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Edge in thin air: India’s new airbase looks China in the eyeIndia has operationalised Mudh-Nyoma airbase in Ladakh, enhancing its defence preparedness along the Line of Actual Control with China. Thi...
IAF's Rs 230 cr Nyoma airfield in Ladakh to run from Oct; why is it crucial for India's LAC strategy against China?India is strengthening its military infrastructure near the Line of Actual Control. The Border Roads Organisation is completing the Mudh ai...
IAF's Apache attack helicopter makes emergency landing in Ladakh; both pilots safeAn Indian Air Force Apache helicopter made a precautionary landing during an operational training sortie in Ladakh due to undulating terrai...
IAF gets two Mirage 2000 fighters from France to strengthen combat aircraft fleetThe two aircraft were acquired by the Indian Air Force as part of the programme to make up the number of aircraft in the Mirage fighter fle...
Three units of IAF get chief's citation for role in eastern LadakhIndian and Chinese troops have been locked in a border standoff in several areas in eastern Ladakh for nearly 17 months though the two side...
No delay, S-400 to arrive by December; System ‘guaranteed’ to perform at 3000m; No Covid-19 impact on productionThe first Indian systems are nearing completion and an air force team is already undergoing training in Russia. Officials said the Covid-19...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
India’s LAC infra upgrade unnerves ChinaChina has been unnerved by India’s slow but steady improvement in border infrastructure for faster mobility of its troops and weapon system...
Another Super Hercules damaged in Ladakh, India now has only fourAccident has currently left IAF with only four of six C-130J tactical airlifters, which are configured for `special operations’, inducted f...
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-...
- India conducting paradrop training near LAC to check China
The combat drills are a part of the plan to counter China's build-up of military infrastructure all along the unresolved border.