Indian Air Force fighter crash

Fighter-bomber joint British-French development SEPECAT Jaguar crashed today in India. This is reported by the TV channel NDTV. An Indian defense statement said that the plane crash occurred in the state of Gujarat, Kach district.

It is reported that the plane took off from the airport Bhuj for a scheduled training flight. After about 25 minutes, the plane crashed. The pilot managed to eject.

SEPECAT Jaguar aircraft have a rich history operation. His first flight of this series aircraft made in the distant 1968 year. Today, India is the only state in the world whose air force is operated by SEPECAT Jaguar. Two other operators - France and Britain - completed the use of such aircraft in the 2005 and 2007 years, respectively.

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[Mooh]

Not only MiGs are fighting in India, but how many complaints were from Indians. Still, aviation requires very high-quality personnel even for the most simple operations, and the Indians have a chronic shortage of them.

[serega.fedotov]

Quote: MooH

Not only the twinkles are fighting in India

And from the sky at all something regularly rash-even raptors

[kodxnumx]

Yes, the airplane is too old, and the performance characteristics of the aircraft are very much inferior to those of the MIG-21, what can I say about other brands of Russian aircraft!

[EvilLion]

This is not a fighter, but a light bomber. By the way, during the Desert Storm, he showed himself very well, demonstrating high resistance to combat damage.

[velikoros-xnumx]

Quote: kod3001

he is very inferior even the MIG-21

The silhouette is a bit like our "rook".

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Quote: MooH

Still, aviation requires very high-quality personnel even for the most simple operations, and the Indians have a chronic shortage of them.

Hindus are great pilots. It’s just that from the realization of their own coolness (and they are really cool guys) they play something, and they begin ... ehhkm ... to scorch. A true kshatriya should be able to twist aerobatics, controlling the fighter with his left heel, from the champagne bathtub, in which two Indian beauties please him ... something like that, about :))

[alex-s]

Hindus are great pilots. It’s just that they are aware of their own coolness (and they are really cool guys)

And the coolest of them is Mithund Chakroborty!

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Quote: alex-s

And the coolest of them is Mithund Chakroborty.

Jokes - jokes, but the Indians have a raid under 300 hours a year ... Of course, their raid is not the way we think, the method is different, but still, but still

[EvilLion]

EMNIP is a raid on Su-30, the rest of it, most likely, is much smaller.

[IOwTZ]

The "coolest" pilot is mamchur and his deputy, shouting "America is with us" at the camera.

[Mooh]

Yes, I'm not talking about pilots, they were then prepared by Soviet specialists according to Soviet methods. But those staff they have very, very different happens. Not everyone saw Soviet specialists enough :)

[Vik.Tor]

Now the personnel of the Treasury will be cooked with their rafals, we will see how they cook. It was not necessary for the Indians to rush around, they would take Migi.

[samoletil18]

Quote: Vik.Tor

.No need to Indians rush about, would take MiGi

They would take it if the Russian Air Force also took them

[Altona]

Quote: Andrey from Chelyabinsk

A true kshatriya should be able to twist aerobatics, controlling a fighter with his left heel, from a champagne bathtub in which two Indian beauties please him ... something like that, approximately :))

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I am a DISCO DANCER ... For some reason, it immediately reminded me, although the planes were from that era of Disco, our MiG-21 and this SIPIKET ...

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Quote: Altona

I am a DISCO DANCER.

Yes :)))) There were times, I forgot already ... Disco dancer ...

[zennon]

Quote: Andrey from Chelyabinsk

A true kshatriya should be able to twist aerobatics, controlling a fighter with his left heel, from a champagne bathtub in which two Indian beauties please him ...

Andrei, urgently get out of the bath with champagne! The last jamb was superfluous ...

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Quote: zennon

Andrei, get out of the champagne bath urgently!

I wrote

Quote: Andrey from Chelyabinsk

two indian beauties ...

What do I have to do with it? Who do you take me for?

Quote: zennon

The last jamb was superfluous ...

As one person said: "I don't need drugs at all. I see life as picturesque even without them ..."

