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Indian Navy ‘rhymes’ its combat jet squadrons
Indo-Asian News Service ^ | February 19th, 2010

Posted on 02/19/2010 7:31:46 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki

Indian Navy ‘rhymes’ its combat jet squadrons

Panaji, Feb 19 (IANS) The Indian Navy named its first combat jet squadron the White Tigers. To “rhyme” with this, it has named its second squadron, four aircraft of which were inducted Friday, the Black Panthers. As and when additional squadrons are inducted, they will be appropriately named, an officer said. “Our Sea Harrier squadron is named White Tigers. So we wanted a name from the cat family to rhyme well with White Tigers. Thus, the second squadron was named Black Panthers,” Captain Surendra Ahuja, the commanding officer of the shore-based INS Hansa where the four Mig-29Ks inducted Friday will be initially stationed, told IANS.

“As and when additional squadrons are inducted, we will name them appropriately,” he added.

The four MiG-29s will soon be joined by another two that are currently undergoing tests, with 10 more expected over the next few months.

On a long-term basis, the navy would get an additional 29 MiG-29Ks, with Defence Minister A.K. Antony announcing Friday these would be ordered from Russia.

The Black Panthers squadron will eventually be deployed on the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, renamed INS Vikramaditya, which is currently being refurbished in a Russian shipyard and which is expected to be commissioned in the Indian Navy around 2012.

The additional squadrons are likely to be deployed on the Vikramaditya and the indegenous aircraft carrier that is being built at the Cochin Shipyard.

The Sea Harriers operate from the navy’s lone aircraft carrier INS Viraat. Inducted in the 1980s, 11 planes are in service: eight for operational purposes and three for training.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: india; navair; navy; squadron
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To: paulycy

Cute!


21 posted on 02/19/2010 8:04:43 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 393 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: Bush_Democrat

Lavender Leopards?


22 posted on 02/19/2010 8:05:14 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 393 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Probably rhymes in Hindi.


23 posted on 02/19/2010 8:09:24 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: null and void
I've often wondered why they didn't select letter names that start with the letter sound.

Partly it's due to the fact that the phonetic alphabet is a NATO standard, not just a US standard. So, you have people for whom English is not their first language, and so the words had to be easily pronounceable for everyone. That's why Able Baker Charlie Dog Easy (the old US standard) got changed to Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo. That's also why we pronounce the phonetic "p" as pa-PA (emphasis on the 2nd syllable) instead of "PA-pa" (emphasis on the 1st syllable).

The other problem is that not every letter has the same sound in each language. F'rinstance, in your example of using "ceiling" for C, in some languages, the letter "C" doesn't exist - they use S or K. So, using "Ceiling," pronounced "Seeling" would be confusing for them.

24 posted on 02/19/2010 8:19:09 AM PST by Terabitten (Vets wrote a blank check, payable to the Constitution, for an amount up to and including their life.)
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To: Terabitten

Ah! Thanks!


25 posted on 02/19/2010 8:20:28 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 393 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

I don’t think that word means what you think it means.


26 posted on 02/19/2010 8:34:05 AM PST by sportutegrl (VETO PROOF MAJORITY IN 2010)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

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Thx!


27 posted on 02/19/2010 8:54:17 AM PST by Touch Not the Cat
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Clearly,its just not the Migs that the navy has added but also a new meaning for the word ‘rhyme’.


28 posted on 02/19/2010 8:59:17 AM PST by voice of india (Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall i fear ?)
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To: null and void
[ Lavender Leopards? ]

or... Flying Loafers... i.e. gay pilots..

29 posted on 02/19/2010 9:40:26 AM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: Terabitten
You're right, German does not have a soft C sound. For example, cigarette is pronounced zigaret.
30 posted on 02/19/2010 9:46:13 AM PST by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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