The IAF’s first “supersonic-in-a-dive” fighter on display at IAF Museum Palam. This recently restored Mystere has the striking emblem of No. 8 Sqn. “Eight Pursoot” on the port side.
Restored Tempest on display at IAF Museum Palam. It’s great to see stencils on the fuselage and the chakra worn by RIAF aircraft from 1947-50 replacing the roundels. A total of 233 Tempests served with the RIAF and IAF.
This Catalina is displayed outdoors under a roof at Museum Pusat TNI-AU Dirgantara Mandala and carries the emblem of Skadron Udara 5, which had six of these aircraft based at Husein Sastranegara.
On display at Museum Pusat TNI-AU Dirgantara Mandala. This Invader served with Skadron Udara 1 till 1977 and was the last fully armed Invader in military service. Seen here is its colourful shark nose.
On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This winter diorama shows ground crew with a Type F-1A Utility Heater in front of an Airacobra flown by Lt. L. Spoonts of the 57th FS based on Adak Island during the Aleutians Campaign in 1942.
On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, this has been the largest U.S. military aircraft produced, with a wingspan of 70.1 metres. Only five of 384 Peacemakers built survive. This aircraft made the last B-36 flight to the museum.
On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This ex-Hungarian Air Force MiG-21 has been painted to represent an aircraft of the elite 921st Fighter Regiment of North Vietnamese Air Force during the Vietnam War.
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.
Hercules from the 143rd Airlift Wing of the Rhode Island Air National Guard flying in the afternoon over Rwy 27 at Aero India 2017. This aircraft dropped Special Forces as part of the airshow.