You Brits may have had access to lovely goodies like the 'toom etc., but for a while the IAF swore by the Jag as its only hope for DPS. 'tis a beautiful plane, IMO, and good enough for HAL to be making almost 40 more in the coming years. these are the types with the full night flying gear plus Litening plus MFD aaaahhh...
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25 years of the Jag in the IAF
As Squadron Leader M (Mike) McMahon (Air Marshal now retired , from the post of VCAS) remembers,
"Before we started flying training, we did a Sea Survival Course at Plymouth. In February, water temperatures were teeth chattering. The 'actual' training took place in the English Channel, not a friendly swimming pool! I remember that the shock of hitting the chilly water was so great that I opened my mouth and promptly swallowed half the Channel! My fingers were numb for days thereafter".
All the chilled Indian pilots shared this opinion.
The Conversion training that followed at Lossiemouth was excellent. Unlike Russia where ground training was always overly detailed, the RAF trained them on a need to know basis and expected the pilots to research further themselves.
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and thanks for the Jag....