Airliners-India.com Flickr Group & Facebook    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Indian Air Force AWACS          Airliners-India.com Forum Index -> Aviation Photography View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message vivekman Member Joined: 26 Dec 2006 Posts: 1897 Location: BOM Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:55 pm    Post subject: Indian Air Force AWACS Hi Gang, Check out this photo of an IAF AWACS system on Airliners.net The system consists of an IL-76 aircraft fitted with an Israeli AWACS system. - Vivek Back to top sammyk Member Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 2719 Location: Austin, TX Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:40 pm    Post subject: Looks like it has newer Perm engines too. Back to top 747-237 Member Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11349 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:07 pm    Post subject: Does it have IAF colors yet? If the IAF IL-76 tanker is designated the IL-78; what's this IL-76 AWACS called ? It's not the A-50 Mainstay. http://www.spyflight.co.uk/mainstay.htm Quote: Eventually in 2004 India decided not to buy the A-50 Mainstay ‘off-the-shelf’ and instead concluded a $1.1 billion deal with Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) for them to install a version of their Phalcon radar on three IL-76MD aircraft. The first aircraft was delivered from the Tashket factory in Uzbekistan to the IAI factory in Israel in Apr 2005 and the other two following in May and June 2005. The first IL-76MD fitted with the Phalcon radar will be delivered around Dec 2007, with the second aircraft following in Sep 2008 and the final aircraft in Mar 2009. Back to top 747-237 Member Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11349 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:47 pm    Post subject: Hey, that pic seems to have been updated with it reading "India - Air Force" and aircraft as "Beriev A-50EI". Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         Airliners-India.com Forum Index -> Aviation Photography All times are GMT + 5.5 Hours Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum New Members----------------Sign-up Guidelines Airliners-India----------------Civil AviationNon AviationTrip ReportsMilitary Aviation & SpaceInternationalAviation Polls & PreferenceTech/OpsAviation PhotographyEditorial/Analysis/ArticlesAviation HobbyAviation LawAviation Questions & CareersSite Related Flickr Group----------------Photo of the Month My Message Board----------------Pin Up  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group. Hosted by phpBB.BizHat.com