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MiG-29's additional fuel tank dislodges during training, falls in forest"While returning to Kalaikunda airbase, ventral drop tank which is used to carry additional fuel got dislodged and fell into an uninhabited...
American F-15s, IAF's Russian-origin Su-30s to engage in wargames over Indian skies from April 10"A squadron of the US Air Force's F-15 Strike Eagle fighter aircraft will be arriving at the Kalaikunda airbase in West Bengal for the Cope...
Ex-Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay replies to Centre's show-cause noticeIn his reply, Bandyopadhyay said that as per the directive of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, he left the meeting for a review of Cyclone Y...
Meet with PM Modi: Mamata Banerjee says delay due to PM’s security protocolBanerjee said the chopper had to remain airborne over Kalaikunda for 10 minutes, and thus she reached late. She claimed “wrong information ...
2 versions of BrahMos missile successfully test-firedThe land-attack version of the missile was test-fired from a mobile autonomous launcher at Launch Complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (I...
Singapore Defence Minister hails Tejas fighter jet as 'excellent'He praised Air Vice Marshal A P Singh, the pilot who flew the Tejas, saying he felt as if he was riding a car and not flying in a fighter a...
India set to discuss sale of BrahMos missiles to VietnamVietnam has been keen on acquiring the conventional precision-strike missiles, which fly almost three times the speed of sound at Mach 2.8,...
IAF Hawk jet trainer aircraft crashes in OdishaA Hawk Advance Jet Trainer of the Indian Air Force crashed in Odisha on Wednesday, an official said, adding that both pilots ejected safely.
India, Singapore kick off major naval exercise in South China SeaThis year's edition of SIMBEX, the 24th such bilateral combat exercise, is aimed at further increasing interoperability between the two nav...
Meet India's first three women fighter pilot trainees who will shatter the combat-exclusion policyThe trio will also shatter the long-standing combat-exclusion policy for women in the forces once they become full-fledged fighter pilots b...
Panagarh to be IAF's second hub for C-130J Super Hercules planesPanagarh is also close to Kalaikunda Air Force Station and so it can be used as a airfield if there is any need to divert any aircraft.
IAF's Hawk aircraft crashes in OdishaThe trainee pilot flying the aircraft ejected safely, they said. The aircraft was on a routine training sortie.
India’s first-ever women fighter pilots gear up for solo MiG-21 flightsFlying jets solo does not mean they promptly turn into fullfledged fighter pilots, capable of handling the intricacies of high-voltage comb...
World War II bomb found near Kalaikunda airbaseA 450-kg bomb of World War II vintage was found three feet under ground while digging for lamp post near Kalaikunda air base in West Bengal
IAF transforming into strategic power: Air Force chiefChief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha today said that the IAF was poised to transform into a strategic aerospace power.
MiG-21 FL fighter jet takes its last flightThe MiG-21 FL fighter jet, which had heralded the "supersonic era" in IAF and had changed the course of the 1971 Indo-Pak war, flew into th...
- Army to set up 72 ranges to train sharpshooters
The Army has decided to set up "baffle ranges'' to ensure its soldiers can be properly trained to become sharpshooters.
- Kalaikunda fighters in charge of Andaman and Nicobar Islands defences
Aircraft based here will be involved in air defence over the strategic Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Bay of Bengal.
- MIG 27 crashes in West Bengal, pilot safe
A MIG-27 aircraft crashed at Duria village in West Midnapore district this morning but the pilot bailed out safely.
- JSW’s Bengal plans may get delayed
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Sajjan Jindal’s JSW Steel and West Bengal for a greenfield steel plant and a 1,000-mw power p...