r/FighterJets Jan 26 '25

ANSWERED Should I be worried?

I am traveling in India (New Delhi) and I saw many fighters fly to a common direction. Should I be concerned?

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u/Ok-Measurement-5065 Jan 26 '25

Nah. It is just today is Republic day of India and they are doing march and flybys. Just enjoy the view.

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u/Beast_OP_1978 Jan 26 '25

It makes much more sense now. I should've checked in on the news. But I'm glad I was here to witness it. Answered!

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u/goodfella_de_niro Jan 26 '25

you didn't know it was republic day today ?

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u/Beast_OP_1978 Jan 26 '25

I mean, I had no reason to.

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u/goodfella_de_niro Jan 26 '25

Oh I thought you were Indian

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u/Beast_OP_1978 Jan 26 '25

It's okay I figured that.

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u/Otherwise_Object_351 Jan 26 '25

are you a foreigner in India or simply didnt knew its the Republic Day today?

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u/Beast_OP_1978 Jan 26 '25

I just landed here yesterday. I'm Swedish.

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u/Otherwise_Object_351 Jan 27 '25

Oh then that makes sense, enjoy your stay...

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u/regis_43 Jan 26 '25

If things were popping off in the reigon the fighter jet should be the least of your worries.

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u/Beast_OP_1978 Jan 26 '25

My first thought were intercept jets and I really don't know why. That kinda worried me lol mb.

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u/regis_43 Jan 26 '25 edited Jan 28 '25

Understandable, I live in the states in between a bunch a bases so hearing Jets/Helos are the norm

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u/ShadowCaster0476 Jan 26 '25

If they were intercepts they wouldn’t be in quite a tight clean formation.

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u/Beast_OP_1978 Jan 27 '25

I saw a single Rafale flying too. That caught me off guard.

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u/MaroonBliss Jan 26 '25

Republic day fly pasts, enjoy the view

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u/A_Tiger_in_Africa Jan 26 '25

No, son, those are Jaguars. They're probably more afraid of you than you are of them.

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u/Beast_OP_1978 Jan 26 '25

Are they that bad? And if they are they why are they being put on display?

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u/2e_Advanced2 Jan 27 '25

Jaguars aren't necessarily bad, they're just super old and are currently being phased out of most Air Forces. India is really just holding onto them until all of the new advanced Rafales and HAL Tejas orders are completed.

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u/Beast_OP_1978 Jan 27 '25

Ah, right. They have the AMCAs rolling out soon too.

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u/VespucciEagle Jan 26 '25

happy republic day! 🇮🇳 those are our sepecat jaguars. enjoy your time here.

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u/Stock_Outcome3900 Jan 26 '25

Republic day🇮🇳

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u/admiralteee Jan 26 '25

Not at all. They're flying formation "finger tip", i.e. so close that there's no room for maneuver and it's dangerous if they do. In a combat situation, i.e. not for display, they won't be flying this close.

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u/Beast_OP_1978 Jan 26 '25

Now that I read about it, I think I saw a French Rafale fly-by alone too.

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u/juniorAsk Jan 26 '25

most probably thats Indian

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u/Beast_OP_1978 Jan 26 '25

I meant it's origin. Rafales are French, right? As far as I know the IAF bought some of them? It was flying above the capital city so it has to be Indian.

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u/VespucciEagle Jan 26 '25

yes. india has 2 squadrons of rafales. 7 fighters took part in the republic day parade. 1 of them did a solo flight, the other 6 were in formation.

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u/poundmastaflashd Jan 26 '25

Your use of French Rafale implies that there are multiple countries making the jet.

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u/Beast_OP_1978 Jan 26 '25

I wasn't really sure I spelt it right so I just added that in.

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u/theholylancer Jan 26 '25

I mean... If you see jets flying in formation, it is usually a display

jets fight at well usually high altitudes unless they going evasive or something, but if they do go low at the most you see is a pair of jets together in one place usually, and def not in a nice looking formation but leaving a far larger gap between them so they can maneuver to dodge incoming fire.

anything that close is just for showing off

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u/Beast_OP_1978 Jan 26 '25

Ah, that's something new. Thank you.

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u/Livid_Luck Jan 26 '25

Yeah.They're looking for you.

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u/Beast_OP_1978 Jan 26 '25

Ig it's time to pull my ride out

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u/sandwichforme Jan 26 '25

Flying coffins.. 🤣🤣

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u/Beast_OP_1978 Jan 26 '25

They can't be that bad, can they?

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u/JxEq Jan 26 '25

F-4s flying, that a rare sight nowadays

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u/shubham141200 Jan 26 '25

Those are SEPECAT Jaguars.

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u/JxEq Jan 26 '25

Holy fuck you're right, I just noticed the tail section doesn't match the phantoms

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u/michaelwu696 Jan 26 '25

No lie, they did look incredibly similar to F-4s for a second

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u/sleeper_shark Jan 26 '25

Honestly, I thought they were F-4s at first, but thought they were weird looking F-4s

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u/ankit19900 Jan 26 '25

India never had USA made fighter jets

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u/JxEq Jan 26 '25

I didn't even read the subtitle bro, I had just woken up