Up close with the mainstay of the IAF’s transport fleet, carrying senior Air Force officers to Aero India 2017. The noise from the Ivchenko AI-20 turboprop engines is something to remember as the aircraft approaches. Visible are the flare dispensers.
On the flight line at Aero India 2017 next to a PACAF Demo Team F-16. Rejected by the Indian Navy for carrier-based operations due to an insufficient thrust-to-weight requirement, the future of the LCA-Navy is uncertain.
On static display at Aero India 2017. This maritime strike Jaguar has received a DARIN-III upgrade by HAL. Lying below the aircraft is a CATM-84D-1 Harpoon captive training missile.
Firebird taxiing out at Aero India 2017 as Gp. Capt. C. Subramaniam takes HAL’s new HTT-40 for a flight. The Phoenix painted under the cockpit represents a resurgence of HAL’s trainer program, which ended with its HPT-32.
On static display at Aero India 2017. The specially hardened 6-blade GE-Dowty R391 propellers are all composite, powered by Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3 engines.
MiG-29 with RD-33 Series 3 engines, increased fuel capacity, new radar and avionics upgraded by HAL on static display at Aero India 2017. The enhanced capability includes the ability to attack ground and naval targets.