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Army chopper Dhruv Mk IV ‘Rudra’ makes emergency landing, pilots safe

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Mirage 2000 crashed in Bengaluru , pilots killed

Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed when a Mirage 2000 aircraft crashed during the customer acceptance flight at HAL Airport in Bengaluru around 1030 am on Friday. The victims were identifi ... Read More

IAF’s jaguar aircraft crashed in Kushinagar, pilots safe

An Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter aircraft Jaguar crashed in Kushinagar of Uttar Pradesh on Monday. However, pilots have been ejected safely. < ... Read More

IAF officer Nair to be awarded Vayu Sena Medal for Kerala flood mission

[caption id="attachment_1966" align="aligncenter" width="400"] PC: ANI[/caption] Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Wing Commander Bhuvanendran Nair Prasanth will be awarded with Vayu Sena Medal (VSM) for his daring act whil ... Read More

Republic Day: 62 air warriors to be conferred gallantry awards

A total of 62 air warriors will be awarded gallantry and distinguished awards on the occasion of 70th Republic Day on Friday. On the occasion, six Param Vishist Seva Medal (PVSM), ... Read More

Use of bio-fuel for military jet cleared

After months of exhaustive ground and flight trials, the indigenous produced bio-fuel for military aircraft has been finally cleared. The move would give impetus to incr ... Read More

In a first, IAF lands AN-32 plane at Pakyong airfield in Sikkim

For the first time ever, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has landed an AN-32 transport aircraft at Pakyong airfield in Sikkim, about 60 kms away from Indo-China border. “An AN-32 aircr ... Read More

IAF crew starts training on Chinook helicopters at US facility

The Chinook heavy helicopters are all set to arrive in India as IAF has commenced training on the heavy helicopters in United States of America. According to Indian Air force, the crew has commenced training on Chinook helicopters on ... Read More

IAF announces 'Mehar Baba Prize' for drones development

Aiming to meet the emerging requirements of the Services by the burgeoning young talent, intellect and expertise, the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday announced the 'Mehar Baba Prize' – India’s very first competition in the defence sec ... Read More

Oil import bill will be reduced by 10 pc: Bhamre on bio-jet fuel programme

Commending the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) effort in promoting indigenization in many ways, Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre on Thursday said oil import bill will be reduced by over 10 per cent in the long run by IAF implementing ... Read More