3-4 Rafale fighter jets from France to join Indian Air Force in first week of NovemberAn IAF team headed by Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Projects) Air Vice Marshal N Tiwari in France for reviewing the project as part of the ...
16 Oct, 2020, 04.45 PM IST
Rajnath Singh flies in Tejas fighter jet, becomes first Defence Minister to fly in light combat aircraftAfter the sortie which lasted for around 30 minutes, the defence minister said he chose the aircraft because it was built indigenously and ...
19 Sep, 2019, 02.04 PM IST
EC asks political parties to desist from displaying photos of defence personnelIn a fresh instruction issued to all political parties, the EC referred to its December 2013 letter
09 Mar, 2019, 10.57 PM IST
‘Exposed after I failed to recite Kalima’IAF veteran Air Commodore J L Bhargava, who crash-landed in Pakistan during the 1971 war and remained in Pakistani captivity for a year, sa...
01 Mar, 2019, 11.18 AM IST
Red alert sounded across Delhi Metro networkThe Delhi Metro's current operational span is 327 km with 236 stations, in Delhi and neighbouring cities.
27 Feb, 2019, 08.43 PM IST
Pakistan Army takes U-turn; says 'only one' Indian pilot under its custodyIn New Delhi, the Ministry of External Affairs said that Pakistan Air Force targeted military installations in India in response to Indian ...
27 Feb, 2019, 06.46 PM IST
Amid Indo-Pak tension, BSF on alert at Bangladesh borderBangladesh and West Bengal share about 2,216.7 km border, of which a large portion is unfenced.
27 Feb, 2019, 06.25 PM IST
India shot down Pakistan Air Force's F-16, one IAF pilot missing in action, confirms governmentEarlier, Pakistan claimed that it shot down two Indian military aircraft over Pakistani air space and arrested two pilots.
27 Feb, 2019, 06.04 PM IST
2 Indian aircraft shot, 2 IAF pilots arrested claims PakistanIn a 46-second video released by the Pakistan Army, a blindfolded man claiming that he's IAF's Wing Commander.
27 Feb, 2019, 02.57 PM IST
CAG highlights shortcomings in safety facilities at forward IAF airfieldsThe CAG also found inadequacies in facilities such as restoration of runways after bombing, modernisation of airfield infrastructure, aircr...
07 Aug, 2018, 09.48 PM IST
Arjan Singh, Marshal of Indian Air Force, passes awayArjan Singh was the only officer of the Indian Air Force to be given a distinction equal to that of a Field Marshal.
14 Jul, 2018, 12.48 PM IST
VVIP chopper scam: High-flyer 'Bundle Tyagi' has earned a dubious distinctionPopularly known in military circles as ‘Bundle Tyagi’ after his call-sign as a fighter pilot while flying Gnats, Hunters and Jaguars, he gr...
11 Dec, 2016, 03.19 PM IST
IAF gets new deputy chief amid declining fighter strengthThe foremost challenge for Air Marshal Sinha, will be to ensure that the continuing dip in the number of fighter squadrons in IAF is arrest...
01 May, 2014, 12.33 PM IST
Maoists again fire at IAF chopper carrying CRPF IG in Chhattisgarh, nobody hurtAt least three bullets hit the chopper while it was landing at Chintagufa, but nobody, including CRPF IG H S Sidhu based in Chhattisgarh, w...
20 Jan, 2014, 11.10 AM IST
- Pro-democracy icon Suu Kyi praises Indian Air Force pilots
Not treated well by her own military junta, pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi today praised Indian Air Force pilots for being "profession...
15 Dec, 2012, 05.36 PM IST
- IAF chopper comes under naxal attack in Dantewada
Naxals fired upon an Indian Air Force helicopter which had been sent to help the police-CRPF operation in Dantewada district.
21 Dec, 2011, 08.09 PM IST
- Is IAF transforming?
From the euphoria of high office to a jarring reality check, Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne traversed many emotions within a we...
07 Aug, 2011, 11.29 AM IST