Italian chopper deal: UPA blames NDA in factsheet The UPA government went into damage control on Thursday over the AgustaWestland chopper deal, issuing a detailed factsheet on the AgustaWestland deal, putting the blame on the NDA. The Congress has alleged that in 2003, the then National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra wrote to the then defence secretary that the existing rules were unfair as it allowed only single bidding and that the qualifying height of the choppers should be...  
07:49 AM, Feb 15, 2013

IAF shows off its technical skills, flies 80-year-old aircraft The Indian Air Force showed off its technical skills when it flew an 80-year-old de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth aircraft from Delhi and landed it at the airport Vadodara on Tuesday. "I enjoyed flying it," Group Captain D S Dangi said. The 'de Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth' is a two-seater, single-bay bi-lane powered by a 145-horse power Gypsy Major four-cylinder inverted air-cooled engine. ...  
02:39 AM, Jan 23, 2013

Meet 104-year-old Karkare, longest living IAF officer

Squadron Leader KB Karkare, 104, is India's longest living Air Force officer. ...
01:54 PM, Oct 09, 2010

Watch: President Patil flies in Sukhoi

The President wore a specially designed G-suit for the flight. ...
02:07 PM, Nov 25, 2009