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Sameer Joshi

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5 years

Overheard at #Brahmos display zone at the Paris Air Show some years back when a #PAF delegation quizzed #DRDO executives on the cost per unit of the #missile . A quick thinking young scientist came forward & without batting an eyelid said - " #Pakistan gets Brahmos for NO COST !"😉

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The Indian Air Force fought one of its most significant post-independence aerial clash with the Pakistan Air Force on 27 February 2019. This graphic is the most authentic sit rep on the attack axis, force packages and geographical locations of the engagement.

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1/2 Hours before he died fm cancer, Col Navjot Singh Bal (39), the decorated ex-CO of the elite 2 Para SF (Special Forces) wrote his own epitaph. An extract: "Undeterred by fear, I faced fate, good or bad; Zorawar, Shahbaaz, my gallant sons, henceforth, you’ll be the pride.

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In a sharp #rebuttal to #PAF 's #false #claim of #shooting down an #IAF #Su30MKI during #OpSwiftRetort - the IAF flew the 'Avenger' formation on its #87thAirForceDay showcasing 3 x 9 Sqn #M2000s , escorted by 2 x 15 Sqn Su30s, #YES - the same 'Avenger-1' #crew claimed by the PAF😀

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This is the story of that unbelievably courageous soldier - Captain Neikezhakuo Kenguruse!!! For his unmatched courage and supreme sacrifice, he was posthumously awarded the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) the only soldier from the Army Services Corps to receive it.

#KargilHeroes: The Story of a Soldier who Climbed Kargil's Icy Slopes Barefoot to Defeat the Enemy

At a height of 16,000 feet and in the bitingly cold temperature of -10 degrees Celsius, Capt. Kenguruse kicked off his boots, climbed up a freezing cliff barefoot and single-handedly neutralized an...

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21+ hours in the Air - NewSpace Research and Technologies #NRT creates a #National #UAV #Endurance #Record #Benchmark in India A huge #win for the #Indian #Aerospace & #Defence R&D #ecosystem ; this feat was accomplished using our #cuttingedge #SolarPowered UAV development

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2 years

Ukrainians have won the propaganda battle in the initial 3 days.

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‘Ghost of Kyiv’ - Very interesting if true. Yes, A-A kills not impossible given the RuAF air vectors operating over Ukr. Let’s wait for the dust to settle down to verify exact numbers…

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On this day 55 years back, an Indian fighter pilot dueled with 4 PAF Sabres ovr Kalaikunda in an extraordinarily stubborn & dogged stand against all odds. A saga of grit & courage, the stuff legends are made of. A story, which can be read a thousand times

‘THE LAST MAN STANDING’

THE STORY OF ARGUABLY THE GREATEST FIGHTER PILOT OF THE INDIAN AIR FORCE — WHO TENACIOUSLY ENGAGED FOUR PAKISTAN AIR FORCE SABRE JETS ALL…

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In 1964, Pyotr Ufimtsev, a Soviet mathematician, published a paper where he showed that the strength of the radar return from an object is related to its edge configuration, not its size. In the 1970s, Lockheed analyst Denys Overholser found Ufimtsev's paper & the #F117 was born!

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On #27Feb2019 0950-1015h 2 x Su30MKI of No15 Sqn @IAF_MCC C/S #Avenger duelled with 8 x F16MLU of CCS/No9 Sqn PAF during #OpSwiftRetort . Evidence shows that PAF launched 4+ AMRAAMs against the Sukhois during this engagement. What is less known is how the MKIs counterattacked 1/n

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Next Generation Missions & Technologies #NGMT

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Because, Fighter pilots need #Heroes too 😎

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8 pieces of clinching evidence that show how IAF's Abhinandan shot down a Pakistani F-16

Using Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) & other evidence, an IAF veteran reconstructs IAF-PAF battle day after Balakot & concludes PAF indeed lost an F-16.

