Indian Air Force: Pictures and Multimedia

[jmj_overlord]

The twin seat Mirage 2000TH is getting its fuel tanks replenished from a Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter aircraft.

i thought only tankers were used for mid air refuels........

 

[cobra commando]

^ (Buddy to buddy refueling)

"In-flight refueling from one
suitably modified combat aircraft to another combat aircraft. The quantity of fuel transferred is comparatively very small. A specialized pod is used by the "mother" aircraft for this purpose."

 

[cobra commando]

A C-130J Super Hercules aircraft of the Indian Air Force delivering relief supplies at Tacloban, Philippines.

 

[ramakrishna]

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[cobra commando]

C-130J Super Hercules aircraft of the Indian Air Force delivering relief supplies in Philippines.

 

[Neil]

 

[cobra commando]

IAF's 81st Anniversary Film
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-lyPfrNDtQk

 

[cobra commando]

 

[cobra commando]

"A half-century of MiG-21FL service came to a close on 11 December at Kalaikunda. Whilst nothing like the beautiful sendoff the Phantoms got at Wittmund, the ceremony was as good a send off as could be asked for as the Type-77s of the OCU (Operational Conversion Unit) flew for the last time." - (Angad Singh)

 

[cobra commando]

 

[cobra commando]

Sukhoi Su-30MKI rolling down Rwy09 for take off at Yelahanka AFB.

 

[abingdonboy]

i thought only tankers were used for mid air refuels........

Buddy-buddy refuelling allows fighters to refuel one another. It is particularly useful for navies and carrier ops, here a fighter is often configured as a fighter i.e. instead of carrying any ordinance they will carry external tanks and then will be used to refuel other fighters:

(the above is a Mig-29K refuelling a Mig-35).


For the IN this is especially useful as one of the downfalls of STOBAR is that, as a fighter as to take off under its own power on a short deck, weight is a limiting factor and thus you are confronted between fuelling up for missions with plenty of fuel but barely any ordinance or vice versa. The buddy-buddy refuelling system overcomes this issue greatly as fighters (MiG-29K/KUBs) can take off with minimal fuel but heavy weapon loads and then be topped off once in the air by a MiG-29K/KUB acting as a tanker and then be on their way with both heavy fuel and weapons.


It is also useful for strike missions as you don't need a heavy lumbering AAR for IFR but another fighter as such each MKI SQD in the IAF has 1-2 of these buddy-buddy refuelling pods.

 

[cobra commando]

A flightworthy DH-82 being "moved" to the runway past a parked Su-30MKI fighter.

 

[cobra commando]

AA Me, IN: Visuals Of The IAF's Flankers Like You've Never Seen Before

 

[SajeevJino]

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The Su 30 MKI armed with 2x short Range Vympel R-73 (AA-11 Archer) and 6x long range R-77 RVV-AE (AA-12 Adder) and 2x OFAB-250-270 High-Explosive Fragmentation Dumb Bombs ..Seen on Aero India 2011

Thanks to Vishal Jolapara

 

[bhramos]

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The Su 30 MKI armed with 2x short Range Vympel R-73 (AA-11 Archer) and 6x long range R-77 RVV-AE (AA-12 Adder) and 2x OFAB-250-270 High-Explosive Fragmentation Dumb Bombs ..Seen on Aero India 2011

Thanks to Vishal Jolapara

those are 3X2 = 6 FAB bombs....................

 

[cobra commando]

MiG 29 UPG

 

[cobra commando]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eMr8w_y5B5s

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dgjAh76QjhI

 

[cobra commando]

CAS Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha takes MiG 27 on a date at Kalaikunda. (Source: Tarmak007)

 

[cobra commando]

IAF Mi-17 firefighting in Tirumala Hills
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Pcl9zdGNQ