Murmu arrives in Jaisalmer; to fly in indigenous LCH Prachand, attend IAF's 'Vayu Shakti' exercisePresident Droupadi Murmu will fly in the indigenous Light Combat Helicopter Prachand in Jaisalmer. She arrived on Thursday and will witness...
26 Feb, 2026, 10.01 PM IST
Indian Air Force validates readiness, all targets neutralised ahead of Vayushakti-26 at PokhranThe Indian Air Force (IAF) has completed the Full Dress Rehearsal for the upcoming Vayushakti 26 exercise at Pokhran, effectively validatin...
26 Feb, 2026, 09.43 AM IST
IAF's Apache helicopter makes precautionary landing near Saharanpur during training sortieAn Indian Air Force Apache attack helicopter executed a precautionary landing near Saharanpur during a routine training flight on Friday, l...
06 Jun, 2025, 05.51 PM IST
Remotely piloted IAF aircraft crashes in JaisalmerA remotely piloted aircraft belonging to the Indian Air Force crashed in Pithala village, Jaisalmer district. The IAF stated that no person...
25 Apr, 2024, 12.32 PM IST
IAF's Tejas crashes near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, pilot ejected safelyIn a post on X (formerly Twitter), IAF said "One Tejas aircraft of the Indian Air Force met with an accident at Jaisalmer, today during an ...
12 Mar, 2024, 03.55 PM IST
IAF fighter plane crashes in JaisalmerThe plane crashed in the Desert National Park area under the Sam police station, Jaisalmer SP Ajay Singh told PTI.
24 Dec, 2021, 10.31 PM IST
17 people brought to army quarantine facilities in Jaisalmer, Jodhpur test positive for coronavirusOut of the 17 people, nine have tested positive for the virus at the Army Wellness Centre in Jaisalmer. Out of these nine people, three tes...
01 Apr, 2020, 11.42 AM IST
Rajnath Singh appeals to people to make 'Janata curfew' huge successThe minister said by staying at home and following the prescribed precautions, people can interrupt the spread of the infectious virus. He ...
21 Mar, 2020, 11.01 PM IST
Army’s desert quarantine largest in India, may get biggerIndia’s largest military quarantine facility at Jaisalmer has been put on standby.
21 Mar, 2020, 01.09 PM IST
MIG 27 crashes in Jaisalmer district during routine missionThe pilot ejected safely, Defence spokesperson Col Sombit Ghosh said.
13 Feb, 2019, 11.15 AM IST
Private airline denied permission by IAF to operate flightThe airline alleged that the IAF disrupted its operations at Jaisalmer airport.
12 Jul, 2018, 10.14 AM IST
First Light Combat Aircraft likely to be handed over to IAF on January 17This will be the start of a process of induction of fighters being built at home under a project which has estimated to have cost exchequer...
17 Jan, 2015, 02.06 AM IST
Indian Air Force to hold marathon to remember martyrs of Battle of LongewalaDuring the Battle of Longewala which was fought between December 4-7, the IAF had successfully destroyed 56 armours of the Pakistan Army .
04 Dec, 2014, 03.50 PM IST
- Illegal miners dig up to airbases, IAF worried
Illegal miners have dug up very near to the air bases, forcing the authorities to shoot off letters to civil administration.
19 May, 2011, 09.23 AM IST
- IAF grounds all Sukhoi fighter planes after Jaisalmer crash
Two days after a Sukhoi fighter jet crashed, the second this year, the Indian Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of 100 SU-30 aircraft.
02 Dec, 2009, 11.38 AM IST
- Indian Air Force 'bombs' Rajasthan village?
Did an Indian Air Force fighter jet drop a bomb on a village close to the border city of Jaisalmer?
15 Feb, 2009, 06.29 AM IST
- Jaisalmer to get a civil airport
With civil air services being launched in the Indian Air Force (IAF) airstrip in Jaisalmer, Airport Authority of India (AAI) has decided to...
29 Dec, 2007, 03.30 PM IST