x4 Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 - Cobra Warrior 2023 [4K]

Under the callsign MERCURY, three Dassault Mirage 2000TI and a single Mirage 2000I departed RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire on Monday 6th March kicking off Exercise Cobra Warrior in style.
MERCURY 73 (tail code KT208) and MERCURY 74 ( tail code KT211) were the first two jets to depart followed later by MERCURY 71 (KT213) and MERCURY 72 (KF118). The pilots are from all three squadrons of 40 Wing - 1 Squadron ‘Tigers’, 7 Squadron ‘Battle Axes’, and 9 Squadron ‘Wolfpack’.
These are one of the highlights of this year's Cobra Warrior and mark the first time these aircraft have been to the UK. They are conducting missions with, amongst others, Finnish, Belgian, Saudi and Royal Air Forces as part of the largest air exercise run by the RAF. The exercise runs for three weeks with the aim of training participants in high intensity, large force, tactical air combat operations.
These jets were so unbelievably loud that they shook the optics in my camera as their burners were engaged. They are powered by a single SNECMA M53-P2, which is an upgraded version of the original M53. Honestly, I don't think I've heard a louder fighter.
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[@magoid]

Dassault really did a amazing job with the aesthetics of the two seaters. One of the few examples where the addition of a second pilot didn't ruin the beauty of the airplane.

[@UKAviationMovies]

Totally agree. The twin sticks probably look even better than the singles 👍

[@AjinJose137]

le Sukhoi: Hold my Vodka

[@user-yy2br1rn7e]

Sadly no internal gun fir the 2 seaters

[@torkeymada]

​@@AjinJose137 right on! (The 30 MkI)

[@manassurya2019]

That trend continues with the rafale, where the twin seater looks better than the single seater.

[@aroopghosh1381]

My good fortune is that I flew these beauties in the IAF and during the Kargil action. Absolute power and a potent cobra.

[@deanclark1646]

Wow bet that was some experience . Can I ask what is the top speed and G force you did .

[@aroopghosh1381]

@@deanclark1646 Mac 1.4 and 7gs max

[@swing.wing_singh]

Looks like the Indian Air Force pilots made it a great day for aviation photographers giving them ample full view of their beautiful Mirage 2000s. Very well maintained jets and very cool videos indeed. Kudos to you for capturing the IAF Mirage in its full beauty and glory.

[@UKAviationMovies]

Thanks a lot. Such awesome jets 👍

[@Arindam_Gaming]

The Reliability & Dependability of the Mirage 2000s vs all other IAF fighters during the 1999 Kargil War is what sealed the deal for the Rafale later on.

[@motupatlukartoon9617]

It is also used in balakot airstrike in pakistan by india

[@saqibmehmood3533]

A failed air attack of Indian Air Force. All mirage 2000s dropped their payload in mountains and ranaway once Pakistani Jf17s intercepted and chased mirages 😊😊

[@ohGod.1244]

​@@saqibmehmood3533 yeah what weed do you take. That's why India surpassed paxtan in gruesome way in military with record of surrendered in 1971. Take some good medicine bcz you're not mentally stable. Bap bap hota hai India tumahara bap hai bap hi rahega brahmos ko bhul gya agli bar warhead lagake pelenge.😂😂

[@saibalbh31]

​@@saqibmehmood3533 ur minister himself admitted that they were out of any ideas since it was night and paf was sleeping .

[@saibalbh31]

And why close sown the area for two weeks to public and journalist till cleaning up was done ??

[@hardeepsinghluthra8875]

​@@saqibmehmood3533 One can understand your response.....What else can you say? Even 93000 soldiers surrender is, at times, denied.

[@Foxbat-25]

Wonderful machines and Great shots👍, Much love from India❤️

[@UKAviationMovies]

Thank you very much! We love having your guys over here 😎😎

[@douglas_brighty_tan127]

Fabulous and incredible takeoff and rejected landing profile from the Dassult Mirage 2000D from the Indian Air Force 😄🤩

[@aksrivastava455]

The most Gorgeous Aircraft in the entire aviation History. Beauty that kills. Great job uploading this video footage.

[@SOUTHENDAVIATION]

Quality footage Ben, those static take offs were class!

[@UKAviationMovies]

Cheers Shaun. It’s a quality selection of jets up there right now 💪👌

[@alphasierra6462]

Wonderful footage and sublime quality! Great job.

[@UKAviationMovies]

Thanks Alpha 👍👍

[@sstrick500]

"We have a rocket engine. Lets put a cockpit on it. Oh, and some sort of wings I guess too."

[@acescionti711]

What a gorgeous peice of deadly force. The mirage for all its foes. Is elegantly lethal

[@premkudva]

Fully agree about the sound of the Mirages, even here the sound was blasting through the PCs speakers.

[@teddingtoned]

Superb video as always Ben, hope to see them next week !

[@UKAviationMovies]

Thanks Ed. It’s definitely worth the trip. I’m hoping to get back up there too - weather depending 👍

[@hyltonswemmer4824]

Agree Arindam................all Dassault products are dependable and their service life and longevity are beyond most ...........VAJRA (and Rafale) are the best fighters the IAF has - including the SU30..........

