New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council will decide on Friday which company will be given India's over $10 billion Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) deal. The race to supply for 126 fighter jets is between two European offerings - the French Rafale and the Eurofighter Typhoon, manufactured by a European consortium. The EuroFighter and the Rafale are relatively new aircraft and according to the IAF state of art. The EuroFighter...
01:02 PM, Oct 07, 2011
Jaipur: A MiG-21 combat aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Uttarlai airport in Rajasthan's Barmer district on Friday but the pilot ejected safely. The plane was on a routine sortie and the incident occurred at around 11.30 AM when the pilot was preparing for landing. The pilot, Flying Officer Amit, ejected safely, Defence PRO SD Goswami said. A court of inquiry has been ordered, he said. This...
12:46 PM, Oct 07, 2011
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) will induct a total of 214 single and twin-seater variants of the advanced Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) being developed jointly by India and Russia. The fighters are likely to be inducted by 2017. "We are looking for 166 single seater and 48 twin-seater versions of the aircraft," IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne said in New Delhi. He was asked to...
09:41 AM, Oct 04, 2011
New Delhi: Augmenting its chopper fleet, the Indian Air Force will induct the first batch of Russian-origin Mi-17 V5 helicopters by mid-October. India had in 2008 signed a deal with Russia to induct 80 Mi-17 V5 helicopters for strengthening its chopper fleet for humanitarian and disaster relief missions and transport operations. "We are going to induct the first batch of Mi-17 V5s from Russia by the second week of the...
05:21 PM, Oct 02, 2011
New Delhi: Several Army units and at least five Indian Air Force aircraft have been deployed for rescue and relief operations in the earthquake-hit areas of Sikkim. Thirty columns (nearly 3,000 Army personnel) from the 33 Crops based in Siliguri are involved in rescue operations in Sikkim. Ten units of Army Engineers with road opening equipments have been sent from Siliguri and Binaguri to open the Siliguri-Gangtok road which has...
11:51 PM, Sep 18, 2011
New Delhi: Five IAF aircraft have been pressed into service for relief operations in quake-hit Sikkim where at least two persons died in the tremors. Two persons were killed and 33 received minor injuries in Sikkim as an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale with its epicentre on Sikkim-Nepal border shook northeast and the northern parts of the country on Sunday evening. Of the five aircraft being pressed into...
09:45 PM, Sep 18, 2011
Shahid Kapoor starrer 'Mausam' is in trouble as the Indian Air Force (IAF) has objected to certain action scenes in the film, where the actor essays the role of a fighter pilot. The IAF has raised objection to an action scene in the film and has held back the No Objection Certificate (NOC) until the changes are made. Director Pankaj Kapur said, " Right now I am busy with the...
07:49 PM, Sep 09, 2011
Chandigarh: A MiG-21 'Bison' fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Tuesday crashed near Shambu in Punjab's Patiala district even as the pilot bailed out safely. The plane had taken off from Ambala on a routine training sortie and crashed at 10:47 am, an IAF spokesperson said in Delhi. According to preliminary information it crashed in the fields close to Shambu, about 30 kms from here, Patiala's Senior Superintendent...
12:00 PM, Sep 06, 2011
New Delhi: In view of a large number of crashes involving the MiG-21s, the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday said it has decided that after December 2012 only experienced pilots will fly the fighter jet aircraft. IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal (ACM) NAK Browne on Thursday said those undergoing training in the ongoing course for trainee pilots would be the last batch of young pilots flying the MiG-21s. "Their...
03:53 PM, Sep 01, 2011
Mumbai: Air India Express, the no-frills international arm of debt-laden Air India, has said it would soon ink an agreement with the Air Force to train the pilots, besides netting the early IAF retirees into the airline as it struggles to get quality senior pilots. "As we continue to face severe shortage of senior pilots, which is impacting our operations and hurting our growth, we have decided to join hands...
