Indo-US Red Flag Air Force Exercise Lecture 2008 Part 2

Colonel Terrence Fornof gives lecture on Red Flag 08, an F-15 pilot and the Director of the Requirements and Testing office at the United States Air Force Warfare Center, Nellis AFB, Nev. Indo-US Red Flag Air Force Exercise Lecture 2008 Part2 Posted by Tanay On Bharat-Rakshak.com.

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[pogularocky]

I don't get why people think he is disrespectful... I am an Indian and I feel that this lecture has to be circulated to all IAF pilots and officials... this kind of constructive criticism of the planes and pilots is very hard to get... if not for this guy's scrutiny our pilots could make those mistakes in real wars and lose it... this lecture is very very informative and constructive... this is how teachers/coaches should be...

[joefitzjoefitz]

If you don't think Americans should be generalizing about other people, then maybe you should stop generalizing about them.

See how arrogant I am!

[BuildYourMind]

LOL the F-22 and F-15 were both beaten into battle 4 times by American Airlines using only TV dinners... All the tech on Gods green Earth is pointless if theres a "dick holding the stick"

[BuildYourMind]

@GK007001 True, when America first saw Migs the Russians had fitted cannons and shot the US out the sky. The Americans went into retrofit - lol. The newest tranche of Eurofighter has 360deg thrust vectoring and will cream an F-22. Your right that in war, time is everything and America holds back just as long as it can and is typically forced to fight once an opponent is brow beaten. US army vs a fresh 1939 Waffen SS division = total Fail. Yanks are good at fighting farmers and kids in sandals.

[GK007001]

I dont't see any thing wrong in this, apart from bit surcasm.

I am indian, Indians should take it in positive and move on. There are real criticism when you are in Real war with Allias.

Indians has to move towards Electronic war fares...

Only Indians prefer twin seaters fighters.

Indians must have to improve on electornic avionics.

IAF, you are doing good, but at international lever, you need more Defence Satellites, Radars, Advanced Avionics.

In a war, time is everything, u dont get 1min

[samurai1511]

IAF’s has had good experience with small jets such as Gnat which earned the reputation of “Sabre Slayer” in the 1965 war with Pakistan. The under-development LCA Tejas promises to carry on this legacy when it replaces the Bison.

[samurai1511]

The small size (lower visual signature) and inherently small radar cross section coupled with modern avionics, radar, effective jammers, precision guided munitions and missiles (R-73, R-77) make Bison one of the best fighters in IAF after Su-30 and Mirage-2000

[samurai1511]

This is not the first time the MiG-21 Bison has been praised for successes during dissimilar air combat training (DACT) – even during previous USAF exercise and internal IAF exercises pilots are known to have scored ‘kills’ against more advanced adversaries.

[samurai1511]

Flanker come with lighter anti-FOD grills in the intakes as well as wheel fenders that catch FOD. IAF has precautions built into their SOPs – which may be overlooked in case of war or any such exigency. Since the deployment was far away from home base in the USA, with no spares support and related infrastructure it was well worth to observe strict adherence to SOPs instead to being stuck with a grounded aircraft!

[samurai1511]

Soviet era aircraft were designed to operate from poorly prepared airfields. For example; MiG-29 closes its intakes during taxi and take-off to avoid ingestion of FOD thrown up by the front wheels. In this state the engines are supplied air thru louvres located on upper surface of the leading edge. This design feature is at the cost of significant internal fuel capacity and hence has been eliminated in newer MiG-29 versions starting with the K/KUB variants.

[samurai1511]

Nor did U.S. pilots believe they faced only India's top guns. Instead, they said that at least in some units they faced a mix of experienced and relatively new Indian fighter and strike pilots.”. Moreover, the mix of experience needs to be examined for the USAF squadrons as well. The aggressor squadron at Nellis and the F-22 attracts the best in the USA.

[samurai1511]

The high mix of highly experienced pilots in Ex Cope India, if true, cannot be consistent across all sqns that were involved in the exercise. During Cope India, the 24 Sqn operating Su-30K/MK was first Flanker unit in the IAF and only one of two Su-30 units in the entire IAF at that time. To find a concentration of senior pilots in these squadrons will not be unexpected given that these units will be forging doctrines and tactics and building up a pool of pilots. Per article on Cope India here;