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Summer adventure Camp at Air Force Station Hindan

New Delhi. 15 May 2018. A Summer Adventure Camp was organised at Air Force Station Hindan for children and families from 12 to 15 May 2018. The camp is…Read more ›

Tagged with: Air Force Station Hindan, Go Karting and Swimming, Indian Airforce, Microlight Flying, Para Sailing, Power Hand Gliding, Summer adventure Camp, Umeed Vidyakiran School

Indian Air Force selects airmen online for the first time

New Delhi. 10 May 2018. In yet another first, the IAF successfully conducted its first online selection test for airmen from 03 to 06 May 18. Taking forward the Digital India Initiative of…Read more ›

Tagged with: Air Headquarters policy, CDAC, Chief of the Air Staff, Digital India Initiative, Government of India, Hon’ble Raksha Mantri, IAF, Indian Airforce, STAR examination

Marshal Arjan Singh Memorial All India Hockey Tournament begins

New Delhi. 07 May 2018. Late Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh DFC was the first and the only ‘Five Star’ rank officer of the IAF and was…Read more ›

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Dakota-DC3 VP 905 comes back home to IAF

New Delhi. 04 May 2018. The Dakota DC-3 VP 905, which was accepted by the CAS from Member of Parliament (RajyaSabha) Rajeev Chandrasekhar on 13 Feb 18, was formally…Read more ›

Tagged with: Air Cmde MK Chandrasekhar, Air Force Station Hindon, C-130J, Dakota-DC3 VP 905, IAF, Indian Airforce, Indian Navy, P-8I aircraft, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Reflight Airworks Ltd, Su-30 MKIs

Indian Air Force bereaved : Former IAF Chief Air chief Marshal I H Latif dies

By Team ADU New Delhi. 30 April 2018. It is a sad day for Indian Air Force as the air warriors and the whole nation mourns one of…Read more ›

Tagged with: 1971 Indo-Pakistani war, Air Chief Marshal, Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, air warriors, Alys Iffrig, Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Former IAF Chief, I H Latif, Indian Air Force, Indian Air Force bereaved, Indian Airforce, Latest News, Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Royal Indian Air Force, World War II

Exercise Gagan Shakti-2018: IVTT operations In the Northern and North Eastern sector

New Delhi. 19 April 2018. As part of ongoing exercise ‘GaganShakti-2018’, the Operational Commands of the IAF planned and executed Inter Valley Troop Transfer (IVTT) in coordination with affiliated…Read more ›

Tagged with: ALH helicopters, An-32, C-130, Exercise Gagan Shakti, Gagan Shakti-2018, IAF, Indian Air Force, Indian Airforce, Indian Army Commands, Inter Valley Troop Transfer, IVTT operations, Mi-17 V5, North Eastern sector, tactical transport aircraft

Defence Minister visits Exercise Gaganshakti-2018

New Delhi. 19 April 2018. Nirmala Sitharaman visited Air Force Station Chabua to witness and assess the ongoing IAF operations. She was accompanied by Chief of the Air Staff…Read more ›

IAF floats a global tender for fighters again

Both single & twin engines 110 fighters to be acquired Make in India is the motto By Sangeeta Saxena New Delhi. 06 April 2018. Everything in life comes…Read more ›

Tagged with: Cabinet Committee on Security, CCS, Dassault, DefExpo 2018, global tender, IAF, Indian Air Force, Indian Airforce, Indian Defence Ministry, India’s Ministry of Defence, Latest News, Lockheed Martin, Make in India, Mikoyan’s MiG 35, MMRCA, MOD, OEMs, original equipment manufacturers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rafale deal, RFI, RFP, SAAB

Indian Air Force priority : Urgent acquisition of fighters

Alarming trend of depleting combat aircraft strength Red Flagged. Imminent imbalance of IAF strength facing western and northern adversaries. New Delhi. 01 April 2018. More than a score of…Read more ›

Tagged with: Admiral Arun Prakash, Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy, Air Force priority, Air Marshal Ajit Bhavnani, Air Marshal DC Kumaria, Air Marshal Nirdosh Tyagi, Air Marshal PK Barbora, Air Marshal Satish Inamdar, Air Marshal VK Bhatia, Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak, Commodore Sujeet Samaddar, defence ministry bureaucrats, Deputy Chief of Air Staff, fighters acquisition, former Chief of the Naval Staff, former Secretary Defence Finance, former Vice Chief of the Air Staff, heavy Sukhoi Su-30, IAF, Indian Air Force, Indian Airforce, industry experts, Lt Gen Kamal Davar, Major General Ashok Mehta, MiG-21bisons, MiG-27s, MiG-29, MMRCA process, Mr Vinod Mishra, Navy and Army officers, Pushpindar Singh Chopra, SP Tyagi, The former Chairman of HAL, The Society for Aerospace Studies, Urgent acquisition, Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review

Award of President’s standard to 51 squadron and President’s colours to 230 signal unit at Air Force station Halwara

New Delhi. 22 March 2018. The President of India and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Ram Nath Kovind awarded the President’s Standard to 51 Squadron and President’s…Read more ›