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The reason wy #PAF F16s were desperate to keep @IAF_MCC Mirages separated from the F16 vs Su30MKI fight during #SwiftRetort . And yes, the Mirages held their fire against the 12 JF17s, who were never a threat or tried anything funny. Pros don’t waste AAMs, nor claim false kills 😉

Ramandeep Bajwa

@Ramandeep_Bajwa

4 years

Another shot of a Mirage 2000 over Ladakh on Sep 14 but this time carrying a full load of MICAs, four radar-guided beyond visual range (BVR) and two infra-red guided within visual range (WVR) air-to-air missiles. Pic credit: Indian Trick Shooter via ANI @ReviewVayu @joe_sameer

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We, the 'many', need always appreciate 'the few, the brave': Their sacrifice ensures that the flag shall always wave! (Fm the poem 'The Few, The Brave' by Maurice Harris) Thread on the @IAF_MCC 'Ironman' formation vs the PAF JF-17s during #OpSwiftRetort on #27Feb19

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The @India_iDEX supported, NewSpace Research & Technologies’s #NRT solar powered scaled #HAPS platform set a new benchmark of 27 hours endurance and altitude of 26,000 feet as part of its envelope expansion flight test campaign. This is a new #national #endurance #record for an

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An Azeri MiG-29 shot down an Armenian Su-25s over Armenian territory today morning. Nope, it was not a Turkish F-16, as is being widely reported. The first ever Mig-29 kill against a fighter class.. #FirstMiG29Kill

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#NewSpaceResearch recently flight tested a subscale #HAPS proto. This was displayed during #DefExpo2022 under the aegis of @India_iDEX & showcased to Hon. Prime Minister. We thank our partners @IAF_MCC & @FORGE_FORCE , as well as @drajaykumar_ias & @sjaju1 for making this happen!

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A rare camera shot catches an aircraft breaking the sound barrier. The shockwave distorts the light because the air is near/at supersonic speed & its density changes. This creates a pressure gradient which distorts the light waves. This is not visible to the human eye.

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For those who missed out the 'clinching evidence' on the F-16 loss by the PAF, do read the same in my Medium blog at - @rajeev_mp @IAF_MCC @SpokespersonMoD @Charles_36FS @somnath1978 @hvtiaf @rajnathsingh

‘A SHAHEEN’s LAST FALL’

Investigation & evidence based reconstruction of the last fall of a Pakistan Air Force jet, shot down by an Indian Air Force MiG-21 in POK…

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Aviation Design philosophies explained well....😎

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On 6 Feb 2012, in what can be only be described as a most extraordinary situation, Flt Lt GR Kharche of the #IAF carried out a safe emergency ldg on an #An32 with only stbd main & a nose wheel. Piloting skills & guts helped the aviator, who was awarded a deserving Shaurya Chakra

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3 years

Look who pushed out the Airbuses and Boeings outta the room at Bengaluru airport 🙂

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When the doyen of India's post independence aviation & arguably the best IAF fighter pilot of jet age, Alfred Tyron Cooke VrC met the #27Feb2019 clash hero, Abhinandan Varthaman VrC. Mutual respect and stories galore 👍 Read Cooke's incredible saga at

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India's first #DroneLightShow by an IIT-D start-up. A great effort whch will be showcased on the Beating Retreat ceremony. These drones fly in pre planned formations to make creative shapes. These are not swarms with de-centralised nature, but programmed drones flying in sync.

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3 years

1000 drones at Rajpath this time. Wow! Will look forward to a tricolour in the sky

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The additional purchase of 21 MiG-29UPG from Russia will fill a critical void in numbers for @IAF_MCC . AESA radar, GA capability, LR missiles, new engines, mid-air refueling will help the most advanced MiG29 variant hold its own in India’s neighbourhood against PAF/PLAAF threats

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Ataboy!!! Clean, yet potent lines of an #IndianAirForce #Rafale two seater, on a routine conversion flight in France.

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About a Chinese Colonel and the two nights he spent with the 3 Medium Regt 😎. Hospitality comes easy to these @adgpi lads... #SikhWarriors

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On the #Apache , under nose of fuselage in front of cannon, above cockpit in front of main rotor, in front of TADS/PNVS sys turret & on main landing gear; sawtooth knives are installed for cutting high-tension wires. These knives are critical when flying in urban areas!!!

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#ACID vs #USAF AeroIndia2021 Day 2 USAF B-1 pilots testing their mettle against our desi #AI agent. Was was a very interesting encounter. Great learning for both sides 🙂

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The First MiG-21 pilot to shoot down a F-16 in the world!! #AbhinandanVarthaman

Bharat Rakshak IAF

@vayusena

5 years

Picture Copyrights: SANJAY SIMHA I met him 2 years ago, all I wanted was this humourous moustachioed fighter jockey to pose for my camera with his machine. Never dreamt he would one day be the first MiG-21 pilot to shoot down an F-16 in air combat! #AbhinandanVarthaman

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2/2 Arti, my life resides inside you; Today, I am alive, and fly the Tricolour high… And Bharat Ma, my motherland... In your feet, I give my final salute; My final sacrifice…"

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IAF's counter-attack on the Sargodha complex: How IAF hit Pakistan’s most protected base hard on 7 Sep 1965.

