Here are the images of celebrations to mark 80th anniversary of Indian Air Force. ...
04:34 PM, Oct 08, 2012
On the 50th anniversary of India's defeat against China in the 1962 war, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne hinted that the outcome of the war would have been different had the Air Force been allowed to play a more offensive role. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Browne said, "You all know what happened in the 1962 war. The Air Force wasn't allowed to play an offensive role. We only dealt with relief ...
11:15 AM, Oct 06, 2012
New Delhi: Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne on Friday praised the helicopter pilot who refused to fly Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi in September during his Assam visit, saying safety of the Congress leader was more important than anything else. Browne also said the force will not break any rule to achieve the tasks keeping in mind the safety occupant, pilot and crew's life. "I am very proud of the...
05:01 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Hyderabad: Ace badminton player and London Olympics bronze medallist flew a Kiran MK II jet trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Friday at the IAF's training academy at Dundigal in Andhra Pradesh. Kiran MK II aircraft is being used by the Air Force to train its rookie pilots before they move to fly other fighter and transport aircraft. Saina's visit is being seen at inspiring the young cadets...
04:22 PM, Sep 28, 2012
New Delhi: Indian Air Force is planning to buy two second-hand Mirage 2000 combat aircraft to make up for the losses suffered by it in crashes earlier this year. IAF, which has signed a deal with France for upgradation of 51 Mirage 2000 aircraft, lost two of these planes in crashes in February and March after which its fleet was reduced to 49. "We are planning to procure these aircraft...
05:01 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Bangalore: The Indian Air Force (IAF) will soon open bids for heavy-lift helicopters and flight fueling tankers and finalise bids for 22 Apache attack choppers, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne said on Thursday. "We are going to very shortly open bids for 15 heavy-lift helicopters and six flight fueling tankers. We are also negotiating for the Apache 22 attack choppers, as the bids have already been opened," Browne...
01:10 AM, Sep 21, 2012
Beijing: Amid a raging dispute with Japan over islands in East China Sea, Chinese army has scaled up its military exercises on all fronts including aerial drills by its air force in Tibet as well as by special forces. Special operations forces from the PLA have began an annual set of military drills aimed at training reconnaissance capabilities and survival skills, state-run CCTV reported. While its naval forces in the...
02:37 AM, Sep 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force is planning to induct 20 more Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) aircraft from the British BAE Systems for its aerobatic team Surya Kiran which has been grounded since last year. The Surya Kiran team, which was using the Kiran Mk II aircraft, had to be grounded last year due to requirement of its planes for training Air Force cadets. "BAE Systems has received a...
01:12 PM, Sep 14, 2012
Kokrajhar: The Indian Air Force is standing by its pilot's decision to not fly Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi to Guwahati on Tuesday, according to sources. Sources add that the IAF feels that the pilot had used his professional judgement and had refused to fly due to inclement weather. After the Met department issued a warning over lightning and thundershowers, the pilot had taken the decision. The Congress General Secretary...
11:45 AM, Sep 12, 2012
Kokrajhar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on Tuesday forced to change his travel plans as the Air Force (IAF) did not oblige his request for flying him from Kokrajhar to Guwahati citing bad weather. He was on a day's trip to the state to meet victims of ethnic violence in relief camps and held discussions with Bodoland Territorial Council leaders on the prevailing situation in Assam. While travelling back to...
09:07 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: A spurned lover and his three friends stabbed to death an elderly Indian Air Force employee and injured his neighbour and mother of a girl whom the accused stalked, police said Saturday. The assailant, along with two others, was arrested. Sachin Nagar killed Jagatjot Singh, an IAF employee who was to retire on September 30, in south Delhi's Neb Sarai neighbourhood around 7 pm on Friday, when he...
12:44 PM, Sep 09, 2012
New Delhi: It was an unusual gift from Chinese Defence Minister Gen Liang Guang Lie to two Indian Air Force pilots. The Chinese minister gifted Rs one lakh in cash to the IAF pilots. The pilots were given the cash in two envelopes after they flew the visiting minister by special IAF aircraft from Mumbai to Delhi on Monday. The Captain of the aircraft then informed the Air Headquarters about...
09:23 PM, Sep 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Government to re-fix the pay scale of of Army officers affected by the Fourth Pay Commission which would now entail a payout of Rs 1,600 crore to the exchequer. The order will benefit a large number of officers who were in the rank of Captain to Brigadier in the Army and equivalent ranks in the Air Force and Navy, between January...
09:39 PM, Sep 04, 2012
Jamnagar: In a tragic incident near the Jamnagar Air Force Station in Gujarat, as many as nine air force personnel on Thursday died in a mid-air collision as two MI 17 choppers collided five minutes after taking off on a sortie near the Sarmat firing range. The Russian-made choppers were flying very close to each other when their upper rotors came in contact causing the collision. "Nine IAF personnel "...
10:00 PM, Aug 30, 2012
At least nine Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel were killed in a mid-air collision of two MI-17 helicopters near Jamnagar Air Force Station in Gujarat on Thursday. ...
07:24 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Ahmedabad: At least nine Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel have been killed in a mid-air collision of two MI-17 helicopters near Jamnagar Air Force Station in Gujarat. The tragic accident in which five officers and four other ranks lost their lives took place at around 12:05 pm on Thursday; just five minutes after the helicopters had taken off from the Jamnagar Air Force station for a routine training sortie. The...
04:40 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Five minutes after taking off on training sorties, two Air Force helicopters collided mid-air in Gujarat, leaving eight dead. ...
03:53 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Ahmedabad: Eight Indian Air Force personnel were killed after two Air Force MI-17 helicopters crashed near Sarmat village in Jamnagar in Gujarat after a mid-air collision on Thursday. There were four people on board each MI-17 helicopter and all of them died in the tragic crash. One of the helicopters caught fire after the collision, which took place almost 20 kms from the Jamnagar Air Force Station. The helicopters had...
01:09 PM, Aug 30, 2012