[BIP PS FSB RF]

I think this is not a rage, just the planes are really old. They need to be updated and here we can help them.

[Giant thought]

The technique is not new, so such excesses should not be a curiosity.

[alone]

It’s not the technical matter, it’s the human factor. It’s impossible to ditch so many planes because the planes are old. They have accidents with new planes

[52]

Of course, I am not a nationalist, but somehow there is no way with the culture of exploitation among the Indians. No, not everywhere, but "Jaguaras" are not first line cars for a long time, like "Bahadurs", and the staff and characters are appropriate. Well, somehow it happens, and b-2 does not take off!

[Sterlya]

Something similar to the Su-25

[Realist]

Let them order more in the Russian Federation. And learn, learn and learn to fly!

[Same lech]

Super-duper European aircraft also breaks down like American BOEINGS .... the myth about the reliability of their equipment is too exaggerated .... although we will wait better than the conclusions of the commission investigating this plane crash.

[Makosha]

Quote: The same Lech

Super-duper European aircraft also breaks down like American BOEINGS .... the myth about the reliability of their equipment is too exaggerated .... although we will wait better than the conclusions of the commission investigating this plane crash.

Ghm .., a trifle, but nice.
They on the eve of the purchase of French aircraft refused to Russian.

[deadj]

Uncle Vova hinted - "we have very good and cheap planes."

[Makosha]

Quote: dEADj

Uncle Vova hinted - "we have very good and cheap planes."

It seems to me that the "rollback" influenced. A tender is a tender - who will give more.

[Wolka]

apparently again the human factor played a role, errors in piloting due to the low qualification of the flight crew, this is obvious ...

[Iline]

I don’t understand something in this life: India constantly holds tenders for the supply of the latest aviation equipment in very large volumes. And still fly on a prehistoric anachronism. All this is strange.

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Quote: Iline

India is constantly holding tenders for the supply of the latest aviation equipment in very large volumes. And still fly on a prehistoric anachronism.

Of the new, they have 200 Su-30MKI and 70 Mig-29, and so - Mig-27 and Mig-21. This is normal - for the same Pakistanis, Chengdu J-7 (which are the Chinese clones of Mig-21) in bulk

[alex-s]

I don’t understand something in this life: India constantly holds tenders for the supply of the latest aviation equipment in very large volumes.

These are two different actions:
One to hold tenders, the other to buy!

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

The pilot is alive - and thank God!

[GHOST29RUS]

Let them buy Russian equipment and learn to fly it in Russia too

[Magic archer]

Strange: the Indians and we are buying new planes from the French, and the Jaguars have not yet been removed ...

[bubalik]

,, sorry for the offtopic, but today is 75 years of the main award of the USSR - "Golden Star"

,,, it's strange that on "VO" there is not even an article on this topic today ,,,

[KBPC50]

Quote: MooH

Not only MiGs are fighting in India, but how many complaints were from Indians. Still, aviation requires very high-quality personnel even for the most simple operations, and the Indians have a chronic shortage of them.

A peculiar country is true. And the caste division will exist for a long time to come. But still, development is underway!

[Roman 1977]

India is the only state in the world whose Air Force operates the SEPECAT Jaguar. Two other operators, France and Britain, completed the use of such aircraft in the 2005 and 2007 years, respectively.

Jaguar BI Indian Air Force
Well, they forgot about the Omani Air Force. They include 22 SEPECAT Jaguar S / B, all purchased 27, the last two crashed 11.09.2013 during a test flight, colliding with each other. True, the Omani Air Force plans to purchase 24 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to replace them. Deliveries will begin this year.