1965 Sargodha attack: How IAF hit Pakistan's most protected base & destroyed 10 aircraft

Sargodha was probably the most well-defended air base in Asia. It was also Pakistan's most strategic base as it had the highest density of PAF's assets.

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Indeed @JA_Maolankar . In the bargain a new Indian endurance & altitude record was made when the sun and the moon, both blessed NewSpace Research & Technologies #NRT ’s maiden 24 hour + flight of its #HAPS prototype over ATR Chitradurga. All test objectives were exceeded on this

Jaideep Maolankar

@JA_Maolankar

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You’ve mixed up your heavenly bodies @joe_sameer Holi is supposed to be defined by the moon, not the sun! @indiannavy @IAF_MCC

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Aerospace & Defence for start-ups in India is tough 😐

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1965 India-Pakistan war: How IAF’s heroes challenged the PAF’s superior Sabre fighter jets with mettle !!

1965 India-Pakistan war: How IAF's heroes slayed PAF's superior Sabre fighter jets

IAF's lightweight Gnats took on PAF's sleek Sabres & busted myth that they were invincible. The mettle of the 'Sabre Slayers' remains a legend to this day.

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‘To cut a long story short!’ 🎯 #Longewala @IAF_MCC

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Very interesting results post processing the open source DigiGlobe 50cm image of #27Feb2019 IAF #SPICE2000 strike image at #JeM Camp, #Balakot #Pakistan with ERDAS imaging software - 3 x entry marks crystal clear! By 8 March 2019 - the roof had been repaired back by Pak Army!!

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1965 War 'Statistics' Continued- 1. India won 1,920 sqkm of territory; Pakistan won 540 sqkm 2. 2,862 Indian soldiers killed; Pakistan lost 5,800 soldiers 3. India lost 97 tanks; 450 Pakistani tanks were destroyed/captured Your own BBC 😉 #DefenceDay

Are India's plans to celebrate 1965 war 'victory' in 'bad taste'?

India plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its "victory" over Pakistan in the 1965 war with a "grand carnival", but critics say it is in bad taste, writes the BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi.

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Before they had radars for aircraft detection 😉.....

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Very happy to announce that @JA_Maolankar has joined #NewSpaceResearchandTechnologies as a full-time resource. All #NGMT next generation missions and technologies development at #NRT will benefit from his vast expertise and acumen in aerospace and defence. #MakeInIndia

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Noman shoots down a M21, gets a Sitara e Jurat. Hassan shoots a Su30, gets a lower award, a Tamgha e Jurat. IK undecided, sticks to 1 kill. And Sargodha AFB, etches the LIE in stone - another fake #PAF myth is born!🙄 Now, why aren't we surprised 😉 #DoosraBanda #OpSwiftRetort

Peaceful 🇵🇰

@PakWarrior111

5 years

Pakistan Air Force operation Swift Retort memorial having detail of our Heroes and trophies. #PakistanAirForce

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8 JF17s playing hide & seek at 'safe range + 25 km (extra safe)' from Mica armed M2000s were valiant indeed 😉. No Pakistani ever ask them Thunder boys the moot question - bhaijan, why no SD10 launch from your side even with a gross numerical superiority during #SwiftRetort ? 🤔

DGPR (AIR FORCE)

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PAF personnel are the proud custodians of the legacy of valiant air warriors of Pakistan, which was manifested during Operation Swift Retort, last year. Chief of the Air Staff Pakistan Air Force

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I-Derby on an IAF Flanker.

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One of the first images of a Russian Su-35 test firing a R-37M VLRAAM. This gives the Su-35 a capability to engage targets in excess of 200 km (conservative assessment). The hypersonic speed of the R-37M gives it a good NEZ, especially intercepting AWACS/ FRA class targets at LR

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'TWO' aircraft #crashed in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir ( #POK ) around 1025H on #27Feb2019 . Distinct and different crashes - at two separate locations!! If the IAF lost the MiG-21, 'WHO' lost the second aircraft??? #DoosraBanda #OpSwiftRetort #PakistanAirForce

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The mission goes on, yes!!! #NGMT

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@JA_Maolankar

10 months

The sun doesn’t stop shining because it’s a Sunday @joe_sameer

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Fox 3 - PAF Vipers fired at least 4-5 AMRAAMs against IAF Sukhois on 27 Feb. Lnchd fm 40k ft at Mach 1.5, the PAF got a bump in range of 15% to around 90km. The MKI's evaded all with anti-BVR man. The PAF says it fired only TWO. However 4 video grabs expose the PAF's lies again.