[@paulhanleyphotos]

Fantastic footage, I was there on the same day and looking at the angle on my footage against yours we can't have been far apart 🙂

[@UKAviationMovies]

Nice one Paul. Lots of folk there that day. I should have gone a bit further up to get out of the way of the caravan for these missions 😳 I moved for the later missions though 😂👍

[@planestrainswildlife]

Very nice, well captured and nice looking jets 👍👏 I can't wait to get over to Waddington myself and catch some action on the fence line 👍😁 ATB Andy

[@UKAviationMovies]

Cheers Andy. It’s definitely worth the trip! 😎

[@Epicaviation47]

Awesome 👌

[@dfurness617]

Superb! Thanks for your efforts 👍🏼

[@UKAviationMovies]

You’re welcome bud 👍

[@MilitaryAircraftVideos]

Very nice👍great looking aircraft the Mirage.

[@UKAviationMovies]

It’s such a pretty jet. Thanks for the comment Saint1 👍

[@UKAviationMovies]

If you enjoy the video don't forget to hit that like button 👍😎

[@jaihind7088]

Jai hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@Mancmodeller]

Wonder why the ground crew checked the aircraft on a live taxiway? Pretty dangerous stuff! Great vid.

[@UKAviationMovies]

Thanks bud. From what I could see they were checking the tyres. They did one side then got the pilot to taxi froward before checking the other side. I guess checking for any possibility of a blow out during the takeoff roll?

[@709384]

They check for the hydraulic oil leakage and tyres condition,this is a routine check in IAF before take-off .

[@yasirbhojani]

Beautiful!! Especially the clip at 6:33, it's soo dreamy!! Thanks for sharing. What kind of camera did you use?

[@UKAviationMovies]

Thanks man. I use a Panasonic HC-X2000 at the moment. Pretty pleased with the results I'm getting right now 👍

[@vc10aviation]

Nice Catches

[@UKAviationMovies]

Thanks for the support as always VC-10 👍

[@valerianpereira1259]

Can India be the Aircraft manufacturing hub to the world? Factory to the world..with High tech integration. 1/Start mfg: multi purpose: high powered : stealth engine... All Brands/Models. after perfecting basic PLATFORM.. WITH AI/ROBOTICS/ 3 D.. best alloys/metals. metallurgy. Technology.. THE HEART..THE ENGINE.

[@saibalbh31]

Nah not in my lifetime and probably yours .

[@user-yy2br1rn7e]

Why do they di the last minute checks on there instead at wherw they start up...sorry i dobt know the correct terms

[@UKAviationMovies]

Pretty sure this is a last check of the tyres before rolling down the runway. Definitely don't want a tyre to blow out on takeoff. Saying that they didn't always do it whilst they were here. Just the first mission from what I saw.

[@RA76951]

Mine makes this 118 likes - should be 118K!!!!

[@UKAviationMovies]

Thanks Tony 👍

[@henryvagincourt4502]

Quite amazing how the Indian Air Force has a fleet of 600 + fighter jets, we a so called rich country just about manage 170.

[@user-fg2bf1gd7t]

Priorities is the word , Sir. You are not surrounded by hostile enemies to the north and the north-west. On top of that you are a Nato Member country which means responsibility and task sharing with other Nato states. Also, Us will always be there to do the heavy lifting. India has to face these 2 adversary on its own.

[@henryvagincourt4502]

@@user-fg2bf1gd7t Fair point mucker, but when I was in the RN, we had a strong Armed Forces, even the best fighter jet can't be in two places at once.

[@user-fg2bf1gd7t]

@@henryvagincourt4502 very true, Sir. Quality has a Quantity of its own. Thank You for the services you rendered to your country. Btw what was your trade in the RN?

[@henryvagincourt4502]

@@user-fg2bf1gd7t WEM for my sins, the trade has gone in today's service, ex F126 (Falklands) D80, F70 Gulf, Bosnia and Armilla Patrol.

[@rakeshkrishnan1099]

does any european country apart from france still use mirage 2000??

[@Raghu22360]

Greece uses them

[@UKAviationMovies]

Yup. As Stonks said. Greece still use a few of them I believe. They're all being retired soon though. Sad though, it's a cool looking jet 👍

[@SamSam-cg5mw]

its not anout machine, but man behind the machine matters. IAF pilots are world leaders in dog fightings.

[@UKAviationMovies]

I agree, the pilot is the one that wins the fight, not the aircraft. It's been that way for ever I think 👍

[@taxidon4947]

Great ! iNDIAN JETS were used as the target practice as usual by the other Airforces 🤣😂😄

[@alexw8784]

haven't seen any Indian flag anywhere only France

[@UKAviationMovies]

In any case it was AWESOME to see them here. Monstrously loud jets!

[@taxidon4947]

@@MayankKumarYadav-ov4qt Don't be talking about 71 when we made your entire population, it's women , wealth , gold and Land as our Loyal POws and slaves for about one thousand years. Only three thousand men conquered and enslaved the population of one billion people for thousand years. Now that's a record. 😂

[@hudhud6714]

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