India's Air Force | How Strong is it?

India's air force is slowly becoming a powerhouse.
Narrated by Tom McKay
Video Edited by Iyanbriandi
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[@BehindAsia]

How strong do you think India's air force is? Let us know down below!

[@SUNNYSTARSCOUT365]

India's air force is very strong 🎉🎉🎉

[@Booz2020]

Slava Tikka Masa and Curry Rice 🍛

[@neddog9186]

You forgot to mention, MI 24, hind, Apache, Mi-8, Mi-17, Chinook, and LCH light attack helicopters and Chettak helicopter.

[@dhananjaychandode9275]

3rd strongest air force of world is IAF

[@omniforce_gaming]

​@@Booz2020 Chinese Bot Barking 🤭

[@manjeshyadav4201]

Bro, you missed a lot of helicopters too Ex. Apache, chinook, lch, mi17, mi 26 etc.

[@kundansaha7748]

MQ9 missing

[@tusharray9524]

Yeh

[@WATAKHAN_1234]

Hahahaha 😂😂😂😂 all are rubbish 🗑 abhi nandan trained 🤣 stuff .. thrown in the bin ..

[@SoulShift..]

​@@WATAKHAN_1234 kyon jali na Teri , Sala atankastani

[@swapneelbehera260]

​@@WATAKHAN_1234ok

[@TheGreatMarathaArmy]

🇮🇳 Indian missile defence systems...... SUDARSHAN 4KM VSHORAD 6KM SAMAR 20KM QR SAM 30KM SPYDER 50KM AKASH MK1S 30KM AKASH MK2 40KM AKASH NG 80KM VL SRSAM 80KM BARAK8 MRSAM 70KM LRSAM 100KM S400 400KM #BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE AAD MISSILE 150KM PAD MISSILE 300KM PDV MISSILE 2000KM PDV MK 2 5000KM+ AD 1 MISSILE 5000KM (5000km class ICBM killer) #FUTURE MISSILE PROJECT (IN DEVELOPMENT) #AD2 MISSILE 8000KM (8000km class ICBM Killer) #ERADS LR SAM 150KM ER SAM 250KM XR SAM 350KM #LEGACY SYSTEMS ZU23/2 2.5KM ZSU 23/4 GANGA 2.5KM FIM 92 STINGER 4.8KM 9K38 IGLA-S 6KM 9K35 STRELA10 5KM 2K22 TUNGUSKA 10KM BOFORS 40MM 12.5KM 9K33 OSA AK 18KM 2K12 KUB 24KM S125 PECHORA 30KM S200 300KM

[@Booz2020]

Indian way more Powerful than INDOENshiya 🦾💕💞😎

[@himanshbishnoihimansh553]

s 400 also

[@Abhisekhdutta]

@@Booz2020🇮🇳❤️🇮🇩

[@Kevin-fq3zh]

and yet you are so afraid of China you are not reclaim Aksai Chin lmao!

[@Light.hype7]

​@@Kevin-fq3zh just not the time for war right now

[@maheepsingh3011]

Al-Jazeera is one to call paper tiger

[@maheepsingh3011]

What a fool "Al-Jazeera"

[@Pushkar797]

Al - zeera ✅😂

[@pokethegreat4145]

Ofc they will say that cuz they are most biased and corrupt media.Even more biased than our weak indian media

[@Babumoshai..]

Al jal jeera

[@vigilante3916]

You missed - AH64E apache attack helicopters Chinook helicopters LCH prachand C130 J super Hercules C295 Mil mi 25 attack helicopters Mil mi 17 v5 helicopters Many more

[@kkkkjjjj4517]

India also has air launched brahmos and anti sat capability

[@chinmaysisodia2571]

It's commendable to be the top air force in the world with a limited budget 🇮🇳🎖️

[@Booz2020]

Indian way more Powerful than INDOENshiya 🦾💪

[@richardkong4387]

One of the top is more accurate. To be the top you will have to produce 5th Gen aircrafts. S'pore is nearer to the top as they already operating F35 with more on the way. Israel is like S'pore with 5th Gen warplanes. Wondering when will India catch up with these 2 nations.