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veni vidi vici…

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#Kargil @25 Years ⁦ @IAF_MCC ⁩ #Flyboys

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Op Swift Retort - How Pakistan planned to hit India after Balakot

How Pakistan planned to hit India back for Balakot -- the mission, the fighters, the tactics

Pakistan was incapable of affording a full-blown war with India. But the response still had to convey an ‘impression’ to India and the world that Islamabad was willing to escalate the crisis.

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2 Su-30MKIs fm 15 squadron duelled with 8 F-16s on 27 Feb 2019 & held their own. The #Avenger formation crew have a beer bash every time the #PAF ceremonial parade honours its fake MKI kill at the #OpSwiftRetort memorial in Sargodha AFB, hoping for an invite to attend one day 😀

Non Communist Mao

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The Flying Lancers! After a LOT of back and forth and many many a rejected concept… soon to adorn the walls of No 15 Sqn A piece for which I’m yet to come up with a name.. I give you the Sukhoi Su-30 MKI

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Grt 'BVR combat shot' frm the 27 Feb Indo-Pak Aerial Engagement in Naoshera sector, Jammu & Kashmir. A pair of PAF F-16s in a classic BVR HOT/COLD grind against IAF Su-30MKIs. Note the launch of the AMRAAM msl by the F-16 going COLD.The PAF fired at least 5 AMRAAMs that day !!!

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3 x Spice Bombs hit the Mujahid hostel, the northernmost building at the JeM's Jabba top, #Balakot terrorcamp arnd 0330h on 26 Feb 19. Hve personally seen the 30 cm high resolution multispectral and the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image. It took 42 days to repair this damage!

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The only authentic image of the Balakot strike is this exceedingly sub-par image by Digital Globe. Sub-par because the resolution of the image is no where close to the military grade image ... which I have seen ... which show this strike clearly. @joe_sameer

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A capability & capacity upgrade happening rapidly around 3 vital #PLAAF HAA airfields in TAR - Ngari Gunsa, Shigatse & Lhasa. The #HQ9 & #HQ16 SAM deployments in particular are designed to take on striking #IAF elements before they can launch their stand-off payloads. @detresfa_

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Russian snow blowers mounted with Klimov VK1 jet engines, copies of the British Rolls Royce Nene jet engine which the Brits uncharacteristically gifted to the Soviets in the end forties - a Godsend gift for Stalin & Co, who promptly put it on the MiG-15. Rest is history!!!

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After the death of their CO near PP 14, warriors from 16 Bihar Regt & other Indian Army troops brazenly counterattacked the PLA camp around midnight of 15/16 June, hacking hapless PLA inhabitants who attempted desperately to flee. A larger PLA force arrived to engage them later .

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#PAF jet's Last Fall - #27Feb2019 #POK Captured on video-TWO different nd geographically apart locations- #Tadpole like cloud; smoke and fuel - an aircraft burning - fell between #Charhoi and #Kotli #Voila -The only photos of the PAF #F16 's final crash #OpSwiftRetort #Shaheen

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And this ... 😄

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Back with them bells and whistles 😎

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How fresh evidence released by the IAF shows the Pak ISPR's hand in changing the narrative and then covering up the loss of a PAF F-16 fighter jet on 27 February 2019. Read the analysis at -

‘THE SLIP BETWEEN THE CUP AND THE LIP’

ANALYSING THE INTRIGUING CASE OF THE ‘MISSING’ F-16 FALCON OF THE PAKISTAN AIR FORCE.

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#MMAlam , one of Pakistan's most gifted & controversial fighter pilot claimed shooting '5 IAF Hunters in 30 seconds' over Sargodha. A handiwork of #PAF #propaganda , nothing could be further from the truth. Ironically, Alam got a raw deal from the PAF later!

1965 Sargodha attack: How IAF hit Pakistan's most protected base & destroyed 10 aircraft

Sargodha was probably the most well-defended air base in Asia. It was also Pakistan's most strategic base as it had the highest density of PAF's assets.

