Indra Dhanush 2007

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Indra Dhanush 2007

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Hello,

Below are a series of photographs from the Indra Dhanush Exercise held in 2007, along with a few visitor aircraft. The aircraft were based at RAF Waddington for the duration of the exercise as the runway length was better suited to the Su-30MKI requirements. This was the first aviation outing for me using the Canon 5D with 70-200 and 100-400 lens.

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ImageIlyushin Il, IL-78 MK1, RK-3452, 78 Squadron, Indian Air Force by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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Image'Rhinos', Sukhoi Su-30MKI, SB-042, 30 Squadron, Indian Air Force by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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ImageAWACS, Nato E-3A Component, LX-N-90458 by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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ImageTornado F3, ZG731, 41 Squadron, Operational Evaluation Unit, RAF Coningsby by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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Image'Rhinos', Sukhoi Su-30MKI, SB-103, 30 Squadron, Indian Air Force by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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ImageIlyushin Il, IL-78 MK1, RK-3452, 78 Squadron, Indian Air Force by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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ImageAWACS, Nato E-3A Component, LX-N-90458 by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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ImageIlyushin Il, IL-78 MK1, RK-3452, 78 Squadron, Indian Air Force by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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ImageSu-30MKI, Tornado F3, E-3A, IL-78 MKI by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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Image'Rhinos', Sukhoi Su-30MKI, SB-103, 30 Squadron, Indian Air Force by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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Image"Striking I defend", Tornado F3, ZE887, 25 Squadron, RAF Leeming by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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Image'Rhinos', Sukhoi Su-30MKI, SB-103, 30 Squadron, Indian Air Force by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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ImageAWACS, Nato E-3A Component, LX-N-90458 by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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Image"Striking I defend", Tornado F3, 25 Squadron, RAF Leeming by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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Image'Rhinos', Sukhoi Su-30MKI, SB-041, 30 Squadron, Indian Air Force by Chris Heal, on Flickr


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ImageLockheed C-130K, Hercules C.3, XV294, 47 Squadron, Royal Air Force Brize Norton by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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Image'Rhinos', Sukhoi Su-30MKI, SB-043, 30 Squadron, Indian Air Force by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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Image"Striking I defend", Tornado F3, ZE168, 25 Squadron, RAF Leeming by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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Image'Rhinos', Sukhoi Su-30MKI, SB-042, 30 Squadron, Indian Air Force by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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ImageIlyushin Il, IL-78 MK1, RK-3452, 78 Squadron, Indian Air Force by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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Image"Striking I defend", Tornado F3, ZG780, 25 Squadron, RAF Leeming by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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Image'Rhinos', Sukhoi Su-30MKI, SB-103, 30 Squadron, Indian Air Force by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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ImageAWACS, Nato E-3A Component, LX-N-90458 by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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Image'Rhinos', Sukhoi Su-30MKI, SB-103, 30 Squadron, Indian Air Force by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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ImageLockheed C-130K, Hercules C.3, XV294, 47 Squadron, Royal Air Force Brize Norton by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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Image"Striking I defend", Tornado F3, ZE887, 25 Squadron, RAF Leeming by Chris Heal, on Flickr

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Image'Rhinos', Sukhoi Su-30MKI, SB-042, 30 Squadron, Indian Air Force by Chris Heal, on Flickr

Hope you've enjoyed the Sukhoi's...

All the best,

Chris
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These are some of the best shots that I've ever seen of the exercise Chris, I was there on a couple of days and some of them are very similar to mine that I took from a small step-ladder next to the A15 opposite the WAVE.
What river do you mean in the comments at the end of your post, and I didn't think that they flew at weekends? Also where was the C-130 photo in shot 25 taken from?

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Thanks Big Eric!
No need to worry about the weekend show or river. Copied that by mistake from my MAKS19 upload - now removed :)
The C-130 shot was taken whilst stood on a step ladder A15 end, opposite the WAVE. Pretty much where you would have been positioned I'm guessing.
Cheers,
Chris

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Thanks Chris, that makes a lot more sense now. I think I must have been right next to you in some of them!

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Very nice.

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Big Eric wrote:
Thu 14 May 2020, 5:53 pm
Pardon me for not using any smileys, but the new ones are awful.
Agreed - they are awful.

Cracking set of photos.

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I can remember them departing living just down the road at the time, specifically as I was advised they were going early.

First wave and IL-78 were taxiing out at about 06.30 from memory.

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What an exercise that was, and brilliantly photographed !

I am probably the only one, especially with these particular visitors, thinking..... F.3s, how I MISS them.
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Superb images! Well Done!
Cheers Phil

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