[@pokethegreat4145]

​@@richardkong4387it will take ages cuz our R&D abd production is too slow so probably to catch up india has to import foreign jet

[@WATAKHAN_1234]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 the most crap 💩 airforce .. they have nothing to fight even against China and Pakistan.

[@Har_Har_MAHADEV5084]

​@@richardkong4387Bro even China, turkey, korea are much ahead of India.

[@ashwinshibu732]

Correction : Helicopters are 835

[@worldatpeace8979]

Says who?

[@maheepsingh3011]

​@@worldatpeace8979everyone including us &Un

[@Covid_Liberation_Army]

Nope . It is actually 835+ under development 165 attack helicopter more = 1000

[@ashwinshibu732]

@@worldatpeace8979 check the global fire power index or indian army active active helicopters list..

[@ashwinshibu732]

@@Covid_Liberation_Army you might be referring to the LCH order alone which is nearly equal to 165..but there are more, more Druve and RUDRA attack helicopters alone have more than 100 ordered. And indian armed forces already acquiring more than 5 varieties of helicopters for army, navy and airforce. Excluding thh above mentioned helicopters.

[@abrahamzone2226]

Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman is an Indian Air Force fighter pilot credited to have been the only Mig-21 pilot ever to have shot down an F-16

[@vishnuknair]

A video filled with some Wikipedia information about the IAF hardwares. It is always the skill of the pilot that matters than the plane.

[@RG_aming]

do you think a Tejas pilot can make a P51 mustang go mach 1?

[@rabinderrandhawa38B68]

India has Chinook and Apache also ..

[@lonelegendz8070]

You said only small percentage of india's missile tech,india is self-sufficient in missile technology..

[@Kevin-fq3zh]

you are only self sufficient in garbage

[@ITZLION_12]

Just thanks to sir Abdul Kalam

[@swapneelbehera260]

Almost self sufficient.

[@KashishDora]

Any good Air Force is one which knows to fight and win with whatever it has . Indian Air Force is certainly one .

[@ultranoobpromaxInfinity]

We also have Rafael

[@Rudraiya]

Recent Indian navy marcos activity in Indian Ocean says it all India is king of Indian Ocean

[@MrShadw-qn5gp]

After super sukhoi upgrades, Su-30 mki will become better than Rafale, because of it's bigger size. (Stealth excluded)

[@diksh777]

Highly inaccuracies in video

[@Har_Har_MAHADEV5084]

INDIAN AIF IS VERY STRONG UNTILL CHINESE AF COMES IN THE PICTURE... China have triple times number of 5th JF20 for each of India's latest Rafale jets. All thanks to sleeping govt. and project delays by hard working HAL.

[@Betelgeusewaitforit]

In the next decade the wrongs of the past will be undone. Also Chinese PLA AF has more than half it's fleet in repair or unfit for flight.. IAF maintains a very high service ratio.. it's next to none thanks to our ground crew and the Fighter jet platforms that are with us.

[@ancientwarrior2374]

You forgot to talk about LCH Prachand (indigenous attack helicopter with highest service celling in entire world) Dirshti 2 and also Apache

[@user-bj7wq1vj1w]

Airforce depends a lot on radar signals, air to air and surface to air communication, jammers and whole lot of very high efficient signal system. Mere fighters, however lethal, bound to fail owing to ineffective signal feedback.

[@omniforce_gaming]

Misile ❌ Missal ✅

[@Carnage388z]

Missal pav 😋

[@Oliver.1147]

Bro you also missed the Predator drones, hyper sonic missies like Brahms

[@reubenzoremmawia8137]

India mosty use old age outdated fighters like mig21 and su30mki with a small advance fighters like Rafale they still don’t even have 5th gen fighters

[@tahsinforbusinessenquirers8520]

they lose 2 aircraft in operation swift retort including su30 mki and shoot down their own mi17 helicopter in panic

[@khyatimanchoudhury1783]

India have apache helicopters too

[@AlexLee-dc2vb]

my only concern is their lack of combat experience and potential shortcomings in training

[@davidz7858]

You are so good that is why Pakistan Air Force invited your pilot to drink tea.

