 years! He even refused OROP to those who had already proceeded on premature retirement!! WTF? He had to finally bend after he came under fire. But even then he had refused OROP to those who opt for premature retirement after 2014/2015 and that restriction stays. It sucks!

 

[ezsasa]

No doubt Parrikar was better than other defence ministers before him. But to say that he would be remembered for OROP is stretching things a little too far. OROP was not OROP that the government promised before the elections. OROP means same pay for same rank and service which meant equalizing pension every year. But unfortunately, the equalization will take place only after every 5 long years by which time 50% of pensioners would be dead and gone!

So, it's not OROP. It's OROP only once in 5 years! He even refused OROP to those who had already proceeded on premature retirement!! WTF? He had to finally bend after he came under fire. But even then he had refused OROP to those who opt for premature retirement after 2014/2015 and that restriction stays. It sucks!

Again like i said, let's wait for his side of the story.
even annual corporate union negotiations do not end with both sides being happy.

 

[WARREN SS]

Fact remains he would be remembered for surgical strikes, solving OROP, formation of first Tejas squadron and many more things and not how he dressed.

nobody is telling his side of the story because he doesn't have a media coterie of his own. Let's wait for his biography or autobiography. i'm sure he must have his reasons.

Don't forgot surgical strikes and his role

If you seen history channel documentary

Its probably his Mod establishent idea that serving SF soldiers are contacting media directly

Many Operatives of the group gave interview to the media

It's best PR our SF had since it's inception

Today mostly every youngster now know about Para SF of Indian army which restricted before to only military enthusiast and fanboys

And many cadets in IMA are going for SF battalion directly Today

 

[patriots]

Drone (quadcopter) video of Sukhoi bombing near
China border during GaganShakti2018

 

[indiatester]

Drone (quadcopter) video of Sukhoi bombing near
China border during GaganShakti2018

Two bombs is it? How can I be sure that Sgt. Bilko thing didn't happen here

 

[Mikesingh]

In a first, IAF conducts special operations over country's highest dam

The Indian Air Force (IAF) for the first time carried out duck drops, a parachute operation, of military boats and special forces over the country's highest dam for drills to use waterbodies to infiltrate into enemy territory and launch attacks on their bases.

The reservoir of the Tehri dam in Uttarakhand was used for the exercise by the Air Forces sword arm western air command for simulating a waterbody acting as a border between India and its neighbouring countries, like the Pangong lake on the India-China border.

During the war game, the Air Force used its C-130J Super Hercules from the Hindon airbase which first dropped a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) followed by a team of Garud commandos who used the waterbody to launch attacks on enemy bases to make inroads into their areas, government sources said.

In the largest ever war games conducted by the IAF Gagan Shakti almost half the effort has been put in by the western air command, which covers areas from Siachen glacier with Pakistan and Eastern Ladakh in the north to the western deserts in Rajasthan.

During the war games conducted close to the borders with China, the command extensively used its fleet for rapid deployment of troops from one valley to another.

In one such drill on Thursday, a fleet of eight Mi-17V5 medium-lift helicopters was used to rapidly deploy troops close to the Nyoma airbase, a few kilometres from China border in Ladakh and Tangste valley at an altitude of 13,500 feet, the sources said.

The war game was conducted to practice situations on the China border to fight a close battle with enemy forces at high altitudes. During the drill, the Air Force also used C-130J Super Hercules to drop the special forces at low heights to the ground in a window of 30 seconds to a minute for hiding from enemy radars.

The transport planes and helicopters were given protection by the MiG-29 air defence fighters to thwart any attack by enemy planes during the exercise.

In another high-voltage operation, the Gaggal airport near Dharamshala was simulated as an enemy disused advanced landing ground in the border to capture it and use it for launching attacks.

To use the disused airfield to send across more troops into the enemy territory, the small team of 14 heavily armed Garud commandos first neutralised the enemy guards based there under the cover of darkness and then signaled the troops at the rear to enter and launch attacks, the sources said.

The entire attack was carried out at around dawn to catch the enemy by surprise and within 30 minutes, the whole airfield was sanitised. The Garuds then used a high-tech communication equipment to signal the C-130Js and Antonov-32s, which were waiting with troops in them at another airfield in own territory, to start.

After getting a green signal from the ground, the C-130J immediately took off to carry out an assault landing at the captured airbase and drop maximum possible troops there.

The drills would help the forces to be better prepared for tackling similar situations in the future. During the drills, the Air Force also carried out landing and takeoff of its planes such as the Su-30MKI and the rest of the fleet from the new advanced landing grounds prepared by the force in Arunachal Pradesh and other areas in the northeastern states.

http://www.defencenews.in/article/I...l-operations-over-countrys-highest-dam-547746

Nice to see the Garuds in action!

 

[Tanmay]

Any news about C130s from Panagarh ? the new squadron was ready wasnt it?
Will have to list out tail numbers to see

 

[AMCA]

Gorgeous clip just in of troops dropping out of an An-32 near Gauchar, Uttarakhand as part of Indiian Air Force Exercise #GaganShakti2018.

 

[Mikesingh]

Gorgeous clip just in of troops dropping out of an An-32 near Gauchar, Uttarakhand as part of Indiian Air Force Exercise #GaganShakti2018.

That's cool! That Wing Commander is even taking a selfie on the way down!!

