Originally Posted by Foxbat
(Post 4551403)
As per the information I got the Bisons were on Combat Air Patrol at that moment: Combat air patrol (CAP) is a type of flying mission for fighter aircraft. A combat air patrol is an aircraft patrol provided over an objective area, over the force protected, over the critical area of a combat zone, or over an air defense area, for the purpose of intercepting and destroying hostile aircraft before they reach their target. Combat air patrols apply to both overland and overwater operations, protecting other aircraft, fixed and mobile sites on land, or ships at sea. This is duty is rotated among various fighters like Su-30s, Mig-29s and Mig-21s since aircraft cannot be in the air 24x7. Given that the IAF has a high number if Mig-21s still in service, its a highly likely they are on the 1st line of defence. Also perhaps the Pakistanis were aware when old Bisons were on shift and decided to attack at that time. |
Originally Posted by airbus
(Post 4551418)
Question why this IAF aircraft (apparently an AWACS) was available on flightradar24? I took this screenshot yesterday morning. |
Originally Posted by shortbread
(Post 4551373)
Does anyone know as to why in a critical engagement like chasing away invading enemy jets, the IAF uses the clearly dated Bisons vis a vis a more current jet in their arsenal like the Sukhoi? Knowing fully well about the developing situation wouldn't the nations best weaponry be readied to be used in action? I apologies if the question is stupid, but my knowledge on the matter is very limited. |
Originally Posted by V.Narayan
(Post 4551427)
Just a humble suggestion Sir. It is bad enough that this aircraft was being tracked in Flightradar - but do we have to compound it by placing it on our thread here. While we today treat sites like Googlemaps' satellite images and Flightradar as innocent everyday things they do have a conscious part to play in American/Western information dominance. |
Originally Posted by airbus
(Post 4551418)
Question why this IAF aircraft (apparently an AWACS) was available on flightradar24? I took this screenshot yesterday morning. |
Originally Posted by airbus
(Post 4551435)
Sir, this is not current data, as I mentioned I saw it yesterday morning. Secondly, it was already on social media yesterday morning itself. After that tracking seems to be disabled. |
Originally Posted by locusjag
(Post 4551426)
Another pilot was headed for a lynching at the hands of an irate mob, but he was rescued by a PAF officer who then treated him politely and professionally. I hope our captured pilot makes it back without any trauma. |
Originally Posted by srishiva
(Post 4547615)
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indi...home-topscroll Unmanned and manned aircraft working together. HAL is developing this along with a startup. Just wondering if its too much for the pilot to handle the unmanned drones accompanying his aircraft and trying to feed commands to them. Cant be part of dogfight I guess. |
Originally Posted by locusjag
(Post 4551469)
I found a video on FB where our pilot is cordially interrogated as he sips tea! If this is 100% authentic, then I'll be super glad that he is safe. |
Originally Posted by V.Narayan
(Post 4551427)
It would be very incorrect to assume that the Bison is ill-equipped. Amongst others the Bison carries the R-77 medium range active radar homing AAM and the R-73 infra red AAM and I believe helmet mounted sights. And we do not know the combat circumstances in which the pilot was shot. Dozens of CAP sorties are routinely flown in a day across the Pak & Sino border. |
The Pakistani Air Force strike package included eight F-16s, four Mirage-3 aircraft, four Chinese made JF-17 "Thunder" fighter. Other aircraft in the formation were escort fighters to protect the Pakistan strike formation from any IAF retaliation. The large Pakistani attack formation was detected at 9.45 am, when they came within 10 km of the Line of Control. A small number of these fighters then proceeded to cross the Line of Control, when they were intercepted by eight IAF jets, which included four Sukhoi 30s, two upgraded Mirage 2000s and two MiG 21 Bisons. The Air Force fighters gave chase to the Pakistani jets on their return leg after they had dropped a handful of laser-guided bombs that narrowly missed their military targets along the Line of Control. Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was in hot pursuit of a Pakistani F-16, which his radar had locked onto. Despite being warned by other aircraft in the formation about the presence of Pakistani fighters, he pushed home his attack and fired an R-73 air-to-air missile. At this stage of the air-to-air encounter, the pilot's wingman was also exposed and vulnerable. Two missiles were fired by Pakistani F-16s. One of them, an AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile) struck his aircraft, while another missed his wingman. |
Originally Posted by Mukund
(Post 4551997)
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was in hot pursuit of a Pakistani F-16, which his radar had locked onto. Despite being warned by other aircraft in the formation about the presence of Pakistani fighters, he pushed home his attack and fired an R-73 air-to-air missile. |
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