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IAF GALLANTRY MEDALS
Independence Day gallantry medals: From top IAF officers and fighter pilots to S-400 operators in Op Sindoor, check full listSixteen BSF personnel have been awarded gallantry medals for their exceptional bravery and valour during Operation Sindoor against Pakistan...- Colonel Manpreet Singh, three others conferred Kirti ChakraColonel Manpreet Singh, who was killed in an anti-terror operation in Anantnag last September, has been posthumously awarded the Kirti Chak...
- 25 yrs of Kargil war: IAF recalls 'Op Safed Sagar', pays homage to fallen heroesThe Indian Air Force (IAF) is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its victory in the 1999 Kargil war, marking the silver jubilee of its par...
- IAF set to retire Abhinandan Varthaman's MiG-21 squadron this monthThe MiG-21 jets were inducted into IAF over four decades ago and many of these planes were lost in crashes. Though the Soviet-era Russian f...
- Air Marshal DK Patnaik takes charge as head of Eastern Air CommandPatnaik was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on June 8, 1984. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy,...
- Abhinandan Varthaman shot down Pakistan F-16, confirms Vir Chakra citationThe audacious pre-dawn air strikes on the Jaish-e-Mohammed facility at Balakot on February 26 last year and the subsequent skirmish between...
- Abhinandan Varthaman flies MiG 21 jet with IAF Chief in PathankotThe 30-minute sortie came nearly six months after Varthaman sustained injuries while ejecting from a MiG 21 Bison during an aerial combat b...
- IAF's Abhinandan Varthaman starts flying MiG 21Varthaman returned to the fighter cockpit, nearly six months after sustaining injuries while ejecting from a fighter plane during an aerial...
- IAF's Abhinandan Varthaman gets Vir ChakraThe defence ministry announced the military awards on the eve of Independence Day celebrations.
- IAF recommends Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman for Vir ChakraDefence sources said Varthaman, who shot down a F-16 during the aerial skirmish with Pakistan Air Force on February 27, has been recommende...
- Resurgence of violence in Asia-Pacific matter of concern: Arup RahaRaha sounded a caution against the resurgence of violence in the Asia-Pacific region, and said it was a matter of concern for India.
- Safed Sagar: Historic air strikes in KargilEmploying the Indian Air Force in the 1999 Kargil War was an audacious decision of the Indian Government taken on May 25, 1999.
- Pathankot NSG martyr Niranjan EK gets Shaurya Chakra on Independence DayNiranjan's lungs got punctured due to the impact of the blast of a grenade that was kept in the pocket of a slain terrorist and the officer...
- 7 medals for Special Forces team that hit Myanmar campsThe operation was a swift retributive strike to the militant ambush of a Dogra battalion convoy in Manipur's Chandel district on June 4, wh...
- IAF commando who shot 3 ultras to get Ashoka Chakra posthumouslyAltogether six terrorists, including the nephew of Lashkar-e-Toiba chief and mastermind of the 26/11 terror strikes Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, ...
- Pathankot NSG martyr Lt Col Niranjan E K gets Shaurya Chakra on the eve of Independence DayThe Pathankot attack claimed the lives of seven security personnel while four terrorists were killed by NSG and other security personnel.
- India will use all might to protect its sovereignty: President Pranab MukherjeePranab Mukherjee lauded the air force by calling it the 'cutting edge' of India's military might and praised its men and women.
- Government grants family pension benefits to families of 15 ITBP menRecognising the "sacrifice" of these personnel, nine belonging to the National Disaster Response Force and six of the ITBP.
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police lacks crucial equipment, Rajnath Singh toldIndo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has not been able to make a single procurement of necessary equipment in the past three years.
- 3 Services demand representative in government committee on their pay, pensionIn a joint stand, the three Services have demanded the inclusion of a representative of the armed forces in the Committee formed by the gov...
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