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With 'wings of fire,' IAF hero downed Pakistan's 'faster' jet in 1965, act of bravery even documented by enemiesSquadron Leader A.B. Devayya, an instructor turned fighter pilot, displayed extraordinary courage during the 1965 India-Pakistan war. On Se...
In 1965 too, pilot in inferior plane downed Pakistan fighterDuring the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War, Squadron Leader Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya, who posthumously received the Maha Vir Chakra, had shot down ...
India’s air power outnumbers Pakistan’sNumerically, the Indian Air Force is much superior to the Pakistan Air Force.
IAF-commissioned book takes a candid look at the 1965 warThe book also takes a candid look at the abysmal lack of coordination between IAF and the Army, a controversy that lingers to this day.
IAF to phase out MiG 21 FL combat aircraft on December 11The iconic Mig-21 FL fighter jet which dealt severe blows to Pakistan Air Force in the 1971 war, will be phased out from the IAF on Wednesd...
50 years on, MiG-21 continues to showcase combat flyingIt was before the 1962 conflict with China that India had begun to look for "high-altitude supersonic interceptors" to counter the F-104 St...
- End of the MiG era by 2017, says Antony
Russian-origin MiG-21s were the first truly supersonic fighter jets to be inducted into IAF in 1963, which then was a move by India to coun...