 

[Suryavanshi]

Modi again in 2019
Wanna see more of these glorious military exercises

 

[indus]

In a first, IAF conducts special operations over country's highest dam

The Indian Air Force (IAF) for the first time carried out duck drops, a parachute operation, of military boats and special forces over the country's highest dam for drills to use waterbodies to infiltrate into enemy territory and launch attacks on their bases.

The reservoir of the Tehri dam in Uttarakhand was used for the exercise by the Air Forces sword arm western air command for simulating a waterbody acting as a border between India and its neighbouring countries, like the Pangong lake on the India-China border.

During the war game, the Air Force used its C-130J Super Hercules from the Hindon airbase which first dropped a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) followed by a team of Garud commandos who used the waterbody to launch attacks on enemy bases to make inroads into their areas, government sources said.

In the largest ever war games conducted by the IAF Gagan Shakti almost half the effort has been put in by the western air command, which covers areas from Siachen glacier with Pakistan and Eastern Ladakh in the north to the western deserts in Rajasthan.

During the war games conducted close to the borders with China, the command extensively used its fleet for rapid deployment of troops from one valley to another.

In one such drill on Thursday, a fleet of eight Mi-17V5 medium-lift helicopters was used to rapidly deploy troops close to the Nyoma airbase, a few kilometres from China border in Ladakh and Tangste valley at an altitude of 13,500 feet, the sources said.

The war game was conducted to practice situations on the China border to fight a close battle with enemy forces at high altitudes. During the drill, the Air Force also used C-130J Super Hercules to drop the special forces at low heights to the ground in a window of 30 seconds to a minute for hiding from enemy radars.

The transport planes and helicopters were given protection by the MiG-29 air defence fighters to thwart any attack by enemy planes during the exercise.

In another high-voltage operation, the Gaggal airport near Dharamshala was simulated as an enemy disused advanced landing ground in the border to capture it and use it for launching attacks.

To use the disused airfield to send across more troops into the enemy territory, the small team of 14 heavily armed Garud commandos first neutralised the enemy guards based there under the cover of darkness and then signaled the troops at the rear to enter and launch attacks, the sources said.

The entire attack was carried out at around dawn to catch the enemy by surprise and within 30 minutes, the whole airfield was sanitised. The Garuds then used a high-tech communication equipment to signal the C-130Js and Antonov-32s, which were waiting with troops in them at another airfield in own territory, to start.

After getting a green signal from the ground, the C-130J immediately took off to carry out an assault landing at the captured airbase and drop maximum possible troops there.

The drills would help the forces to be better prepared for tackling similar situations in the future. During the drills, the Air Force also carried out landing and takeoff of its planes such as the Su-30MKI and the rest of the fleet from the new advanced landing grounds prepared by the force in Arunachal Pradesh and other areas in the northeastern states.

http://www.defencenews.in/article/I...l-operations-over-countrys-highest-dam-547746

Nice to see the Garuds in action!

This excercise has a huge message to both Pak and China. The kind of simulations carried out( like above) is specific to China and will surely ruffle many feathers. And more than millitary capability it is showing the Govt intent.

 

[Suryavanshi]

Gorgeous clip just in of troops dropping out of an An-32 near Gauchar, Uttarakhand as part of Indiian Air Force Exercise #GaganShakti2018.

Preparation to blow up three gorges

 

[Suryavanshi]

Preparation to blow up three gorges

Ah sorry cant blow up three gorges it would need a truck full of TNT for one gorge possibly more

 

[Skdas]

Ah sorry cant blow up three gorges it would need a truck full of TNT for one gorge possibly more

How bout one "Bouncing Betty"...Though the delivery mechanism is different

 

[Anikastha]

This is awesome. But I am very sad , IAF couldn't afford few damn gopro's? Seriously we lack some brain cell for propaganda. If this was Russians or Chinese they could have made 50 mins propaganda video. And our Indian media will run helter skelter and would air that propaganda video repeatedly for whole one month.

 

[Berkut]

On Bastille day , they set up huge screens near Champs de elysee and the fly past jets have GoPros in them n you get to see the pilot's perspective as them zoom past... just personalises the whole thing.

I wish we did this on 26 Jan

 

[shankyz]

Sweet shot in of an IAF Raiding Raptors squadron C-130J unloading some artillery after a combat landing at Mechuka, near the Tibet border. (Oh, @NSitharaman heads to China in a few days) #GaganShakti2018 https://t.co/dYaE3fxRIp

 

[Tanmay]

Any speecific reason to not have full fledged air bases in Arunachal Pradesh but only ALGs.

If they want any new domestic airport they should club a sqadron with HAS.

 

[Tanmay]

Sweet shot in of an IAF Raiding Raptors squadron C-130J unloading some artillery after a combat landing at Mechuka, near the Tibet border. (Oh, @NSitharaman heads to China in a few days) #GaganShakti2018 https://t.co/dYaE3fxRIp

Also seen is the newly inducted Panther 4x4 CFT .Dropped by C-17

 

[Mikesingh]

Any speecific reason to not have full fledged air bases in Arunachal Pradesh but only ALGs.

If they want any new domestic airport they should club a sqadron with HAS.

These landing grounds are gradually being developed for operating civilian flights too, providing a fillip to infrastructure and tourism in the region. It costs money! Rs 1000 crores has already been spent on repairs and upgradation of these ALGs.