05:23 PM, Aug 07, 2011
Mau: The black box of the Jaguar fighter aircraft that crashed in Dilahi Firozpur village, killing a pilot and a girl, was found on Saturday. The black box or digital flight data recorder, which was essential for probing the cause of the crash, was located by the village youths in a pit filled with water this afternoon and was handed over to the IAF personnel, police said. The debris of...
04:34 PM, Aug 06, 2011
Bikaner: A MiG-21 fighter aircraft on Tuesday crashed soon after taking off from Naal airfield in Rajasthan's Bikaner district killing the pilot. "The pilot ejected but died due to injuries sustained by him," defence spokesperson SD Goswami told PTI. The MiG-21 'Type-96' aircraft was on a routine sortie and crashed near the airfield, which is about 15 kms from Bikaner city, he said. This is the second crash of a...
01:30 PM, Aug 02, 2011
New Delhi: Ace fighter pilot Norman Anil Kumar Browne on Sunday took over as the 23rd chief of the Indian Air Force from Air Chief Marshal PV Naik, who retired after putting in 42 years of service. Soon after taking over, Browne said his priorities as IAF chief would be to "enhance operational capability, continue with the modernisation drive of the force and most importantly to look after our people."...
05:02 PM, Jul 31, 2011
Allahabad: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has deployed eight aircraft along with 180 army personnel for rescue and relief operations at the site of the derailment of the Kalka Mail in Uttar Pradesh. According to IAF spokesperson, one IL-76 transport plane, two Avros, one Embraer, two MI-17s and two Chetak helicopters have been deployed along with heavy machinery and medical teams. "Seven lives were saved including, that of a woman,...
10:20 PM, Jul 11, 2011
New Delhi: US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin may re-enter the Indian Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) race. The powerful Senate Armed Services Committee of the US is pushing the Defense Department to offer India the high-tech F-35 stealth fighter aircraft, the worlds only fifth generation multi-role fighter, built by Lockheed Martin. The move comes after Lockheed's F-16IN Super Viper and Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet were eliminated from the MMRCA race...
02:24 PM, Jun 21, 2011
Nagpur: Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal PV Naik will review the progress of various projects and advise Commanders on the challenges ahead during a three day Station Commanders Conference of the Indian Air Force Maintenance Command to begin here from tomorrow. Performance reviews will also be carried out by the respective branch heads of the Command, a defence release said. A unique functional Command of the IAF,...
12:04 PM, May 31, 2011
New Delhi: India and Germany will hold their first inter-governmental consultations at the cabinet-level on Tuesday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be in New Delhi for a day. Her main focus would be to make a strong push for the Eurofighter. Germany and France are both eyeing that coveted deal with Indian Air force (IAF). The Eurofighter built by Germany and three other European countries and the French Rafale are...
07:39 AM, May 31, 2011
Faridabad: When 20-year-old Rahul Raj was airlifted from Patna his family thought they could save his life. But ironically that was not to be. Rahul Raj had gone into coma after suffering from jaundice. On Wednesday, his doctors advised his family to get him airlifted to the Apollo hospital in Delhi. He was accompanied by his cousin Ratnesh. Rahul's uncle said, "Rahul's father and I boarded the evening flight to ...
04:22 PM, May 26, 2011
Faridabad: When 20-year-old Rahul Raj was airlifted from Patna his family thought they could save his life. But ironically that was not to be. Rahul Raj had gone into coma after suffering from jaundice. On Wednesday, his doctors advised his family to get him airlifted to the Apollo hospital in Delhi. He was accompanied by his cousin Ratnesh. Rahul's uncle said, "Rahul's father and I boarded the evening flight to...
04:22 PM, May 26, 2011
Faridabad: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Thursday started an inquiry into the crash of a small medical ambulance aircraft in a residential area here that left 10 persons including seven on board dead. The DGCA has appointed an inspector of inquiry, who will take charge of all material evidence at the site of the crash including the wreckage of the plane in sector 22 here. A six-member DGCA...
09:39 AM, May 26, 2011
