Su-30 MKI

[just4nikhilesh]

the strategy which we use at 71 war like operation TRIDENT are awesome hope same work against 7 fleet too

 

[LETHALFORCE]

No more off-topic 1971 discussions. Continue here :

http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/military-history/5943-1971-indo-pak-war-us-involvement.html

 

[p2prada]

I just wanted to point out our MKI pilots do between 200 and 250 hours a year and not 300 as claimed before. 200-250 hours is something like front seat time for pilots. Back seat pilots are more into battlespace management.

@Lethalforce

That smart skin concept thingy is mostly fake.

 

[bhramos]

recent pic

 

[bhramos]

Su-30MKI from HAWX

 

[arya]

how many numbers of su30 are on china border dont you think we should give more role to mig 29 then the su30 mki

 

[p2prada]

In the North East there are 3 squadrons of MKIs, one each at Tezpur, Chabua and Kalaikunda. 3 more will be added over time from initial reports.

In the North we have a squadron each at Bareilly and Halwara. One more squadron will be added at Bareilly and maybe at Halwara too. These aircraft share borders with both Pak and China.

We may see a squadron at Srinagar too.

As of today we have 5 squadrons out of 7 facing China and 4 squadrons out of 7 facing Pakistan. 2 other squadrons are at Pune.

More squadrons will be setup really fast, I think it depends on how quickly the pilots are trained. I am pretty sure we have the aircraft, but not the pilots.

The Mig-29s are located at Hindon, a little distance away from Delhi and meant to protect Delhi.

 

[wild goose]

Sorry for being off topic,

Are you sure about the MiG 29s,It has been heard largely that Squadrons 47 & 223 is based in Adampur and Squadron 28 is based in Jamnagar.

 

[p2prada]

Hmm, it seems it must have been a temporary measure. Maybe a few aircraft just rotate between their main bases and Hindon.

Yeah. The Mig-29s are still based in Adampur and Jamnagar. My bad.

 

[cloud_9]

Air Marshal Arup Raha AVSM VM AOC-in-C Western Air Command IAF exchanging the memento with the Commanding Officer 'Desert Tigers', Wing Commander Sharad Aneja, during SU 30 MKI Induction Ceremony, at Air Force Station Halwara on September 25, 2012.

 

[A chauhan]

Indian Air Force inducts frontline fighter Su-30MKI at Halwara air base

25 Sep, 2012, 09.07PM IST, PTI

NEW DELHI: Scaling up its presence along the Pakistan border, the Indian Air Force today inducted its frontline fighter aircraft Su-30MKI at the Halwara air base in Punjab.

This is the first squadron of the Su-30MKI to be inducted into the Western Air Command--known as the sword arm of the IAF.

"The aircraft was inducted into the air base under the WAC in a formal ceremony by Air Marshal Arup Raha," Western Air Command spokesperson Group Captain Sandeep Mehta said here.

The squadron known as the 'Desert Tigers', was flying the MiG 23 till 2005 and was number-plated after the aircraft were phased out from the IAF....


The bases include Tezpur and Chabua in Assam along the borders with China, Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh and Jodhpur in Rajasthan along with its major home base Pune in Maharashtra.

full article:- Indian Air Force inducts frontline fighter Su-30MKI at Halwara air base - The Economic Times

 

[p2prada]

8th squadron coming up,

India's eighth Sukhoi SU-30 combat jet squadron by December

India's eighth Sukhoi SU-30 combat jet squadron by December

India will raise its eighth squadron of Sukhoi SU-30 MKI frontline combat planes in December this year and it will be based at Sirsa in Haryana, just 150 km from the border with Pakistan and which had acted as a forward airbase during the 1971 war.

Nice. I wonder if the MKIs based in Kalaikunda are permanent or yet to be raised. Looks like a squadron is in Jodhpur too.

Kalaikunda is confirmed here,
China on radar: Kalaikunda airbase to be upgraded

Jodhpur too,
Now, SU-30 fighter squadron in Jodhpur - Times Of India

So, 2 at Pune, 1 at Bareilly, 1 at Chabua, 1 at Tezpur, 1 at Kalaikunda, 1 at Jodhpur and 1 at Halwara. That makes 8 already.

Maybe there are none at Bareilly now.

 

[EzioAltaïr]

8th squadron coming up,

India's eighth Sukhoi SU-30 combat jet squadron by December




Nice. I wonder if the MKIs based in Kalaikunda are permanent or yet to be raised. Looks like a squadron is in Jodhpur too.

Kalaikunda is confirmed here,
China on radar: Kalaikunda airbase to be upgraded

Jodhpur too,
Now, SU-30 fighter squadron in Jodhpur - Times Of India

So, 2 at Pune, 1 at Bareilly, 1 at Chabua, 1 at Tezpur, 1 at Kalaikunda, 1 at Jodhpur and 1 at Halwara. That makes 8 already.

