11. Modernization: The 5th generation Sukhoi PAK FA (pictured above) under development with Russia will be the most lethal fighter jet in the world alongside the F-22 and is expected to start flying around 2015. To add to the above list, Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircrafts have also been acquired from Israel and are being developed indigenously too. India has also acquired 6 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft for its special forces and will likely order some more from the United States. C-17 Globemaster heavy-lift aircrafts are also likely to be acquired shortly, which will take India’s defense cooperation with the US to a new level. 12. The new in queue for the indigenous aircraft of India is HAL-Tejas. The Tejas had received the Initial Operation Clearance (IOC) in Jan,2011. Two squadrons (~40 aircraft ) would be raised and based at Coimbatore by 2013. It integrates technologies such as relaxed static stability, fly-by-wire flight control system, multi-mode radar, integrated digital avionics system, composite material structures, and a flat rated engine. It is a tailless, compound delta-wing design powered by a single engine. 13. Air Force Network (AFNet) is an Indian Air Force (IAF) owned, operated and managed modern, state-of-the-art, fully secure and reliable network (Intranet) and gigabyte digital information grid. The AFNet replaces the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) old communication network set-up using the tropo-scatter technology of the 1950s making it a true net-centric combat force. he IAF project is part of the overall mission to network all three services, i.e., The Indian Army, The Indian Navy and The Indian Air Force. Defence Minister of India Shri AK Antony inaugurated the IAF’s the AFNET on 14 September 2010 dedicating it to the people of India, for their direct or indirect participation in the communication revolution. 14. The Indian Air Force has a Training Command and several training establishments. While technical and other support staff are trained at various Ground Training Schools, the pilots are trained at the Air Force Academy located at Dundigul, The Pilot Training Establishment at Allahabad, the Air Force Administrative College at Coimbatore, The School of Aviation Medicine at Bangalore, the Air Force Technical College, Bangalore at Jalahalli and the Paratrooper’s Training School at Agra are some of the other training establishments of the IAF. 15. Tendulkar is the first sportsperson to be conferred a rank by IAF and the first personality with no aviation background to receive the honour of IAF’s honorary Group Captain.
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