Rajnath Singh inaugurates border infrastructure projects for building Eastern Ladakh airbaseIndia's Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh, inaugurated several key border infrastructure projects, including a strategic airbase in Eastern L...
12 Sep, 2023, 11.40 PM IST
China developing new fighter aircraft base near Ladakh"The base is coming up between the existing airbases of Kashgar and Hogan which have been carrying out fighter operations along the Indian ...
19 Jul, 2021, 04.52 PM IST
India watchful as China conducts air exerciseThe Chinese air exercise was closely monitored by the Indian side, with assets deployed at Ladakh to ensure peace. All military exercises b...
09 Jun, 2021, 01.32 PM IST
Around two dozen Chinese fighter jets carried out exercise opposite Eastern Ladakh as India watched closelyThe Chinese fighter aircraft activities took place from its bases including the Hotan, Gar Gunsa and Kashgar airfields which have been upgr...
08 Jun, 2021, 02.24 PM IST
Year after Pangong clash, China reinforces positions, rotates troops along LACA year after Indian and Chinese soldiers first clashed on the north bank of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, China is now further reinforcing...
05 May, 2021, 11.51 AM IST
IAF brass to discuss operational strategies amidst continuing military confrontation with ChinaTop IAF commanders will get together this week to discuss operational capabilities, strategies and challenges, even as India maintains mili...
13 Apr, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
Three more Rafale jets arrive in India after flying non-stop from FranceThe first batch of five Rafale jets reached India on July 29, nearly four years after India signed an inter-governmental agreement with Fra...
05 Nov, 2020, 05.43 PM IST
Army, IAF chiefs visit forward areas as China moves more forces to ChushulChina has moved additional forces opposite the Chushul sector in eastern Ladakh after a large number of well-armed Indian troops occupied v...
04 Sep, 2020, 09.16 AM IST
Air Chief Marshal reviews operational preparedness of IAF at frontline baseThe Indian Air Force has kept almost all its air bases under the Western Command at a "very high level of readiness" in view of the over th...
13 Aug, 2020, 09.54 PM IST
On way to India, five IAF Rafales re-fuelled mid-air by French tankerThe fleet, comprising three single seater and two twin seater aircraft, is arriving at Ambala airbase on Wednesday afternoon where they wil...
29 Jul, 2020, 06.17 PM IST
First batch of five Rafale jets enters Indian air space, officials confirmOn Monday, the Rafales landed at Al Dhafra airbase in the UAE after flying for over seven hours, officials said adding it was the only stop...
29 Jul, 2020, 06.16 PM IST
Pakistan moves 20,000 soldiers to Gilgit-Baltistan LoCPakistan has moved almost 20,000 additional soldiers to LoC in northern Ladakh to match Chinese deployments on the LAC in the east. The lev...
02 Jul, 2020, 05.00 PM IST
IAF watching Chinese bases, sure of matching air powerThere has been “no major or fresh infusion of assets” by the People’s Liberation Army-Air Force at Hotan and Kashgar in Xinjiang as well as...
28 Jun, 2020, 07.43 AM IST
India keeps vigilant eye on Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir as Chinese air activity increasesWhile the PLAAF can make up for the high altitude by deploying aerial tankers, Indian military planners have always been wary that in a tim...
27 Jun, 2020, 07.08 AM IST
‘No fresh build-up by China, increase in jets flying routine in nature’Increased fighter flying from Chinese airbases of Gargunsa, Hotan and Kashgar, which face Ladakh, has also been detected over the last mont...
02 Jun, 2020, 02.17 PM IST
- IAF going in for massive upgrade of airfields, helipads
This will not only bolster operational logistics and flexibility on both the eastern and western fronts with China and Pakistan, but also m...
13 Aug, 2010, 02.48 AM IST
- IAF to develop airstrip near Sino-India border in Ladakh
As part of moves to speedily build communication infrastructure on the Chinese frontier, IAF has finalised plans to set up an another airst...
30 Jul, 2009, 04.20 PM IST