[@qwill8254]

Huge budget 😁😔😁😔 ,and we Indians thinks/know the army unfairly gets the most of defence budget ( 50 + %)

[@pokethegreat4145]

You see army has million active soldiers if not counting reserves and you need to pay these soldiers cuz they are sacrificing everything for their nation.Their salary is still a bit low but there is no need to increase it.If you compare the capital budget expenditure then there is much less difference

[@srana5552]

You can not sum up the capabilities of indian air force in an eight minute video , it needs lots of research that is done by some leading thinktanks like global firepower index , you can check there😅 , fucking 4th position overall🇮🇳🇮🇳 , and please don't be afraid.

[@Anjali_Pandey79]

8:33 not argubaly its clearly

[@antajhoque4182]

If I will get airforce and not getting flying branch so can I get flying branch after commission like army

[@anieldoerga2880]

Jai Mahabhart ❤

[@halimtalafuka9946]

@$ 1:37 ❤❤

[@halimtalafuka9946]

@$ 1:53 ❤❤

[@halimtalafuka9946]

@$ 2:08 ❤❤

[@yomommaahotoo264]

When India stops trying to buy fighters with stolen gift cards it may eventually get some decent 3rd generation jets.

[@Ash-mo7wj]

Amca is 5th gen

[@halimtalafuka9946]

@$ 3:01 ❤❤

[@halimtalafuka9946]

@$ 2:45 ❤❤

[@halimtalafuka9946]

@$ 2:31 ❤❤

[@guitaronetwnetytwotwenty1742]

You missed Jaguar

[@raghubhai6107]

Small correction not a British Empire CHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ empire world first navy

[@halimtalafuka9946]

❤❤@$ 3:20

[@talkingdrops]

Flattened Dhaka in 1971 W IAF

[@aDeathbomb]

👇one hour club 👇one day club 👇one week club 👇own month club Also first

[@jitendraKumar-dg9zi]

It conveniently allowed chief of Defence Staff Gen Rawat be eliminated in one of its best helicopters. It allowed indigenous production delayed for more than half a centuary and allowed parochialism to take root rather than a strong value system.

[@basshunterdota625]

They need to invest heavily in modern weapons and remove all its soviet age weapons ,China is miles ahead in advance tech competing with USA.

[@techknower8143]

Bro believe me India's weapon management crew is much more knowledgeable and aware than you. Talking about some Soviet tech then I wanna remind you that Chinese tech are copies of so called Soviet tech so if those copycats can rely on their unused soviet copies (and we know about the life of Chinese items) and India's Soviet origin fighters have shone to world that defaming soviet tech is only a western propaganda. Nobody showed interest in purchasing the Mig 29s due to the propaganda centric defaming of it by the west but India trusted on it and now out mig 29 upgs are more than a threat to the Chinese flankers copies in the high altitude terrains of the Himalayas. Even India has the best air defense system in the world (the s-400) which is a Russian SAM. And even now you are not satisfied then go and read about the balakot air strike in 2019 and see how 12 miraag 2000s got into the pakistani air defenses even after the highest preparations of the pakistani air defense systems and the firepower and air-to-ground capabilities of the miraag 2000s are known to the world so just imagine the amount of destruction they did in 2019.

[@Kevin-fq3zh]

@@techknower8143there’s no honour winning against a failed state like pokistan. take back Aksai Chin first & we’ll take you seriously

[@vivekjoshi5600]

@@Kevin-fq3zh that's a very immature of an statement. new delhi wants to grow its economy. they do not want to go to war with anyone.

