Singapore ‘leases’ IAF base for 5 yrs

[nevidimka]

I dont see Malaysia having any joint excersises with pakistan in the forseeable future. If any it would be with India due to the operational experience of the su 30 mki and the mig29. Plus india could also offer support for these 2 aircrafts, and Malaysia wouldnt sour relations with India so that pakistan gets a peek of the mki's cousin.

 

[funtz]

I think as recent news suggests HAL is supplying parts to the Irkut in Russia the MKM might in future have parts made in HAL,
It might be better for Malaysia to have a maintanence, spare parts etc. deal with India.
After a long time of license manufacturing now HAL is in good shape, the MiG corp. and HAL have been in the news for setting up engine/spare stores/manufacturing in India, so there is another potential cooperation field.

If the Super Duper Hornet gets through the MRCA :unknown , it indo-malay AF coorp might be too good to pass

If R MAF trains with PAF i dont see how that will have an effect on Indo-Malay AF cooperation.

If some good ol- in the loop- military guy can help me, how does training with a F-16 or a SU-30 compromise that platform to a significant degree?

"Who" knows if it's already happening ("Who," won't tell me anything but his name), but pilots "test driving" the different aircraft, gives them a true feel for the actual capability of what each one can do. "Who" knows if a number of those f-16s end up in India as "payment" for basing? "Who" noticed the number of f-16s Israel upgraded and India's want/need to hold them over until whatever is next?
"Who" knows about pilots and others rotating through the different countries to train in different conditions (terrain, size, etc), learn from other people?

There was this report in a website, haven't heard any thing in the media about this afterwards.

IDFAF pilot posted in India will be flying MiG-29B Baaz operating from Adampur Airbase which is located in western India (Punjab) 100 kilometers East of the Pakistan border.
IAF pilot will be attached with Israeli Tayset squadron which operates F-16C/D Barak from Hatzor air force base Located near the lower west coast of Israelb/b] , Hatzor airbase is home to three squadrons of F-16 A/B/C/D operated by 101 , 105 , 144 Squadrons by IDFAF
similarly pilots from the Transport wing will also be exchanged IAF pilot will be attached to C-130 Squadron and a IDFAF pilot will be attached to IL-76 Squadron and IAF Helicopter pilot will be attached to CH-53 Squadron and a IDFAF pilot will be attached to MI-17 units

http://www.idrw.org/2007/10/18/iaf_and_idfaf_to_exchange_pilots.html

Who knows might very well be true.

(can any one here confirm or deny this)

Anyways if this is so similar arrangement might be there with RSAF, again not much about the arrangements seems to be hitting the net.

 

[aaaditya]

I dont see Malaysia having any joint excersises with pakistan in the forseeable future. If any it would be with India due to the operational experience of the su 30 mki and the mig29. Plus india could also offer support for these 2 aircrafts, and Malaysia wouldnt sour relations with India so that pakistan gets a peek of the mki's cousin.

i believe india is already providing malaysian airforce with training and maintainence support for its su-30mkm and the mig29.malaysia has also been principally approved as one of the candidates for the supply of brahmos cruise missiles.

 

[nevidimka]

For india's sake, i hope they dont take the SH. Thier usage would have depend on US liking it. I dont think US would allow the SH to be used to strike thier ally Pakistan. Plus is US willing to sell all the advanced weaponry that truely makes the SH worthwhile to buy?

 

[aaaditya]

hey guys,check this out,hjt-36 sitara has been added to the aerospece-technology website,it becomes the second indian aircraft after the tejas to be added to this website,performance specifications have also been provided for the sitara however these are for the aircraft equipped with the snecma larzac engine,the sitara is to be equipped with the higher thrust al55i engine being developed by russia for india as a replacement for the larzac engine.

here is the link for the sitara:

http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/hjttrainer/