Balasore: India on Friday successfully test fired its two indigenously-developed surface-to-air 'Akash' missiles of Air Force version with a strike range of 25 km from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near Balasore in Odisha. "Two Air Force version Akash missiles were test-fired from the ITR in quick succession. Both the trials were successful and met all the mission objectives," ITR Director MVKV Prasad said. The anti-aircraft missiles, with a...
12:48 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: With the defence ministry dragging its feet on crucial purchases, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to lose its conventional edge over Pakistan for the first time since independence. The force's fighter strength is set to hit an all-time low of 31 in the next two years. The largest arms importer in the world with a defence spending of Rs 77,000 crore, India seems to have missed...
09:25 AM, May 13, 2012
The Cabinet Committee on Security on Thursday cleared the crucial Air Force requirement for a basic trainer. ...
08:40 AM, May 11, 2012
After AI sacked 9 more pilots and cancelled 21 flights, Kingfisher was forced to cancel 17 flights. IAF will finally get a basic trainer. ...
11:47 PM, May 10, 2012
Cabinet cleared a Rs 2900-crore deal to give IAF a basic trainer that could save men and machines in the force. ...
10:36 PM, May 10, 2012
Air India on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking contempt-of-court action against the striking pilots. ...
10:34 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security on Thursday cleared the Indian Air Force trainer jets deal, which has been a major IAF requirement. The government cleared the Rs 2900-crore worth deal to procure 75 Pilatus basic aircraft trainer for IAF. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The lack of a basic trainer since 2009 has been a serious setback in pilot training. Although the Swiss Pilatus...
09:20 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security is expected to clear a major air force requirement for a basic trainer. The lack of a basic trainer since 2009 has seriously setback pilot training. Although the Swiss Pilatus was selected last year, a competing Korean aircraft maker objected setting off a vicious dogfight. Which Air Force has the dubious distinction of crashing 55 per cent of its frontline MiG fleet -...
06:38 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: Aiming to enhance the combat potential of its fighter aircraft, the IAF has signed contracts with various companies to upgrade its fleet of combat planes involving MiG-29, MiG-27, Mirage-2000 and Jaguars. In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today, Defence Minister AK Antony said, "IAF has undertaken upgrades of MiG-21 and MiG-29 aircraft. Contracts have also been signed to upgrade MiG-29, Mirage-2000 and Jaguar aircraft."...
03:17 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force is short of 363 pilots, a shortage that has lingered on for nearly five years owing to a lack of basic trainers. As per data, the sanctioned strength of aviators in IAF as on January 1, 2012, was 3,783. However, the force has only 3,420 in its ranks. The constant delays in the procurement of basic trainers are further making it difficult for the...
11:21 AM, Apr 30, 2012
Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne has warned that the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan could trigger off a renewed threat from the Taliban for India. ...
11:39 AM, Apr 29, 2012
Bangalore: Increasing Talibanisation of Pakistan and shifting of terror focus from Af-Pak region would pose a serious security threat to India in the next two years, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne said in Bangalore on Saturday. "If the American troops and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) withdraw from Afghanistan as planned, 2013-14 are going to be crucial watershed years for India as far as the...
07:59 AM, Apr 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force is facing "critical deficiency" of trainer aircraft and simulators, fighter squadrons are depleting and some airfields do not have certain landing facilities, a Parliamentary panel has been informed. The IAF has 34 fighter squadrons against the sanctioned strength of 42 squadrons and the number is likely to reduce further to 31 during the 12th plan period, the parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence was told...
01:40 AM, Apr 16, 2012
New Delhi: The three service chiefs are unlikely to be called before Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence to give an account of the state of preparedness of the forces. This has become clear with sources in the committee and outside saying that the move has been given up as it would unnecessarily send a wrong signal at a time when the talk of a trust deficit between Government and defence...
12:43 PM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence on Monday that 'The Indian Express' story on the movement of two Army units towards New Delhi was wrong inference, conjectures, and no permission was required from Ministry of Defence for such routine exercise. Sharma, who appeared before the panel on Monday, called the movement by a mechanised infantry unit from Hisar and the Para unit...
12:40 PM, Apr 09, 2012
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