[@swastik6705]

​@@Kevin-fq3zhNa bro our army is for defense not for invasion. We won't attack any country first

[@Pragyesh76]

​​@@Kevin-fq3zhAbsolutely, our government is trying to recapture akshai chin and pok . It is an integral part of India which is captured by 2 terrorism countries Chindi and pak

[@BrAjeshxuz]

Iaf has long way to go

[@avrinrose5457]

In my fictional world, India has one of the strongest air forces in the world

[@KaushikSarkar-uo2lt]

You better check out the latest US report on the power status Indian airforce then you will be out of your fictional world.

[@snd9826]

​@@KaushikSarkar-uo2ltI think best is what Sushant Singh said.

[@Lordthanos3825]

​@@snd9826 pakistani literally joking as lost all war against India and say about India's Air power 😂😂😂

[@snd9826]

@@Lordthanos3825 India are not only jokers they are naive also they want whole world to believe indian propaganda as they believe it themselves. Read real history not what your media tells you. In 1965 what happened to your troops was a humiliation but you people bring in such hilarious claims to hide indian cowardice. Just check real history.

[@snd9826]

@@Lordthanos3825 indian are jokers they blindly believe their government propaganda and want other to believe it. Check real history in 1965 indian troops were so humiliated by Pakistan that they had to bring in a hilarious lie of Pakistan having better equipments.

[@nirmalganguly7896]

Mirage 50 Mig 29 66 Tejas 43 Sukhoi 250 Rafael 36 Jaguar 111

[@Kevin-fq3zh]

numbers mean nothing. airworthiness is the critical metric

[@RoyKhalifa]

@@Kevin-fq3zh china has way more aircrafts then you.

[@vivekjoshi5600]

@@RoyKhalifa china do not have air superiority over india. due to its vast borders and most important tibetan platue.

[@Covid_Liberation_Army]

​@@Kevin-fq3zh but UK is now a sinking ship😂😂😂

[@ajoy787]

​@@RoyKhalifaall copied from the US

[@Kido_94]

Helikopte helikopte😝😝

[@halimtalafuka9946]

@$ 0:54 ❤❤

[@halimtalafuka9946]

@$ 1:06 ❤❤

[@halimtalafuka9946]

@$ 1:18 ❤❤

[@Kido_94]

@@halimtalafuka9946 dond dell me whad do do

[@tahsinforbusinessenquirers8520]

Today 2 IAF aircraft crashed including their domestic fighter tejas

[@PriyakritMaji]

Soon more aircrafts will be inducted as India has budget to buy costly aircrafts such as rafale(80m$) not like pakistan facing difficulties to buy a 15m$ aircraft

[@muhammadishaq561]

The mighty strong Indian air force desperately needs fighters as the fighter squadron strength of the IAF fell to 31. The situation is likely to get worse as ( 40 Mig 21 Bison ) are scheduled to be phased out next year But to add to the woes of the IAF: 1. Tejas Mk1 FAILED 2. Tejas Mk 1A FAILED 3. Tejas MK2 DELAYED till 2027 4. TEDBF DELAYED. 5. Kaveri Engine FAILED 6. AMCA DELAYED till 2034 7. Jaguar DARIN III upgrade project FAILED/CANCELLED. 8. Sitara Intermediate Jet trainer FAILED 9. HTT-40 in making since 2012. 10. Saras multi-purpose light civilian aircraft FAILED 11. Nishant UAV FAILED 12. Rustom 1 UAV FAILED 13. Rustom 2 UAV FAILED 14. Archer NG DELAYED 15. Tapas MALE UAV FAILED

[@ajoy787]

There are many successful projects too. And how strong is Pakistan 🤣

[@ajoy787]

@@muhammadishaq561 well. Your f-16s couldn't do anything about the mig-25 🤭

[@muhammadishaq561]

@@ajoy787 Mig 25!!! I think you are referring to the mig21 which is on display in the war museum, Karachi with all its missiles. Yes I heard the Bollywood stories of shooting down F16 and dodging 4-6 AMRAAMs by Su30mki. I also heard that the F16 debris has not yet been found despite dozens of Indian and international spy satellites hovering over Pakistan and RAW on the grounds. and India buying 12 Su30MKIs to replace jets that have crashed (11 stories of crash/accidents available on the internet but no account of 12th Su30MKI's accident, surely it was the Su30mki shot down by PAF)

