It has been claimed that the best Britain’s RAF fighter command have been into a humiliating defeat during a two-week exercise contest with India’s military pilot which was conducted in Linconshire. Indian Air Force ‘beats British Air Force 12-0’ in training exercise.
During a two-week exercise, at the beginning the British pilots enjoyed the training exercise as the pilots got a rare chance to test their some of the latest Russian-designed fighter aircrafts and train along with them.
INDIA’S INDRADHANUSH AGAINST UK’S TYPHOON
Last month in a 10-day joint exercise British crews came head-to-head with their Indian counterparts code named Operation Indradhanush.The IAF brought four of its Sukhoi SU-30MKI Flanker fighter aircraft to RAF Coningsby to face off against the UK’s Typhoon FGR4 fighters.
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“IAF Group Captain Ashu Srivastav claimed victory over the British aircraft during close-range dogfights – prompting an RAF source to label his claim “comical”, in an interview with Indian television.
Top guns and flop guns: Indian Air Force ‘beats RAF 12-0 in training exercise’
According to the sources Group Captain Srivastav said the performance of his pilots was “exceptional”. “IAF aircraft were able to defeat the more advancedRAF Typhoon aircraft not only in one-on-one combat, but also in situations where one IAF pilot was pitted against two Typhoons”, told by other reports in the Indian media.
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Responding to the Indian claims, the RAF source they were clearly designed for the “domestic audience”. He told The Independent: “There must have been some clouded recollection on the flights back to India, as the headlines of the Indian press bear no relation to the results of the tactical scenarios completed on the exercise in any shape or form.”