Indian Air Force (IAF) Archives - Page 21 of 24

Air Marshal Manavendra Singh Assumes Charge as Director General Inspection and Safety

Admin - November 2, 2019

New Delhi. Air Marshal Manavendra Singh, AVSM VrC VSM, took over as Director General Inspection and Safety, Air Headquarters RK Puram in New Delhi on November 1. The Air Marshal was commissioned in the...

Air Marshal B Suresh Assumes Charge of Western Air Command

Admin - November 2, 2019

New Delhi. Air Marshal B Suresh PVSM AVSM VM ADC took over as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Air Command, Indian Air Force on November 1. The Air Marshal reviewed a ceremonial Guard...

Air Marshal Amit Dev takes charge as Air Officer in charge Personnel at Air Headquarters

Admin - November 1, 2019

New Delhi. Air Marshal Amit Dev November One took charge as Air Officer In Charge Personnel, Air Headquarters. The Air Marshal graduated from National Defence Academy in December 1981 and was commissioned in the...

Kargil War Hero Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar Retires

Admin - October 31, 2019

New Delhi: Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command, Indian Air Force hung his uniform on October 31 after an illustrious career spanning over 38 years. The Air Marshal has been an...

CCS Approval Sought by MoD for Indigenous FGFA

Admin - October 29, 2019

New Delhi. The Defence Ministry will be seeking approval from Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) for the indigenous development of Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) which has full support of the Indian Air Force...

MOD partially revokes suspension against Swiss company Pilatus

Admin - October 28, 2019

New Delhi. With the Indian Air Force (IAF) in need of spares and maintenance for its fleet of training aircraft PC-7 Basic Trainer Aircraft, the Defence Ministry has partially revoked suspension against business dealings...

Naval Commanders Conference to Discuss Ways to Enhance Combat Potential of Navy

Admin - October 21, 2019

New Delhi. The deliberation of the second edition of Naval Commanders' Conference 2019 will the contemporary security paradigms while seeking ways to enhance the combat potential of the Indian Navy (IN) and to make...

Bengaluru to form Backbone for Swedish Company SAAB

Admin - October 18, 2019

Bengaluru. The capital of Karnataka would be the backbone for the Swedish armament manufacturer SAAB for the Gripen, a light single-engine multi-role fighter aircraft offered to the Indian Air Force. “I would like to emphasise...

Top Army Commanders Discuss Synergy Between Services

Admin - October 17, 2019

New Delhi. Months after the announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the creation of a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) with overall charge of the three Service, top commanders of the Army deliberated...

Indian and Oman Air Force to have Four-day Joint Exercise Later this Month

Admin - October 16, 2019

New Delhi. The Air Forces of India and Oman are slated to have a four day joint Exercise, Eastern Bridge-V, later this month which is to deepen and consolidate military ties between the two...

Put Square Pegs in Square Holes

Admiral Arun Prakash - October 13, 2019

It is indeed very much the need of the hour for India to have a Beaverbrook considering that top officers of the Armed Forces and other security experts keep talking of a two-front war...

HTT-40 completes successfully six-turn spin test

Admin - October 4, 2019

New Delhi: In yet another feather in its cap, State-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) does it again with HTT-40 (Basic trainer aircraft) successfully completing critical six-turn spin test capability and is going to seek...

Indian Army to Hold Seminar on Artificial Intelligence on September 25

Admin - September 23, 2019

New Delhi: With artificial intelligence emerging as an important area which could well change the nature of future military warfare, Indian Army is holding a first-of-its-kind thematic seminar on the subject at the Hisar...