Eye on China, India to base first squadron of Rafale fighter jets in BengalUnder the Rs 59,000 crore (7.87 billion euro) deal inked with France in September last year, the IAF will get 36 Rafales in batches by mid-...
14 Jul, 2018, 08.36 PM IST
Modern hangar, Super Hercules aircraft for Panagarh airbaseAir Marshal C Hari Kumar, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Air Command, said contracts for additional six aircraft have already bee...
14 Jul, 2018, 04.46 PM IST
Panagarh: Six facts about IAF's latest hub for C-130J Super Hercules planesFrom the new runway, IAF will start operating the Super Hercules aircraft beginning May next year and from March 2017 a permanent unit will...
14 Jul, 2018, 03.56 PM IST
Used to airlift, IAF’s Hercules scanned for Pakistani terroristsThe versatile C-130, equipped with infrared detection sensors that help in long-range navigation and surveillance, was used for the first t...
14 Jul, 2018, 10.21 AM IST
Panagarh airbase renamed after former IAF chief Arjan SinghIn a first, Panagarh airbase was today renamed as Air Force Station Arjan Singh after the former Indian Air Force chief.
11 Jul, 2018, 01.59 PM IST
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.
11 Jul, 2018, 12.40 PM IST
Raising of Mountain Strike Corps: Arun Jaitley to review progressArmy Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag is also expected to be with the minister during the visit to the area, which is being developed as a majo...
22 Aug, 2014, 08.38 PM IST
Key railway lines along borders still off trackWhile surveys and feasibility studies for nine of 14 lines have been completed, the stumbling block continues to be who exactly will fund t...
24 Feb, 2014, 10.57 AM IST
Army kicks off raising new mountain strike corps against ChinaPM was briefed on operational readiness along line of actual control with China, in backdrop of Army kicking off raising of a new mountain ...
09 Jan, 2014, 08.48 AM IST
Government to buy 6 more C-130J 'Super Hercules' aircraftThe new lot of six planes will be located at Panagarh in West Bengal, which would be headquarters of the proposed Mountain Strike Corps of ...
14 Sep, 2013, 12.04 PM IST
US set to bag $5 bn defence deals from IndiaDeals for 6 more C-130J " Super Hercules" aircrafts, 22 Apache helicopters, 145 M-777 ultra-light howitzers and 15 Chinook heavy-lift helic...
13 Sep, 2013, 10.53 AM IST
India taunts China, lands Super Hercules near LACAt an altitude of 16,614 feet, the “unprepared , compacted airstrip” at DBO is the highest advanced landing ground (ALG) in the world.
21 Aug, 2013, 11.41 AM IST
Globemaster to add to IAF’s airlift capabilitiesWith a cargo weight of 70 tonnes, the C-17s can take off, fly a distance of 4,200 km and land in a runway of just about 3,500 feet in lengt...
03 Jun, 2013, 11.42 AM IST
Govt set to clear proposal for 40,000-strong force along China borderThe Cabinet committee on security (CCS) could soon grant approval to the Army's proposal to raise a mountain strike corps along the China b...
01 Jun, 2013, 10.15 AM IST
IAF to deploy mid-air refuelling aircraft in West BengalIAF is expected to soon award the contract for procuring six mid-air refuelling tanker planes for which Russian-origin Ilyushin-78 and Euro...
20 Aug, 2012, 06.32 PM IST
- Defence spend in 5 years to cross Rs 5,20,000 crore
India will spend upwards of Rs 60,000 crore over the next five years on developing military infrastructure and capabilities for the western...
13 Dec, 2011, 06.00 AM IST