Posts tagged as “IAF”

DRDO conducts fifth trial of Air-to-Air Missile ‘Astra’

By Harmeet Singh on September 20, 2019

New Delhi. 19 September 2019. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) ‘Astra’ from Su-30 MKI platform…

Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria will be next IAF Chief

By sangeeta Saxena on September 19, 2019

New Delhi. 19 September 2019. Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, presently Vice Chief of Air Staff will be the next Chief of…

CAS FLAGS OFF KARGIL TO KOHIMA ULTRA-MARATHON- “GLORY RUN”

By Harmeet Singh on September 7, 2019

New Delhi, Friday, 06 September 2019. Kargil to Kohima (K2K) – Glory Run was Flagged-off in a ceremony today at Air HQ , (Vayu Bhavan). Air…

Government Approves the Proposal to Provide Test Facilities of Government Entities to Private Sector : Rajnath Singh

By Harmeet Singh on August 20, 2019

New Delhi. 20 August 2019. Inaugurating the Seminar on “Modernisation and Indigenisation Plans of the Indian Air Force”, organized by the Indian Air Force, CII…

Boeing AH-64E Apache for the IAF lands in India

By sangeeta Saxena on July 28, 2019

New Delhi. 27 July 2019 . It as a red letter day for Indian Air Force today. The first of the four AH-64E Apaches for…

Indian Defence modernization may face hurdles

By Harmeet Singh on July 6, 2019

No major announcement for defence in budget 2019-20 By Atul Kumar New Delhi. 05 July 2019. Post-election, the first Union budget of new Modi 2.O government…

IAF contingent departs for exercise Garuda-VI

By Harmeet Singh on June 26, 2019

New Delhi. 25 Jun 2019. The Indian Air Force is participating in a bilateral exercise between Indian and French Air Force named Exercise ‘Garuda-VI’ France…

Brahmos launched successfully from Su-30MKI

By sangeeta Saxena on May 23, 2019

New Delhi. 22 May 2019. Today, IAF successfully fired the BrahMos air version missile from its frontline Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft. The launch from the…

Indian Air Force tests first military flight using blended bio jet fuel

By Harmeet Singh on December 18, 2018

New Delhi. 17 December, 2018. Experimental Test Pilots and Test Engineer from IAF’s premier testing establishment ASTE, flew India’s first military flight using blended bio-jet…

First woman fighter pilot from the south of Vindhyas

By Harmeet Singh on June 18, 2018

Hyderabad. 17 June 2018. Chikmanglur is known for the finest coffee, beautiful nature and waterfalls. From now onwards, it would be known for giving India another…

Indian Air Force selects airmen online for the first time

By Harmeet Singh on May 11, 2018

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…

Marshal Arjan Singh Memorial All India Hockey Tournament begins

By Harmeet Singh on May 7, 2018

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…

Dakota-DC3 VP 905 comes back home to IAF

By Harmeet Singh on May 5, 2018

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…

LCA Tejas Achieves Yet Another Milestone Towards FOC Certification

By sangeeta Saxena on April 29, 2018

28 April 2018. New Delhi. Tejas, the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) successfully fired Derby Air-to-Air Beyond Visual Range Missile to expand the firing envelope as…

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

By Harmeet Singh on April 21, 2018

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…

IAF floats a global tender for fighters again

By sangeeta Saxena on April 6, 2018

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

Indian Air Force priority : Urgent acquisition of fighters

By Harmeet Singh on April 1, 2018

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…

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

By Harmeet Singh on March 14, 2018

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…

First Indian woman flies MiG-21 Bison fighter aircraft solo

By sangeeta Saxena on February 23, 2018

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…

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

By Harmeet Singh on January 26, 2018

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…