IAF

Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari has been tirelessly working towards transforming the Indian Air Force (IAF) into a modern and capable fighting air force, with a focus on developing both offensive and defensive...

On 8th October 2023, the Indian Air Force completes 91 years of glorious service in defending the territorial integrity of India. The IAF, along with the Indian Army and the Indian Navy, make the...

New Delhi: The Indian Army has signed over 70 capital acquisition deals worth nearly Rs 11,000 crore in the EP-4 tranche from September 2022 to September 2023. The IAF inked 65 contracts worth over...

  New Delhi: Indigenously manufactured Light Combat Aircraft completed seven years of service in the Indian Air Force (IAF) on July 1. The aircraft christened Tejas in 2003, is a multi- role platform that ranks...

  New Delhi: Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS) visited National Flight Test Centre, Aeronautical Development Agency and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Tejas Division to assess the progress of the...

  Tel Aviv: The US Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 reached the 1,000 operational-flight hour milestone in the CH-53K King Stallion at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, April 21, 2023. The...

  In a major development that’s going to further boost Indian Defence capability, the French Defence major Safran Group is all set to commence work on engines to power the Indian Multi-Role Helicopter (IMRH) and...

  Seville. The first C295 for India has successfully completed its maiden flight, marking a significant milestone towards its delivery by the second half of 2023. The tactical aircraft took off from Seville, Spain, on...

New Delhi: The 15-day Cope India joint exercise of Air Forces of India and US concluded at Kalaikunda in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district with a  dazzling display of aerial manoeuvres by fighter jets....

Preamble This article has been motivated by “Imbalance of Power. India’s Military Choices in an Era of Strategic Competition with China” (https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/imbalance-of-power) and “Do Generals Matter” (https://warontherocks.com/2019/06/do-generals-matter/) and War is Changing. Are We? (https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/10/war-is-changing-are-we-by-lt-gen-p-r.html) amongst...

  New Delhi. A target of Rs 90,000 crore has been set for the production of defence equipment in the financial year 2019-20 by the department of defence production with exports worth Rs 15,000 crore...

New Delhi. In a strong signal to adversaries, a top Indian Air Force (IAF) officer said once French Rafale and the Russian SU-30MKI jets combo start joint operations in the IAF, “it will be...

  New Delhi. A 120-member Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent is all set to participate in a bilateral exercise between Indian and French Air Force named Exercise ‘Garuda-VI’ in France from July 1-12. This is the...