In general, SEPECAT Jaguar is quite a tenacious aircraft, and the aircraft fought:
Operation Manatee 1977 year
Operation Desert Storm 1991 year
Operation Deliberate Power 1995 year
Peruvian-Ecuadorian War 1995 of the year
Operation Allied Force 1999 year
Kargil war 1999 of the year
In December 1977, Jaguar aircraft of the French Air Force were deployed at the Dakar airfield (Senegal) to assist in the fight against the insurgents of the Polisario Front, which operated in Mauritania. In the first strike against the rebels in December, two Jaguars were lost. Another aircraft of this type was shot down on May 3, 1978 during the fourth raid on the positions of the Polisario soldiers.
At the end of April 8, 1978 Jaguars of the French Air Force were sent to Chad during Operation Takaud. On May 31, 1978, one of the Jaguars, supporting the actions of the French legionnaires, was shot down by Strela-2 MANPADS. The second aircraft of this type was lost on 8 August during a reconnaissance flight. One Jaguar crashed on 23 August due to a technical malfunction. Another was shot down by the rebels on 14 October.
In 1983, the civil war in Chad resumed and the French Jaguars took part in it again. On 21 August, during Operation Manta, they again landed at N'Djamena airport. The first raid on the rebels was made on January 25, 1984: Jaguars attacked an enemy convoy, while one attack aircraft was shot down by ZU-23 fire. Another Jaguar was lost on May 16th.
On February 16, 1986 of the year, 8 attack aircraft, accompanied by a "flying tanker" C-135F, attacked the Libyan airfield Wadi Dome. BAR-100 Concrete Ammunition Submunitions Seriously Damaged Airfield Runway
During the "Desert Storm in 1991, an aircraft belonging to the British Expeditionary Force collided with a single Iraqi ZSU-23-4" Shilka "while on patrol. The first hit pierced the cockpit, while the shell (more precisely, a 23mm bullet) literally passed between the pilot's legs, miraculously not catching him. The second blow knocked out the drives of the deflected surfaces of the left wing, the third one destroyed one engine, parts of which fell into the nozzle, and set another one on fire. At the same time, the mutilated car landed safely at the home airfield. Several "Jaguars" "were damaged by shrapnel of anti-aircraft shells, one by a missile. Notable is the case when a shrapnel pierced the canopy of one of the Jaguars, a protective helmet and literally scalped the pilot.

[andrei332809]

the pilot escaped, well, glory to the Indian gods. Well, they do not carry out democratic bombing, so you can sympathize.

[Aleksey_K]

The plane is old. Fatigue of metals leads to disasters, especially since components are no longer supplied, as decommissioned in 2007 d. Modernization of the armed forces depends on the availability of finance. India is not among the advanced countries. Some kind of strange photo. In the photo there is no image of the right hind wing of plumage. In theory, it should be visible.

[Roman 1977]

Indian Air Force Combat Aircraft

The Indian Air Force, following the results of the competition, in which the Dassault Mirage F.1 and SAAB Wiggen planes also participated, chose the Jaguar in 1978 as a replacement for the Canberra bombers. The choice was due to financial considerations, a more convenient delivery schedule, as well as better survivability of the twin-engine aircraft. A contract was signed for the supply of 40 Jaguar aircraft 1 (the first aircraft was received by the Indian Air Force in 1979), as well as 45 kits for assembling machines at the Indian company HAL in Bangalore.
Assembly of "Jaguars" from British units began in August 1981, and in the summer of 1981 the first such aircraft was transferred to the Indian Air Force. Unlike the machines delivered from England, the Indian Jaguars had more powerful Adur 811 engines. Then another 31 Jaguar 1 aircraft were ordered. This time the machines were completely manufactured by the Indian industry under a British license. The first "purely Indian" "Jaguar", which received a new name "Shamsher" (saber), was delivered to the customer in early 1988. In 1993, another batch was ordered - 15 aircraft, deliveries of which began in 1995.
In January 1986, one of the Jaguar 1 aircraft of the Indian Air Force was converted into the Maritime Jaguar version (Jaguar 1M with Agave radar and Sea Eagle anti-ship missiles). In 1992, eight more aircraft were subjected to similar revision and later followed by additional orders for four anti-ship vehicles. All Jaguar 1M aircraft are in service with the 6th Indian Air Force Squadron, which specializes in operations against surface ships in the coastal zone.

One of six Maritime Jaguar equipped with radar from the 6 Air Force AE of India

[1-Patriot]

junk fell, And cho?

