During my recent visit to
Though all the jets fly fast and look cool (well, pretty much all fighter planes look cool) many of the planes, particularly the Migs, are in their sunset years. The Jaguars, however, are being upgraded. Surprisingly absent in the video are the IAF's Mirage 2000s, which performed well in the Kargil war of the late nineties and which are also undergoing upgrading.
One can't help wondering what future aircraft such exercises will feature. The MMRCA will appear, as will the Tejas. Eventually the shadowy medium combat aircraft (MCA) will make its appearance, as well as the Indian version of the PAK FA.
on January 4, 2011 11:10 PM | Reply
As far as I can see there is one Mirage, 1:50 in to the video. But other than that, I can not see that the Mirages are not promoted. A sign for the MMRCA competition? Probably not.