A pair of JF-17 shot down 2 Mig-21 intercepting Pakistani Mirages over the Pakistani side of LOC. 1 aircraft shot down with PL-9 and the other with SD-10. (a total of 8 targets were engaged – No reports about the others).
Well, clearly this is not true. 1 Bison was shot down, possibly by ground fire or air to air missile.
And a R-73 used to shoot down a F-16..what is this about total of 8 targets engaged?
First combat use of the SD-10 and presumably the PL-9 as well if that is confirmed. If it is the JF-17 got the kills then the Chinese and Pakistani marketing guys will be happy…
You mean kill.
Not certain whether it was ground fire or an air to air missile that got the Bison.
Also the first time a Russian R-73 shot down a F-16?
Thank you. Got some background info on Reuters. That sounds crazy. Militants killing Indian personnel in Cachemire and this simultaneously on Iran (edit= as I understand now it’s the other way around)?
Post some details if you have
Edit:
Never noticed that their Tomcat have an entirely new radome with a much smaller radar dish
Nope, you were right the first time around. 2 Pakistan based terrorist organisations carried out 2 separate suicide bombings targeting Indian CRPF personnel (killing 44 and wounding more) and IRGC personnel (killing 27 and injuring more). Tensions are very high.
We would need more details if you are still here BlackArcher.
About the suicide bombing on the IRGC bus by Pakistan based terrorists? or the retaliation?
Breaking- Today, 4 to 6 Grumman F-14AM Tomcat fighter jets of IRIAF were forward deployed from 8th TFB at Isfahan to 9th TFB at Bandar Abbas to reinforce air defense capability in E & SE. Iran in case of Pakistan’s retaliation after IRGC attack at Al-Qaeda’s Jaysh ul-Ad
Funny, most of the current and future 5th and 6th Generation Fighters will include large internal fuel volumes…..(TFX, KFX, Tempest, NGF, PCA, NGAD, etc.) :rolleyes:
Most of which are not going to be in service in the 2020s for sure. And some of which will only start appearing in service in the 2030s or 2040s.
From a European buyer’s perspective, the Gripen E seems to be a fighter that’s already out-of-date but not in service yet.
How could that be when you have some EU buyers still looking at the F-16 Block 70 and Slovakia that has already signed on to buy them?

India successfully tests its Solid Fuel Ducted Rocket (SFDR) missile that will form the basis for the next gen Astra Mk2 BVRAAM.
India successfully tests its SFDR missile from ground based launcher
F-15 relevance is highly discussed nowadays… Why shouldn’t we be critical about Raf relevance 30 years from now!!! ? Does humble logic sounds insulting now?
And yet the F-15 is still finding customers, and even the USAF is now looking at the F-15X variant. The F-15 first entered service in what, the 1970s? So 50 years since it first entered service and we’ll continue to see it operate for another 30 years..that makes it 80 years in all!
Compared to that, the Rafale operating in the 2050s is absolutely normal.