Srinagar/Jammu: With hundreds of people left stranded due to inclement weather, the IAF on Saturday launched fresh operation by ferrying 550 passengers including 300 civilians between the two capital cities. "The first special flight from Jammu has arrived here and the passengers from Srinagar are boarding the plane now," Kashmir Divisional Commissioner Asgar Hassan Samoon said. Samoon is supervising the airlifting at the Srinagar airport. Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Jammu...
03:18 PM, Jan 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) will evacuate civilians from Jammu-Sringar Highway. Heavy snowfall on the national highway has left nearly 3000 vehicles stranded. Military personnel stuck in the area have already been evacuated. The highway was reopened on Tuesday but the 300-kilometre stretch is completely blocked now. Another flight is being organised to lift stranded around 1000 civilians. Several stranded people have registered themselves with Jammu and Kashmir...
09:12 AM, Jan 21, 2012
New Delhi: Former IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis on Wednesday said that the image of Army Chief General VK Singh has been tarnished in the controversy over his age but added that it would not affect the morale of the armed forces. He downplayed the row, saying it should not be looked at as a spat between the Army Chief and government, but just an individual's grievance....
03:46 PM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is expected to consider a proposal worth over Rs 1,850 crore for procurement of 75 Pilatus trainer aircraft from Switzerland in its meeting scheduled later this week, IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne said on Tuesday. "I am hopeful, because it is pending for clearance from the CCS. The moment the CCS clears, we should be able to sign the contract,...
05:28 PM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: The winner of the multi-billion dollar deal to procure 126 combat planes for Indian Air Force is expected to be announced in two weeks time, the IAF Chief said in New Delhi on Tuesday. European EADS Eurofighter and Dasault Rafale are in the final race for Air Force's global tender to procure 126 Medium-Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA). "Right now we have to do the selection for who...
05:12 PM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: The United States has offered the air-to-air version of its famous Stinger missile to India as part of the weapons package proposed for the 22 attack helicopter deal of the Indian Air Force (IAF). The surface-to-air version of the Stinger missile is widely credited for the collapse of Russian helicopter fleet in Afghan war in 1980s and was also used by Pakistani troops to bring down an IAF...
03:32 PM, Jan 11, 2012
Coimbatore: With the air version of BrahMos missile likely to be inducted in IAF within a year, work has started to develop BrahMos 2, the fastest hypersonic missile in the world, which would take final shape in five years. While the BrahMos missile has the speed of Mach 3 (speed of sound) moving at one km per second, the Hypersonic missile would achieve a speed of Mach 6 to Mach...
03:19 PM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: In yet another provocation, China has denied visa to a senior IAF officer hailing from Arunachal Pradesh, who was to travel as part of a military delegation, after which India put the visit on hold. Group Captain M Panging, based in Northeast, was refused visa by the Chinese embassy without being given any reasons, sources said. Reacting strongly, India put on hold the visit that was to start...
09:30 PM, Jan 06, 2012
New Delhi: China has denied visa to a senior IAF officer hailing from Arunachal Pradesh, who was to be part of the team scheduled to travel to Beijing from January 10. Reacting to the development, India also put on hold the visit by the military delegation to China. Group Captain Panging, based in Northeast, was refused visa by the Chinese embassy without being given any reasons, sources said. The officer...
06:30 PM, Jan 06, 2012
Pune: A week after a Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter plane crashed leading to grounding of the fleet, IAF chief NAK Browne on Wednesday took an hour-long sortie in the aircraft in Pune, in an exercise aimed at restoring the confidence of pilots. The Air Chief Marshal took off from Lohegaon air base and was accompanied by Wing Commander Anurag Sharma, Commanding Officer of the SU-30 MKI squadron, based in Pune. Addressing...
