It was an HAL overhauled ac, upgraded to latest standards (out of 49
ac, HAL had only completed 7, this was the 8th: they're 3 yrs plus late!)
It was on 'Acceptance Airtest' by ASTE pilots (as 'customers' for the
AF) ...
On take-off roll, a main oleo leg (of the undercarriage) came
off/broke!! The ac veered off the runway ...other wheels n legs then broke and
it went past the arrester barrier ...
Goddamned HAL!!
A disturbing but grim reality.
*‘CAN MAKE CONCESSIONS TO HAL BUT WILL
ENEMY MAKE ANY CONCESSIONS FOR US?’*
These are the words of Air Chief Marshal
BS Dhanoa!!
Please Understand the angst of a Father....yes Indian Air Force Chief B
S Dhanoa was a Father of Sqn Ldrs Abrol and Negi (these are the ethos of Armed
Forces)....he has lost two of his sons.....as fellow Indians can't you feel the
deep throbbing pain that a helpless father goes through when he outlives his
child!! Now extrapolate and imagine the plight of Biological
parents/Spouses/kids of both the fighter Pilots??
Indian Air Force's Mirage 2000 are 30 years old. Almost as old as Sqn
Ldrs Abrol and Negi.
Have you ever driven a car which is as old as you?? and now imagine
that car is being upgraded/maintained by HAL. Now take that car 20000 ft above
the ground....did you get a reality check?? ....MMRCA is stuck since last 15
years and when a well meaning decision to buy 36 Rafale is taken then a 48
years old Infant (who does not know the full form of NCC) start playing a
jarring broken record and goes around
sermonising about the nuts and bolts of the deal with a singular aim of discrediting the combat
aircraft ( You don't play politics with National
Security).....apathy!!.........total and complete apathy!!
HAL has pretty much done "culpable homicide not amounting to
murder" most of all our IAF TEST PILOTS fly in UPGRADED COFFINS.....
You need to visit HAL to see first hand how almost all of their
employees play "Office Office" the whole year round and how their
clients become Mussadi Lal in the ensuing merry- go-rounds!!
And our brave heart fighter pilots still trust them with their lives.
Indian Air force Test Pilots are living National Treasure....it takes
huge amount of time and Money to get a Test pilot.......to replace him is daunting....it's near impossible.
You can replace the Chief Minister of a state in two hours (Rabri Devi
replaced Lalu in less than one hour)
It takes grime, dust, sweat, brains, guts, glory fortitude, integrity
and thousands hours of flying to produce a brave heart called Indian Air
Force's Test Pilot!!
Losing two Test Pilots in a day is equivalent of loosing four cabinet
ministers in a chopper crash (I am just rubbing in the magnitude of the
tragedy)......elected representatives does not mean that they are
"Gods"!!
Test Pilot (Indian Soldier) does not mean they are
"Disposables"
It's National Loss!!
2/4/19, 2:53 PM - +91 94225 26736: Do you know a
country which has motto of its Air Force, Infantry & Special Forces as....
*'Karmanye Vadhikaraste Ma
falesu Kadachana'*,
A shloka from Bhagavad Gita.
Motto of its Navy is
*"Jalasveva Jayamahe"*
(victorious on the sea).
Motto of its Army is
*"Kartika Eka Pakshi"*
(Unmatched...bird with noble
goals).
Motto of its Air Force is *"Swa Bhuavana Paksha"*
(Wings of the motherland).
Motto of its Marine Corps is
*"Jaleshu Bhumayamcha
Jayamahe"*
(Glorious on land and sea).
Very thought provoking
write-up, worth forwarding, especially to your
non-fauji friends:-
Nice one from a soldier, original and
recently written-
War is a cruel business &
war fighters need to be tough -
psychologically more than physically. A weak person will likely desert
the combat zone to escape hardship.
Training is similarly tough, even inhuman at times to prepare for war.
My coursemate, during 40 Km endurance march with 25 kg load during
commando training school in belgaum, fractured his shin. He was found crawling
the route, refusing to give up & get in the ambulance. He was forcibly
evacuated to the hospital. Another friend was shot in north Kashmir, lost his
AK 47. He still killed the militant with his pistol, ran 5 km to the military
hospital with two jawans accompanying him & collapsed at the gate. He is
alive & still serving today.
The armed forces provide you with the freedom to browse the net,
question our methods, demand jallikattu on marina. Because the bombs are going
off in the remote border zone. Our methods have kept this nation safe, enabled
freedom & development.
That same freedom & development, is now being used to vitiate us.
It is like demolishing the first floor, because one has reached the 10 th
floor.
Our work is dirty, ugly, bloody
& painful. A sane man his senses will never rush a machine gun post. Our
world is bad- so that your world, where our family also lives, may prosper.
Let us run our world as reqd, because your world has no one to RUN it;
they will only RUIN it. We can join you anytime, you can't join us here.
There is a concerted effort by foreign owned media to weaken the armed
forces. Do not play into their hands. Pak is waging the 5 th war against India
through social media- & winning due to our own unsuspecting countrymen.
Their army is incapable of facing us. So, like Arjuna in Mahabharata, they are
using our own countrymen like shikhandi to harm us.
This is not against you personally, this is the pain & frustration
I feel as a soldier.
Lot of mis information campaigns
are being run by the enemy
Our discipline & redressal
sys is the best.
We have never ever failed you even once- from 1948 to 2019. From NE to
J&K. From tsunami to floods to earthquake to.... We have held up the pants
of every govt & every govt dept. Tell me one dept that can replace us even
for an hour?
I rest my case with the follwing quote
"A soldier doesn't fight because he hates the enemy in front. He
fights because he loves the countrymen behind him"
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