[@dcbhakatgs6543]

Information isn't maximum 😐

[@jubingeorge5363]

Skip's some of the aircraft and helicopters lik mi 17 Chinook apacha and more

[@muhammadishaq561]

Indian Fighter jets according to date of introduction. Indian Air Force: Mig21..... 1959....65 years old Mig 29.... 1983....41 years old Jaguar.... 1973.....51 years old Mirage 2K. 1984..40 years old Su30mki....2002...22 years old Rafale........2001...23 years old Tejas.........2015.....9 years old Mighty strhong air Force ki halat dekho 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ajoy787]

9 years old isn't even old for jets

[@muhammadishaq561]

@@ajoy787 this ,9 years old is in making for the last four decades and still not combat ready

[@Palestinekigandmaintopkibaaris]

As a philosopher said, Idiots can't be argued with

[@ajoy787]

@@muhammadishaq561 ok as if Pakistan has any new aircrafts? 🤣🤣🤣

[@muhammadishaq561]

@@Palestinekigandmaintopkibaaris that is exactly why I am not arguing with you.

[@burlatsdemontaigne6147]

Any 'airforce' that still flies the Mig 21 is not to be taken seriously.

[@rohitb5834]

cry harder XDD

[@agnigfx5054]

most of them are retired

[@Rudraiya]

And the Indian mig 21 pilot downed the f16 😂😁😁🇮🇳💪💪💪

[@Ronit_9977]

Well, China also operates Chengdu j7 fighters even today that is the licensed version of mig-21.

[@thamizhthagaval]

​@@Ronit_9977atleast our migs are direct products unlike copy cats

[@user-ec5bf5mi1p]

A strong military is essential for national security, but it must never be used to violate the territorial integrity or sovereignty of other nations. History has shown that any attempt to expand territory or bully weaker nations through military force will ultimately fail and result in punishment. राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा के लिए एक मजबूत सेना आवश्यक है, लेकिन इसका उपयोग कभी भी अन्य राष्ट्रों की क्षेत्रीय अखंडता या संप्रभुता का उल्लंघन करने के लिए नहीं किया जाना चाहिए। इतिहास ने दिखाया है कि सैन्य बल के माध्यम से क्षेत्र का विस्तार करने या कमजोर राष्ट्रों को डराने का कोई भी प्रयास अंततः विफल होगा और दंड का परिणाम होगा।

[@good104]

Tea is fantastic! Enough said.

[@GaanGolpoOAdda]

Hal Lch

[@unboxzeta]

Highly inaccurate video. Most of the advance capabilities of IAF are skipped in video. It seems a bias video

[@TheGoodraysoflight]

Your research is poor and incomplete

[@ravichandra3898]

All are false data 😅😅😅😅

[@Bishal_Goswami]

Like you missed soooooooooooo many crafts😶‍🌫️, actually the most important ones were missed.

[@p.npandey3371]

Highly inaccurate information

[@roystonnetto2503]

Inaccurate list.

[@chrisck3405]

India airforce is good at flying kites. That I am sure!

[@AbhiRAJPUT486]

And mention balakot air strike in Pakistan

[@user-hf7qg8hy2g]

Pooras Elephants tea waley.

[@Tungku66]

Well, for a country still Flying MiG 21…. I have nothing to comment on

[@himanshbishnoihimansh553]

china have 290 of them

[@himanshbishnoihimansh553]

u want smoke

[@Abhisekhdutta]

@@himanshbishnoihimansh553calm down bro,the wars won by us speaks for itself.We don’t have to prove anyone

[@lonelegendz8070]

India retired mig-21 and tejas Mk1 and Mk1A are being inducted,its 4.5gen fighter which is low cost and maintainance friendly and has world class avionics

[@Kevin-fq3zh]

@@lonelegendz8070nope, 3 squadrons of MiG-21s are still in frontline service as per your Wion media