Jagan, Mig conversion made sense when the bulk of IAF was Migs. now that onlee 120 Bisons would be around (say until 2012) and maybe 50 upg Mig27ML, cant the stageIII be done at the squadrons themselves using 2-seaters or better yet use a few 2-seater Mirage2000/Mig29 for the job? both are more reliable than using Mig21.

btw I read the HJT-16 is a direct replacement for the Kirans
so it would move one step up the ladder in the your chart imo.
The Iskras are way long in tooth and dont think poland makes
new ones anymore.

The Bisons will equip some 6-7 Squadrons and will probably be around till 2020. But atleast another 4-5 Bis/ M Squadrons will be around till the MKI induction is complete. and this can take anywhere between 5 to 10 years.So the MOFTU will be around for some time. If the intake of the pilots reduce – The squadrons themselves can directly take on the cadets for OCU trg.

Usage of MIG29s and Mirage 2000 two seaters for OCU trg would depend on cost and availability.

In the future I am guessing that the training phase might look like this
Stg 1 – Basic HPT32 (replaced by a proposed Tucano Lookalike?)
Stg 2 – HJT16 to be replaced by the HJT36 (IJT)
(Trifurication – Cadets go to fighter, transport and helis – Fighter continue below)
Stg 2A (and incorporates part of current Stage 3) – Advanced Training on Hawks
Stg 3A – MOFTU /OCU MiG-21Us Advanced Training before posting to Operational Squadrons.

Ofcourse it all depends on what kind of curriculm is given in Stage 2A – we will know only when the Hawk is inducted.

Melvyn,

thanks for the explanations.

My reasoning that a Digitised file is a copyrighted work is derived from observing the Australian War Memorial Collection’s copyright policy. They have a number of wonderful images online and all are watermarked and copyrighted – I assume they claim copyrights of the scanned reproduction that is shown on the webpage and not copyrights of the actual photographs. The charges are hefty too….

-Jagan

An alternative way of looking at the copyright law is that he can claim the copyright for the Digital Reproduction – having taken the effort to scan and resize it – The digital file becomes his creation and thus his copyright.

Others are free to use ithe picture as long as they get thier own scanner and photo and scan it using thier own time 😀

Isn’t the one with the long rocket rails a Tempest? (with fuselage code H and number 26 visible).

The other must be the one carrying bombs and taxying in the slushy airfield, thats a Tempest too I think

Adrian, Also consult the RAF Commands board (http://www.rafcommands.com) which has its fair share of NA/PRO Researchers who can give good tips on which files to look.

What actually happened? can someone tell me the story ?

ah yes, Rakesh already has a picture of 561 in the relevant page on BR.