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January 28, 2015
April 2, 2014
Photo: IAF Su-30MKI deploying a brake parachute upon landing captured by satellite
All military exercises and routine training operations need to be held at night, you never know who is watching.
It’s rare to catch something like a brake parachute deployed on an aircraft on the runway. Satellite imagery from Digital Globe acquired on 28JAN13 shows just that, an Indian Air Force Su-30MKI landing at Pune airfield with the parachute trailing behind. The brake parachute is intended to reduce the aircraft landing run length or alternatively help abort take off.
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| Digital Globe imagery from 28JAN13 shows an IAF Su-30MKI deploying a brake parachute upon landing. |
It’s rare to catch something like a brake parachute deployed on an aircraft on the runway. Satellite imagery from Digital Globe acquired on 28JAN13 shows just that, an Indian Air Force Su-30MKI landing at Pune airfield with the parachute trailing behind. The brake parachute is intended to reduce the aircraft landing run length or alternatively help abort take off.
March 28, 2014
One of IAF's 6 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft crashes
5 lives lost and $250-350 of tax payer money down the drain.
Navy submarines , IAF aircraft.
In a major setback to the Indian Air Force, a US-made C-130J Super Hercules Special Operations transport aircraft today crashed near Gwalior after taking off from Agra air base.The fate of the crew is not yet known, IAF officials said."One C-130J aircraft crashed 72 miles (115 km) west of Gwalior air base. The aircraft was airborne from Agra at 1000 hours for a routine flying training mission. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate into the cause of the accident," an IAF spokesperson said here.
India had recently inducted six C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, which were bought from the US at the cost of around Rs 6000 crore (USD 1.1 billion) four years ago.The home base of the 77 squadron 'Veiled Vipers' operating the aircraft is Hindan in Ghaziabad near here.
Navy submarines , IAF aircraft.
In a major setback to the Indian Air Force, a US-made C-130J Super Hercules Special Operations transport aircraft today crashed near Gwalior after taking off from Agra air base.The fate of the crew is not yet known, IAF officials said."One C-130J aircraft crashed 72 miles (115 km) west of Gwalior air base. The aircraft was airborne from Agra at 1000 hours for a routine flying training mission. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate into the cause of the accident," an IAF spokesperson said here.
India had recently inducted six C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, which were bought from the US at the cost of around Rs 6000 crore (USD 1.1 billion) four years ago.The home base of the 77 squadron 'Veiled Vipers' operating the aircraft is Hindan in Ghaziabad near here.
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