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

We are glad that the pilot remained alive. And what?

[sv68]

Indians will use this junk until the last — until the last plane falls apart in the air — then they’ll certainly buy something better

[A1L9E4K9S]

Let’s not criticize much, write off the poverty, they didn’t get much apart from Russia. We didn’t cling to them.

[MSA]

Well, what can you do, no one is safe from this.

[serg2.72]

Now it has symbolically turned out, I read the news and the roar, the cat, as always under the sofa, I'm on the balcony. Here it is SU-34 is returning from tests to the plant, the clouds are low, right above the village there is a height of 500 meters. And as always, the thought is so beautiful and at the same time scary for the enemy !!! It seems that in speed a couple more will be transferred to the Air Force.

[propolsky]

Everything that rises into the air tends to fall, but the old technique, especially. The main pilot is alive!

[Roman 1977]

India today has produced more than 350 proprietary warplanes of its own design and this number will creak but grow.
1) HAL HF-24 "Marut"
This fighter-bomber was created by aircraft designer K. Tank in 1961. 2 licensed British engines Bristol Siddley "Orpheus" (a promising Egyptian engine was planned. In 1967-77 147 "Maruts" were produced. They took part in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. They were removed from service.

Speed ​​up to 1110 km / h, max take-off weight 10,9 t, ceiling 13800 m, armament 4 guns (30-mm), up to 1,8 t combat load
2) HAL HJT-16 "Kiran"
This UBS was created in 1964. Licensed Rolls-Royce Viper engine. In 1968-85, 190 Kirans were produced. Are in service. They did not participate in the database.

Speed ​​up to 700 km / h, max take-off weight 4,2 t, ceiling 9200 m, armament 2 machine gun (7,62-mm in a hanging container) or 230 kg combat load
3) HAL LCA "Tejas"
Light fighter "Tejas" flew for the first time in 2001. The creation of the aircraft is going very hard - it was not possible to create its own engine (Kaveri) (despite the help of our and French specialists), there are problems with an advantage. Engine - American General Electric F404. Radar - Israeli Elta M-2032 (a new radar with AFAR is planned). In small-scale production since 2007, 14 Tejas were produced (including prototypes), 54 vehicles were ordered (a deck version is also planned), the plan is 230. In trial operation.

Speed ​​up to 1920 km / h, max take-off weight 13,3 t, ceiling 15300 m, armament 1х2 guns (23-mm), up to 4 t combat load
4) HAL HJT-36 "Sitara"
This UBS was created in 2003. The engine is our licensed (in the plans) Saturn AL-55 (development is 2 years behind the plan). In small-scale production since 2009. 4 Sitars were produced (including prototypes), 15 aircraft have been ordered so far, the contract for 73 aircraft has been postponed, the plan is 200. On testing.

Speed ​​to 1000 km / h, max take-off weight 4,6 tons, ceiling 9000 m, weapons of the 2 machine gun (12,7-mm in a hanging container) up to 1 tons of combat load
In addition, there was an extensive program of licensed production: British Nat (316 aircraft, including the Edgit variant), Jaguar (116, including the French version, production continues), Hawk (46, production continues), there are reports about the production of "Vampire" Mk.52 and T.55, but I did not find confirmation and numbers - if anyone shares - I will be grateful! And our planes: MiG-21 (657 fighters, 220-bis only screwdriver assembly), MiG-27 (in India, "Bahadur", 165) and Su-30MKI (assembly from aircraft kits with growing localization, 120, production continues. All of this gives India nearly 1.800 aircraft.

[nemezi]

It's time to buy new airplanes.
I think Russia with pleasure the Su-30 can offer :-)

[Nat1961]

Fly on a frank junk! He has already fallen from old age !!!

[iov]

Quote: kod3001

Yes, the airplane is too old, and the performance characteristics of the aircraft are very much inferior to those of the MIG-21, what can I say about other brands of Russian aircraft!

surprisingly, they generally still fly not only on our planes ... hmm .. did not know