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Fair enough, everyone has a right to their views sir. Wish you the best! But WHY display an #IAF Hunter aircraft shooting down a #PAF Sabre jet? Secret admirer? BTW the painting depicts F/L DN Rathore shooting down the PAF hotrod S/L Rafiqui. Details at

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‘Seek & Destroy’ - Falcons No. 101 Sqn @IAF_MCC #Rafale

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The longest known SAM shoot down of the Russo-Ukr war has been of a UkrAF Su-27 in first week of the war near Kyiv from a distance of 125 km by a S-400 (SA-21) missile. The S-400 battery is deployed near the border in Belarus. This SAM regiment commands the skies north of Kyiv

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In the Mecca of Aerospace & Defense Research! #Goosebumps

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When a no-nonsense @IAF_MCC Rafale Squadron Commanding Officer shakes hand….!

Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace

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L'armée de l'Air et de l'Espace est honorée d'accueillir un détachement Rafale de l' @IAF_MCC sur la base aérienne 118 de Mont-de-Marsan. Ensemble, Rafale français et indiens participeront à l'exercice #VOLFA2023 qui s'inscrit lui-même dans l'exercice majeur #Orion2023 .

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Perks of having served in the #FalconSlayer Squadron #Swordarms of @IAF_MCC 😎. The #BrotherHood of the braves sends you #AbhinandanVarthaman 's piece of action 👊🙃, a privilege for us vets for a lifetime!!! #TheGuardiansOfTheValley Indeed 🍺

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The KING is here ... Army Day 2020!!!

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OTD 54 yrs ago, an IAF fighter pilot shot down a vastly superior Pakistani fighter jet in a stubborn stand deep inside enemy territory. Sqn Ldr Devayya's heroics to shoot down a PAF Starfighter in 1965 are among IAF's finest hours.

On this day 54 yrs ago, another IAF hero shot down a vastly superior Pakistani fighter jet

Sqn Ldr Devayya's heroics to shoot down a PAF Starfighter in 1965 are among IAF's finest hours. But he wasn't lucky like Abhinandan & perished with his Mystere.

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Four PAF Sabres VS One IAF Hunter!!! The story of arguably the greatest Indian Air Force Fighter pilot and his tenacious aerial battle with 4 Pakistan Air Force Jets in the 1965 war!!! @vayusena @IAF_MCC @VishnuNDTV @anshumig @zone5aviation

‘THE LAST MAN STANDING’

THE STORY OF ARGUABLY THE GREATEST FIGHTER PILOT OF THE INDIAN AIR FORCE — WHO TENACIOUSLY ENGAGED FOUR PAKISTAN AIR FORCE SABRE JETS ALL…

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This weekend, the US conducted an air strike in Kabul killing the Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, The son and son-in-law of Haqqani, Afghan Minister of Interior may have also been killed. The house belongs to Haqqani. The precise air launched munition went through the window…

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I wish the #OpSwiftRetort 'air action' was as impressive as this museum Alan 😉 . Does it have the following sections too? 5 AMRAAMs roasting a chaff cloud #PAF bomb errors upto 3 km F16 loss to a MiG21 Balakot ignominy Showcasing false R73/R77 #liars FlipFlops on #DoosraBanda 🙄

Alan Warnes

@warnesyworld

5 years

The Pak Air Force Chief, ACM Mujahid Anwar Khan opened up a brand new section at PAF Museum Faisal yesterday, devoted completely to Operation Swift Retort. Looks very impressive.

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

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We, the 'many', need always appreciate 'the few, the brave': Their sacrifice ensures that the flag shall always wave! (- From the poem 'The Few, The Brave' by Maurice Harris) Thread on the @IAF_MCC Avenger formation vs the PAF F-16s during #OpSwiftRetort on #27Feb19

Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

3 years

On #27Feb2019 0950-1015h 2 x Su30MKI of No15 Sqn @IAF_MCC C/S #Avenger duelled with 8 x F16MLU of CCS/No9 Sqn PAF during #OpSwiftRetort . Evidence shows that PAF launched 4+ AMRAAMs against the Sukhois during this engagement. What is less known is how the MKIs counterattacked 1/n

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

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Pakistani #FlipFlops #OpSwiftRetort - 1. 2 pilots with us (ISPR) 2. One Pilot 3. No F-16s used 4. Pilot died 5. Su30 kill (PAF) 6. F16 used (ISPR) 7 F-6B used ( @ksrtfl ) 8. F16A used 9. Su30 to 'claim' (PAF) 10. Only 1 kill by PAF (IK) IAF - 1 F-16 shot down !