Maybe there are none at Bareilly now.

We actually have 200 Su-30s I think, but the first 50 were the MK version. They have been sent back for upgrading, I think.

 

[p2prada]

We should have at least 149(99+50) now, with 33 more coming this year.

We don't have any MK versions in service. The first 18 deliveries were Su-30Ks followed by 32 MKIs. The 18 Su-30Ks were returned to Russia a long time ago. 18 new MKIs were ordered in ready to fly condition in 2007 and were inducted by 2009, these replaced the 18 Su-30Ks.

Some (I guess 2) of the 32 were sent back to fix fuel problems from what I know. But they will be the first to get upgrades.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

India's eighth Sukhoi SU-30 combat jet squadron by December

India's eighth Sukhoi SU-30 combat jet squadron by December


India will raise its eighth squadron of Sukhoi SU-30 MKI frontline combat planes in December this year and it will be based at Sirsa in Haryana, just 150 km from the border with Pakistan and which had acted as a forward airbase during the 1971 war.

This will be the third Su-30 squadron of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to be deployed close to Pakistan border in 14 months, after Jodhpur in Rajasthan in October 2011 and Halwara in Punjab on Tuesday.

"The third Sukhoi squadron close to our western frontiers will be based in Sirsa. It will be raised in December," a senior IAF officer told IANS here.

The Sirsa squadron will also be the second unit to fly the air dominance fighters under the Delhi-based Western Air Command (WAC) that controls 16 air bases and is responsible for defending the air space over north India.

The IAF had resurrected the disbanded 220 Squadron at Halwara on Tuesday.

In August 2010, the IAF had for the first time deployed a SU-30 squadron in the northeast at Tezpur in Assam, to act as a counter to China. In March 2011, it raised another Sukhoi squadron at the Jabua airbase, also in Assam.

The original two SU-30 squadrons are based at the Lohegaon airbase near Pune, which is also the home base for these sophisticated fighters. One squadron is based at Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.

However, the IAF is far from its target to operate 17 Sukhoi squadrons by 2018, when it would have inducted 272 aircraft, making it the main combat plane for the next decade or so.

India had first signed up for Su-30s in 1997, when it bought 50 of the planes off-the-shelf from Russia. Later, it also obtained a licence for Indian public sector behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to manufacture the planes.

From the HAL stable, the IAF would, at last count, be getting 222 Su-30s. This includes the 42 planes that India signed a deal for with Russia in December 2011 when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was in Moscow for a bilateral summit with then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

 

[sathya]

India set to buy 40 Super Sukhoi jets for $3.5 bn

India and Russia are expected to sign a new $3.5-billion deal for 40 SU-30MKI fighter aircraft upgraded to the Super Sukhoi configuration later this month when Russian president Vladimir Putin visits the country.

Sources told FE on condition of anonymity that this was one of the agenda items to be discussed and finalised when the India Russia inter-governmental commission on military-technical cooperation meets in New Delhi. Co-chaired by the defence ministers of India and Russia, the two-day meet starting October 3 will finalise the draft to be announced in the presence of Russian president Vladmir Putin.

"The proposed deal for 126 fighter aircraft is getting delayed and we are still far from signing the contract with France's Dassault. India's requirements are immediate; hence the need to procure Super Sukhois. This latest version will have a new cockpit, state-of-the-art radar with stealth features and can carry heavier weapons including the air-launched version of the Brahmos cruise missile," sources added.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is already flying the Sukhoi. If and when the Super Sukhois arrive, they will be 40 in number, taking the total Sukhoi strength to 270 aircraft. With the first delivery expected in 2014-15, the SU-30MKI will become IAF's leading fighter aircraft.

In recent times, IAF has increased the deployment of Sukhois in forward bases, perceiving growing threat from its neighbourhood. A squadron of SU-30MKIs was located at a forward base near the India-Pakistan border to replace an earlier squadron of MiG-23 fighters.

India first procured its first off-the-shelf SU-30s from Russia in 1997 and gradually developed Sukhoi Su-30MKIs at home after Hindustan Aeronautics Limited began production under licence from the Sukhoi Design Bureau. The SU-30MKI has a considerable share of Indian components in it.

The Indo-Russian cooperation in the military technical sphere has evolved from a simple buyer-seller framework to one involving joint research and development, joint production and marketing of advanced defence technologies and systems.

To win the MMRCA order, Dassault CEO Charles Edelstenne had touted Ra- fale's 100% made-in-France tag as an advantage, which would keep all its high-end technologies, jobs and value-addition within country. The company is under pressure to deliver as per India's needs and demands.


India set to buy 40 Super Sukhoi jets for $3.5 bn | idrw.org

 

[p2prada]

Not bad, $87.5M or in the region of $90Million per plane. Will end up being cheaper than Rafale.

 

[bhramos]

 

[bhramos]