The 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...

Patnaik was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on June 8, 1984. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy,...

The audacious pre-dawn air strikes on the Jaish-e-Mohammed facility at Balakot on February 26 last year and the subsequent skirmish between...

The 30-minute sortie came nearly six months after Varthaman sustained injuries while ejecting from a MiG 21 Bison during an aerial combat b...

Varthaman returned to the fighter cockpit, nearly six months after sustaining injuries while ejecting from a fighter plane during an aerial...

The defence ministry announced the military awards on the eve of Independence Day celebrations.

Defence sources said Varthaman, who shot down a F-16 during the aerial skirmish with Pakistan Air Force on February 27, has been recommende...

Raha sounded a caution against the resurgence of violence in the Asia-Pacific region, and said it was a matter of concern for India.

Employing the Indian Air Force in the 1999 Kargil War was an audacious decision of the Indian Government taken on May 25, 1999.

Niranjan'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...

The operation was a swift retributive strike to the militant ambush of a Dogra battalion convoy in Manipur's Chandel district on June 4, wh...

Altogether six terrorists, including the nephew of Lashkar-e-Toiba chief and mastermind of the 26/11 terror strikes Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, ...

The Pathankot attack claimed the lives of seven security personnel while four terrorists were killed by NSG and other security personnel.

Pranab Mukherjee lauded the air force by calling it the 'cutting edge' of India's military might and praised its men and women.

Recognising the "sacrifice" of these personnel, nine belonging to the National Disaster Response Force and six of the ITBP.

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has not been able to make a single procurement of necessary equipment in the past three years.

In a joint stand, the three Services have demanded the inclusion of a representative of the armed forces in the Committee formed by the gov...