Bengaluru | Two Surya Kiran aircraft crashed after a mid-air collision while rehearsing near the Yelahanka airbase here on Tuesday. The airbase is where the ‘Aero India 2019’ air show begins on Wednesday. Police said one of the pilots was suspected to have died. “Two Hawk aircraft of Surya Kiran Aerobatic Display Team crashed close […]
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IAF demonstrates fire power in Rajasthan
New Delhi : As India explores military options to avenge Pulwama attacks, close to 150 Indian Air Force (IAF) fighters demonstrated their fire power at an exercise Vayu Shakti in Rajasthan on Saturday. Though Vayu Shakti was planned months before the car bombing in Jammu and Kashmir, the exercise sends a strong signal about India’s […]
First four CH-47F Chinooks for IAF arrive in Gujarat
New Delhi : Aerospace company Boeing on Sunday announced the arrival of the first four CH-47F (I) Chinooks — an advanced multi-mission helicopter — for the Indian Air Force (IAF) at the Mundra Port in Gujarat. The CH-47F (I) Chinooks will be ferried to Chandigarh, where they will be formally inducted into the IAF later […]
IAF arranges sorties for GATE aspirants, stranded people
Jammu : The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday arranged special sorties for Graduate Aptitude Test Exam (GATE) aspirants, locals residents and tourists stranded in the Kashmir Valley due to continued closure of Jammu-Srinagar highway. “The IAF launched special sorties of C-17 Globemaster and came to the assistance of those stuck in Srinagar,” Defence Ministry […]
We gave our warriors outdated machines, grieves family of IAF pilot who died in Mirage-2000 crash
New Delhi | “We give our warriors outdated machines to fight, they still deliver it with all their prowess and might,” goes a viral message in the name of Garima Abrol, wife of Squadron Leader Samir Abrol who died in a Mirage-2000 crash along with his colleague Siddharth Negi. But Samir’s brother Sushant told IANS […]
IAF, HAL to jointly probe Mirage crash in Bengaluru
Bengaluru | The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) will conduct a joint probe into the crash of an upgraded version of the Mirage-2000 fighter jet, a Defence Ministry official said on Saturday. “The black box has been recovered from the crashed jet by the HAL and IAF, who will […]
Rafale deal : IAF chief is lying, says Congress leader M.Veerappa Moily, then retracts
New Delhi (2 Min Read) : Senior Congress leader M. Veerappa Moily on Thursday stoked a new row when he attacked Indian Air Force (IAF) chief B.S. Dhanoa for defending the Rafale fighter jet deal saying he was “lying and suppressing the truth”. Moily said that before Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered into a deal […]
India puts into orbit military satellite for IAF
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) (4 Min Read) : Rounding off the year 2018, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully launched a military communication satellite GSAT-7A, primarily for the Indian Air Force, in a text-book style. At 4.10 p.m. the GSLV-F11 rocket ascended into the sky from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan […]
IAF flies first military plane with bio-jet fuel
Chandigarh (2 Min Read) : In a first, experimental test pilots and test engineer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) flew an An-32 military transport aircraft using blended bio-jet fuel. The sortie was flown at Chandigarh on Monday morning. The project is a combined effort of IAF, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the […]
IAF will have largest ever induction of indigenous aircrafts: Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa
Guwahati : Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa has said that the Indian Air Force will have the largest ever induction of indigenous aircrafts ever in the country even as he said that the first batch of Rafale jets are likely to arrive as schedule in 2019. The IAF chief said this in Guwahati on Thursday […]