Indian Flankers in France

FOUR INDIAN Air Force (IAF) Su-30MKI fighters from No 24 Squadron at Bareilly Air Force Station arrived in France on June 28 to take part in the bilateral Exercise Garuda. The Flankers were refuelled by a French Air Force C-135FR tanker over the Mediterranean during the last stage of their ferry flight to France. The Garuda tactical air manoeuvres took place at Base Aérienne 118 Mont-de-Marsan from July 1-12 and also involved Armée de l’Air Rafale, Alpha Jet, Mirage 2000, C-135, E-3F, C-130 and CN235 aircraft. The Su-30s were supported on their trip by a pair of IAF C-17As from No 81 Squadron and a single No 78 Squadron Il-78MKI tanker. Serials of the Su-30MKIs comprised SB138, SB423, SB430 and SB435.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Soth Africa Flying High

OIndustry analysis62www.airforcesmonthly.com// August 2019 #377ne of the earliest South African UAVs was the Champion, developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Kentron under Project Gharra to provide the South African Army with a battlefield surveillance system. This was a twin-boom design powered by a two-stroke pusher-propeller engine. It was first flown in 1977 but only four were built, for evaluation. Some of these were deployed to Rhodesia, and then used by the South African Air Force (SAAF).In 1980 the SAAF acquired a number of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) RPV-2B Scouts for battlefield surveillance under Project Cobalt (at least five were acquired, plus possibly 13 more). These were used extensively in the Border War in Mozambique and Angola from 1981 – three were shot down in the process.The CSIR and Kentron kept working on UAVs and produced the first successful local design, the Seeker. It was first deployed by the SAAF in southeast Angola
Read more

JAGM missiles tested on AH-1Z

THE US Navy has begun testing the Joint-Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) on the AH-1Z attack helicopter.  A first successful flight test was completed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland on December 5 last year. During the flight, the AH-1Z aircrew navigated the missile through various operational modes and used its active seeker to search and/or acquire targets. Initial results from the flight indicate the missile performed as planned,” said Liam Cosgrove, JAGM flight test lead.  “We will continue to conduct a series of tests to prepare for live-fire testing of the JAGM off the AH-1Z scheduled for early this year.”JAGM is managed by the Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.  It will initially be employed on the AH-64 and AH-1Z and is compatible with any aircraft that can carry Hellfire missiles.  The US Army plans to complete a 48-shot test matrix from the AH-64 by May.
Read more