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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 ›

Tagged with: 230 signal unit, 51 squadron, ADC, Air Chief Marshal, Air Force Air Warriors, Air Force station Halwara, Air Force units, Air Marshal, AVSM, Award of President, Birender Singh Dhanoa, C Harikumar, Chief of the Air Staff, Chief Western Air Command, Group Captain, Indian Air Force, Indian Armed Forces, Latest News, para military forces, President’s colours, Punjab Governor, PVSM, Ram Nath Kovind, Satish S Pawar, Shri. VP Singh Badnore, SK Tripathi, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa, VM, YSM

Air Officer Commanding-In-Chief Western Air Command Called On Chief Minister Of Uttarakhand

New Delhi. 14 March 2018. A team of senior officials of the Western Air Command, led by the Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Air Marshal C Hari Kumar…Read more ›

Tagged with: Air Marshal C Hari Kumar, Air Officer Commanding, Chief Minister Of Uttarakhand, IAF, Indian Airforce, The Air Officer, the state machinery of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat, Western Air Command

Air Marshal RKS Shera takes over as Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance at IAF HQ

New Delhi. 01 March 2018. Air Marshal RKS Shera AVSM VSM took over as Air Officer-in-charge Maintenance of Indian Air Force today. He was commissioned in the Aeronautical…Read more ›

Tagged with: Air Marshal RKS Shera, Appointments, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, AVSM, DASI, IAF HQ, Indian Air Force, Indian Airforce, MIG-29 aircraft, National Defence College, NDC, the Aeronautical Engineering, The Air Officer, Vishisht Seva Medal, VSM

First Indian woman flies MiG-21 Bison fighter aircraft solo

By Sangeeta Saxena New Delhi. 22 February 2018. It was a flight which took off after a long wait but created history as soon as it flew in…Read more ›

Tagged with: Army officers, Avani, Brigadier General Jeanie Leavitt, IAF, MiG 21 Bison Aircraft, Sabiha Gokcen, Turkish aviator Sabiha Gökçen

The CAS felicitates IAF young achievers to focus on Olympics 2020

New Delhi. 17 February 2018. In an impressive ceremony organised by the Air Force Sports Control Board in New Delhi on 12 Feb 2018, sportspersons who have achieved…Read more ›

Tagged with: Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, Air Force Sports Control Board, CAS, Olympics 2020

DC3 Dakota is back in the Indian Air Force

Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar gifts a restored Dakota to IAF New Delhi, 13 February 2018. In a Historic moment for the nation and the Indian Air Force,…Read more ›

Tagged with: Air Chief Marshal, Birender Singh Dhanoa, BS Dhanoa, DC3 Dakota, DC3 Dakota aircraft, first Dakota aircraft, Indian Air Force, Indian Airforce, Latest News, M K Chandrasekhar, PVSM, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Tail No. VP 905, the Air Staff, the Indian Air Force, WW2 Dakota aircraft

SQN LDR KAMAL SHARMA FLYING (PILOT) GETS VAYU SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY)

New Delhi. 26 January 2018. In Jun 2017, the Chhattisgarh Police and CRPF had launched “Operation Prahar”, a major joint operation against Naxalites in Sukma district. Anti Naxal…Read more ›

Tagged with: ANTF, Anti Naxal Task Force, IAF, Indian Airforce, Operation Prahar, Salute To Soldiers, Special Task Force, STF, Vayu Sena Medal

SQUADRON LEADER RAJIV CHAUHAN ADM/GARUD GETS VAYU SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY)

New Delhi. 26 January 2018. On 18 Nov 17, on receipt of specific intelligence, an operation was launched jointly by Garud team and 13 RR in village Chanderger,…Read more ›

Tagged with: Indian Airforce, Rajiv Chauhan Adm, Salute To Soldiers, Squadron Leader Rajiv Chauhan, the Garud team, Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry)