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First fighter aircraft in India which retired without seeing any combat.

MIG fighter makes first landing on INS Vikramaditya A Russian-built fighter jet has made the first landing on the INS Vikramaditya as part of comprehensive sea trials the aircraft carrier is undergoing ahead of its induction in the Indian Navy later this year. A MiG-29KUB two-seat naval...

According to UEC General Designer Alexander Ivakh speaking at the Engines 2012 salon in April, about 70 engines of the RD-33 family were made in Russia last year. Their production is run now by the Chernyshev Mashine-Building Enterprise in Moscow. Previously, the RD-33 Series 2 had been in...

According to UEC General Designer Alexander Ivakh speaking at the Engines 2012 salon in April, about 70 engines of the RD-33 family were made in Russia last year. Their production is run now by the Chernyshev Mashine-Building Enterprise in Moscow. Previously, the RD-33 Series 2 had been in...

With the talk of a no-fly zone over Syria, the game maybe set for a final showdown between the Syrian MiG-29s and the hordes of NATO and Israeli Fighters. Most probably Israel will not take part in the no fly zone, but who knows, in the middle east anything is possible. Syria was supposed to get...

Glad you liked it. Yup, they did. Only 1 MiG-23, that too damaged. PAF sure likes to exaggerate its claims. Pakistani Air-to-Air Victories Just see the number of white unconfirmed kills without any proof in that list. In comparison see the Indian list, less number of made-up kills. PAF sure...

Had a wonderful time chatting with one of the pilots from Tridents Squadron a couple of weeks back. This squadron switched to MiG-29B when it started arriving in the IAF in the 80s but he said that they were the first squadron to receive the MiG-23MF, India's first BVR missile capable fighter...

Everyone knows the standards of 'The Hindu' with its defense reporting, which eventhough still not 100% accurate, is still the best in India by far. While OTOH there is 'Times of India' the largest selling newspaper in India, only because it panders to bollywood and sizzling news rather than...

I see. So the pic above was taken while the interception took place, and after intercepting and joining up, they were escorted to the air show. I wish it were an hostile interception rather than a friendly one, but never the less, one awesome pic! It looks too flat to be clouds. And you could...

The -29s most probably didn't enter US Air space and were outside the 12 nautical miles territorial limits. These 2 countries routinely test each other scramble/reaction times by coming close to 12nm and then turning around just in the nick of time.

In case you are wondering what it is, the above pic is not from Star Wars or any other Sci-fi movie. It was a snap taken during the Interception of 2 Russian MiG-29s by 4 USAF F-15s in the Artic Circle near the Alaskan-Canadian Border. The 2 ufo-like shooting-star objects at the far end are the...

Sadly, I couldn't be there, but I had a friend hold his phone to the air at Bangalore's HAL airport as the LCA Navy roared into the air a few moments ago. The NP-1 took off at 12.10pm on a 20 minute flight. The aircraft was piloted by Commodore J.A. Maolanker, Chief Test Pilot with the NFTC...

Naval LCA successfully completes First Flight! It was flanked by 2 Hawk jet Trainers. Landed a few minutes ago. Congrats to the Naval LCA team!

That's a relief, phew. A lot of sources state 500 mil as the cost hence the confusion. "The Agni-V was built at a reported cost of Rs 25 billion ($486 million). It could be used to carry multiple warheads or to launch satellites into orbit."...

It is estimated that the “Agni -5 cost about 25 billion rupees ($ 486 million)". The experts say India’s Agni missile -5 to confuse the public for the Chinese say the Department of – Military Frontier It seems likely that it does include R & D. But there is not much R & D...

Cost of an Agni 5...? Some sources mention cost as $500 million, while it is likely that is the cost of the entire project. Agni is an Strategic weapon and the benefits far outweigh the costs. For example the Agni if launched into a city like Shanghai, can cause massive economic losses of...

Kursk went down not because of the sub or its reactors, but during one of test firings of an experimental torpedo, the torp exploded.

There were a few reports going around that INS Chakra/Nerpa can't be used in a war. Only the old Chakra had this restriction, and some reporters assumed the new INS chakra also came with this restriction. This has been proved wrong, thus highlighting the difference between Russia and the U.S...

Found an interesting Simulator which lets you to take control of an Entire Air War through an AWACS. I don't think there exists a Sim which lets you to sit inside an AWACS and order planes around to intercept, CAP and other tasks. Ofcourse this is a not a very hardcore sim and has minimal...

Amid the flood of Rafale induced happiness, some trouble on the IN front. I hope ADA keeps its promise on the nearing Naval Tejas maiden flight. Navy chief says ADA let it down on LCA front Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Nirmal Verma on Saturday lambasted the Aeronautical Development Agency...