About Us Advertise Contact Us. Last edited by V. Narayan : 21st February at Reason: As requested. R, vishnurp99, WhiteKnight, whitewing, windiesel, ysjoy. View My Garage. Thread moved out from the Assembly Line. Thanks for sharing! Super write up sir if I may. Would have loved to hear about Canberra and MIG Canberra , a bomber to begin with , modified one was used for reconnaissance later in life.
MIG 25 was used till Kargil and now respectfully retired. Bth supposedly very durable and capable aircrafts. A great thread about the fixed wing workhorses of our Air Force, often deglamorized, but critical to our needs. A big shout to the C17 and C crews who recently undertook the relief material trips to Turkiye and Syria. The lack of focus on strategic and tactical needs of the Air Force is a long, sordid saga that has been covered ad nauseum, and can be pointed to the rather pacifist approach that we took at the beginning of our nationhood.
That our air warriors have overcome the challenges and achieved mission objectives during crises is a glorious story on the other hand. I just hope that the focus on equipment continues to remain a top priority because no matter what philosophical tropes are espoused, a nation is only as good as its hard power and the resultant deterrence.
This may be a win-win for the country. Great writeup and compilation as always Sir. A treat to read. Originally Posted by V. Narayan, Vishal. R, whitewing, ysjoy. Well written history. Had the fortune of flying two of the types extensively and two others not mentioned in the article. Two Squadron of which did yeomen service in hills particularly in North East where it operated out of feet strips to keep our army supplied and used as ambulance to take out battle casualties from forward areas.
And then the IL In first one of which was gifted by Russians to the prime minister then for VIP usage. Later a full Squadron was purchased and for quite some time used in Leh area for daily air maintenance. They used to work along side the Packets for daily trips to Leh from Srinagar. It could not carry any large payload because of its design.