04:39 PM, Dec 21, 2011
Kochi: The Indian Air Force on Tuesday submitted before the Kerala High Court that assistance would be provided expeditiously to tackle any disaster that may occur in the state. Air Force Wing Commander MK Vats filed the statement through Assistant Solicitor General P Parameswaran Nair on a batch of petitions regarding the safety of the people in connection with the Mullaperiyar Dam issue. The Indian Navy also ensured its assistance...
12:54 PM, Dec 14, 2011
Pune: An Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi-MK30I fighter aircraft crashed at Vadebolai near Pune on Tuesday afternoon. The Su-MK30I jet took off from Pune's Lohegaon IAF base around 1245 and crashed at 1:10 pm. Locals said that they saw both the pilots eject before the crash. "Both the pilots flying the aircraft ejected in time and landed safely. They have been evacuated and taken to the base for medical attention,"...
02:29 PM, Dec 13, 2011
Bangalore: IAF will make public in four weeks the winner of India's biggest-ever Rs 42,000 crore military contract to acquire 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA), Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne said in Bangalore. "We are calculating very hard. There is a lot of work going on. I expect (in) another four weeks, we should be able to wrap it up", Browne told reporters here amid intense flurry among the...
10:53 AM, Nov 19, 2011
Bangalore: India will pick by mid-December a Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) in a multi-billion dollar deal, the Indian Air Force chief, Air Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne, said on Friday. "By mid-December we should have very good sense of who has been selected," Browne told without naming the two competing aircraft - Eurofighter Typhoon and Dasault Rafale whose commercial bids were opened Nov 4 in New Delhi. Of the...
04:38 AM, Nov 19, 2011
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of Chinese military infrastructure build up along its borders, India will on Friday activate an airfield in Vijaynagar in Arunachal Pradesh from where it will be able to operate its latest C-130J Hercules transport aircraft. "The use of this airfield was discontinued in 2009 for carrying put repairs there. The airfield will be reactivated tomorrow by Arunachal Pradesh Governor General (retd) JJ Singh," IAF officials...
07:56 PM, Nov 17, 2011
New Delhi: IAF search teams have found the remains of the pilot of the ill-fated MiG-29 fighter aircraft that crashed last month in Lahaul Valley in Himachal Pradesh. The remains of Squadron Leader Dharmendra Singh Tomar were found near Kherot village in the Chokhang hills at an altitude of 15,000-17,000 feet, Western Air Command spokesman Wing Commander SK Mehta said. The last village on this route is Kherot after which...
06:51 PM, Nov 06, 2011
New Delhi: The multi-billion dollar deal to procure 126 combat aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) entered its last phase on Friday with Defence Ministry opening commercial bids of the two European contenders to determine the lowest bidder, a process that is expected to take six to eight weeks. "The Contract Negotiations Committee (CNC) of the Defence Ministry opened the commercial bids and read out the offers made by...
07:32 PM, Nov 04, 2011
New Delhi/Washington: India has asked the United States for another six Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules special operations aircraft under a government-to-government foreign military sales (FMS) deal. The request was conveyed recently, and in Washington, the Department of Defence (DoD) notified the US Congress Oct 27 for approval as mandated by law for any FMS delivery of weapon systems. The proposal is likely to be cleared within a month as...
03:44 AM, Oct 29, 2011
Washington: The handling of the incident of an Indian chopper inadvertently flying into Pakistani territory early this week by New Delhi and Islamabad is a "good news story" coming out of the region, the United States has said. "My understanding is this was actually, as these things go, a relatively good news story, that as a result of the increased dialogue between India and Pakistan and the fact that they...
08:37 AM, Oct 27, 2011
Lahaul Spiti: An Indian Air Force fighter aircraft, MIG 29, crashed during a night flying exercise in the Lahaul Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday night. The fighter aircraft was headed to Leh when the mishap took place. The pilot of the aircraft, who was the only person on board, went missing after the aircraft crashed. The aircraft lost radio contact at about 8.30 pm on Tuesday night. Two...
10:05 AM, Oct 19, 2011
