Indians outperformed USAF F15E

Strategy Page ^ | 3/1/2004 12:35:32 PM | JJFS

[AnIndianFromIndia]

Click this link:

http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Indo-US+Air+Force+exercise+ends&id=49559

[Tijeras_Slim]

Welcome to FR, interesting article.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

;) I'm not going to say anything but I bet you pilots know what I'm thinking.

[areafiftyone]

Welcome to Free Republic. Thanks for the post. Very interesting article.

[Kozak]

Guess how many F 15's have been shot down in actual air to air combat (total not just those flown by US)?

[proud American in Canada]

This is a post from a message board. It's quoting the following article from this site, http://www.ndtv.com. Does anyone know anything about ndtv.com?

http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Indo-US+Air+Force+exercise+ends&id=49559.


Indo-US Air Force exercise ends

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NDTV Correspondent

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 (Gwalior):


India and America today finished a joint Air Force exercise in Gwalior, in which the top pilots from the two countries matched their skills against each other.

While the all-powerful US Air Force had an easy run in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Indian top guns amazingly shot them out of the sky.

"They did very well, it's a very good group of pilots, a very good aircraft and overall I've been very impressed with the Indian Air Force," said Captain Dave Skalicky, US 19 Squadron.

Americans outflown

For the last ten days, five American F-15s have been faced off against Indian Sukhoi-30s, Mirage 2000s and MiG-21s in the skies above Gwalior.

NDTV has learned that the Indian flyers have out flown the Americans, right through the exercise.

On the first day all four American planes were shot down. Never once did the Indians come off second.

Amongst the American flyers, there is clearly respect for the Indians.

"They performed very well. I think in most cases they were equal to us, superior in some aspects. So it was a very good learning experience for both sides. It was a very tough scenario on all days, the pilot skill levels were also equal a lot of times. It felt like we were fighting ourselves, when we were fighting the Indian Air Force guys," said Captain Vogel, US 19 Squadron.

Testing tactics

This is more than just joint training. For both these air forces, it is an opportunity to test their tactics and flying skills against another country and to decide whether any changes need to be made.

The Indians had already made their changes after being beaten by the French Air Force last year.

And when these pilots go to Alaska later this year for another joint exercise, the Americans will have to prepare well for India's special brand of low technology.

[elfman2]

" Indians outperformed USAF F15E"

They stole our jobs!

[AnIndianFromIndia]

;> No clue what you're thinking. And Now we are 20....Members of Tribe 20,as they call themselves marching past their Su-30 MKI.The covered engine intakes can be seen to advantage in this picture.

[SeeRushToldU_So]

Guess how many F 15's have been shot down in actual air to air combat (total not just those flown by US)?

I know,I know, I watched Heavy Metal on the History Channel last night!

F-15 kill ratio 140-0

[proud American in Canada]

Please see my previous post. The minor grammatical errors were a red flag. :)

[proud American in Canada]

"They stole our jobs!'

LOL. I originally thought the article was about outsourcing. :)

[AnIndianFromIndia]

These are two links you have to check out!

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Images/Special/CopeIndia/index.html

http://www2.hickam.af.mil/pacaf/

If you can,try posting it on FR.

[Husker24]

I had no idea that India had that good of quality Air Force.

[martin_fierro]

I'm a senior in high school doing a turn paper...

[AnIndianFromIndia]

This view shows clearly an IAF Su-30K with a deadly air-to-air load of four R-27s and six R-73s.

[snooker]

zero, that was easy, I saw the show.

[M Kehoe]

Interesting post. Welcome to FR.

5.56mm

[proud American in Canada]

I think the original website must be a New Dehli television station. Here's a quote from the original article:

"The Indians had already made their changes after being beaten by the French Air Force last year."

It's an interesting post but color me skeptical--the Indians beat the French then lose to the U.S. Air Force?

btw, I have to leave so I won't be able to respond until later. I apologize in advance.

[guitfiddlist]

I'd like to hear the after-action reports someday, when our Airborne Laser platform is in the exercise:

Sanjay: "Ayy Gnisha! I was just entering our brilliant vectored-thrust reverse Immmelman barrel roll, when I was shot down three inches into the maneuver!"