INVASION OF THE INDIAN FLANKERS |
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Istres - France June 2005
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| AUSTRALIAN AVIATION Our first contrbution 'Down Under' ! | ||||
 
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| Mighty Courageous Crusaders Sukhoi 30MKI - Below the Press conference | ||||
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Shreesh Mohan of the Indian Airforce between the French Commanders |
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| SU-30 MKI passes the tower of Istres, so does his opponent the French Mirage | ||||
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| The pride of Indian Airforce ! | ||||
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| Believe me, they are really huge when you stand next to these superbe machines ! | ||||
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| Back from a mission | Parked on the concrete of Istres | |||
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| Like an unfeathered bird... | Dedicated personell acts professional ! | |||
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| On it's way to a new refuel mission | Backseater can look over the first man | |||
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| On it's way to a new refuel mission | Proud pilots of the Indian Airforce | |||
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| The also proud crew of this enormous Ilyusjin 78, for refuelling Mirages during exercises | ||||
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| Inside the nose of flying gasstation IL-78MKI | and the upper Cockpit | |||
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| The board-mechanic | Taxiing out for the runway | |||
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| Below the inside of the IL-78, almost completely filled with Kerosine for air-air refuelling | ||||
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| wWalking from the front to the back, this tank alomst seems endless ! | ||||
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| French Mirages were refuelled by this Indian tanker.... | ||||
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| .... and the Flankers had their juice provided by the French Boeing C-135 FR tankers. | ||||
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| Learning from eachothers experiences and mistakes, to grow together ! | ||||
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| Indian crew, disciplined to their tasks | ||||
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| Vive la France..... | Vive India..... Vive cooperation ! | |||
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| Special thanks to Commander Shreesh Mohan of Indian Airforce ! | ||||
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| Mirages and Flankers become good friends, as the pilots did ofcourse !! | ||||
