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IAF chief takes final trainer sortie near Hyderabad, flies Kiran aircraftAir Chief Marshal AP Singh concluded his tenure with a Kiran aircraft flight at the Air Force Academy. He received a water cannon salute up...
India’s first woman naval fighter pilot begins Mig-29K training as navy expands carrier air power with Rafale-M dealSub-Lieutenant Aastha Poonia is poised to become the Indian Navy's first woman fighter pilot, embarking on her final training year to opera...
LCA Tejas' advanced version Mark-1A completes maiden flight today, deliveries to start soon: Watch video hereThe first production series fighter of LCA Tejas Mark-1A completed its maiden flight in Bengaluru, piloted by Group Capt (retd) KK Venugopa...
"India lost World Cup because of PM's presence, Tejas might 'crash' as PM did sortie" claims TMC MP Shantanu SenTrinamool Congress MP Shantanu Sen has expressed concerns about the Tejas fighter jet, suggesting it might "crash" after Prime Minister Nar...
First batch of 5 Rafales reaches Al Dhafra airbase in UAE on way to India from FranceThe aircraft flew out from the Merignac airbase in French port city of Bordeaux and will cover a distance of nearly 7,000 km with air-to-ai...
IAF likely to get fully-loaded Tejas version it wants by 2020The Flying Daggers, the first squadron of the Tejas indigenous light combat aircraft, which currently comprises two jets, will touch its fu...
First Tejas squadron to come up by July; IAF chief Arup Raha flies the indigenous jet"The twin-seat Tejas trainer will undergo a full-profile sortie. It will convey IAF's confidence in the indigenous fighter," said HAL chief...
HAL production under lens after Hawk trainer crashHAL, now faced with losing its monopoly in the domestic aviation sector, and its primary customer, the IAF, have not had the best of relati...
After 32 years, India finally gets LCA Tejas aircraftThe entire project by the DRDO and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is estimated to cost over Rs 30,000 crore.
14 years on, IAF jet trainer still not readyProper training of rookie IAF pilots remains under a cloud with HAL still struggling to deliver its intermediate jet trainer (IJT).
Tejas will not be ready for war before end-2015A K Antony last week expressed the hope that the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft would finally get the final operational clearance n...
IAF inducts Swiss basic trainer aircraft Pilatus PC-7 MK IIThe IAF training academy at Dundigal today witnessed the induction of basic trainer aircraft Pilatus, PC-7 Mk-II, in the airforce.
Rs 25,000 crore Tejas fighter jet won't be combat-ready before 2015At a time when the US is fast-developing hypersonic bombers, India’s Tejas light combat aircraft will ‘not be ready to go to war’ anytime b...