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

3 years

The #Fulcrum , caused the west to skip a heartbeat when it first appeared in mid 80s in the Soviet Union. Rated as the top rate steed for within visual range combat by those having pushed this twin engine platform to the edge of its flight envelope!!! #MiG29

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

1 year

My AeroIndia2023 moment when I saw my first F-35 in flesh (or metal)!!! We on the #AtmanirbharBharat journey can learn a lot from this world class aviation asset…!!!

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

2 years

Neighbours envy; owners pride…. #INSVikrant Looking forward to a serious air wing induction in the days ahead!!

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

5 years

John Fricker - PAF's 1965 war historian wrote about IAF's Sqn Ldr AB Devayya - “shooting down in air combat of a Lockheed Starfighter of the PAF by and obsolescent Dassault Mystere IVA, is among the most creditable and least published achievements by IAF during the 1965 war..”

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

5 years

Fighter pilot is an attitude. It's cockiness. It's aggressiveness. It's selfconfidence. It's a streak of rebelliousness nd competitiveness. Bt there's smthng else - there's a spark! There's a dsire to be good. To do well; in the eyes of ur peers, and in ur own mind! - Robin Olds

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

2 years

A major feedback for the #IndianMOD from Ukraine - Combined arms, air-ground integration, close combat, precision attack & unmanned systems, cyber/EW & good leadership at all levels - are foundational capabilities for modern hybrid war; conspicuously absent in the Russian forces

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

3 years

2 jets crashed in POK on #27Feb2019 India lost one. Who lost the other? #DoosraBanda Read Evidence based reconstruction of events seeing through the vicious Pakistani propaganda post #OpSwiftRetort - towards which, misdirections continue even today!!

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

3 years

The best quote on the high acquisition cost of the T-14 #Armata , “The Armata truly has unprecedented destructive power; a battalion can destroy the entire Russian budget!” 😎

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

4 years

Significant commentary- ‘National security discourse in the United States around drones often emphasizes a large homogenous swarm, but India's work shows this is a mistake.’

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

4 years

The Ghosts !!! @adgpi

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

5 years

Eye candy from the IAF's 87th Anniversary day flypast practice from Hindon AFB. Watch the real deal tomorrow, the 8th of October @IAF_MCC Good shooting @SauravChordia1 👍

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

2 years

Bharat Dynamics Limited @CMDBDL is striding towards intelligent & autonomous drone launched precision attack capability. Includes stand off laser guided missiles and accurate free fall munition via a variety of drones. Unveiled as a first in India for UAVs of this class.

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

4 years

The #F16 Falcon is the world most widely used fighter. The Su27/30/33/34/35 class is not far behind. What's amazing to see is that at the third place - is the #MiG21 , a design over 60 years old. A design which the Russians have been able to evolve technologically & commercially!!

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

4 years

Pakistan attacked India without provocation on 1st Sep 1965. The Pakistan Air Force notched early success against IAF Vampires in Chamb. @IAF_MCC deployed Gnats to Pathankot, who took on marauding PAF Sabres and busted the myth around them #SabreSlayer

1965 India-Pakistan war: How IAF's heroes slayed PAF's superior Sabre fighter jets

IAF's lightweight Gnats took on PAF's sleek Sabres & busted myth that they were invincible. The mettle of the 'Sabre Slayers' remains a legend to this day.

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

3 years

A very clear image of the RVV-BD (R-37M) on a Flanker. The 200 km + range AAM will enhance the engagement capabilities of the RuAF Su-35/ Su-57 fighters. May possibly be available for export a couple of years down the line....

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

4 years

Flying Bullets - No. 18 Sqn IAF with Tejas multi-role fighter goes live!!!

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

5 years

TAMGHA-E-JURAT for the elusive Sqn Ldr Hassan Siddiqui for shooting down a Su30MKI, an afterthought? A lower medal than the SITARA-E-JURAT for Wg Cdr Noman who got the MiG21!! Does PAF award pilots for buzzing AMRAAMs thru 'chaff' clouds; or more than meets the eye?? #DoosraBanda

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Sameer Joshi

@joe_sameer

5 years

#OpSwiftRetort #27Feb2019 12 F16s + 8 JF17s OCA Vs 2 Su30 + 2 M2K + 4 M21 DCA PAF wastes 5 AAMs for ZERO kills IAF wastes NO AAM REK/ H4 error 70 m to 3 km PAF claims 'Chaff' kill (Su30); shoots down 1 M21 IAF downs 1 F16 #Summary : #PAF 's Failure of Numbers, #Tactics & #Will

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