Jaipur: Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday retired one of its three remaining squadrons of the Russian-origin MiG-21 Bison fighter aircraft. It flew in the skies of Uttarlai in Barmer district of Rajasthan.The ageing fighters will gradually be replaced...
New Delhi: Giving an impetus to the “Atmanirbhar Bharat” initiative, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh-headed Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has given preliminary nod for nine capital acquisition proposals of around Rs 45,000 crore, ...
Sukhoi over IOR. (Photo by special arrangement.) New Delhi: Two Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft went on an outing over the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) for eight hours, this week, the service said. This comes mid China’s expans...
A model of a Sukhoi-30MKI fitted with a BrahMos missile at display during the DefExpo – 2022 in Gandhinagar, in October 2022. (File photo)New Delhi: The chief of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari said that the IAF is l...
An Indian Air Force MiG-21. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Air Force has grounded all its remaining MiG-21 fighter jets, India Sentinels has learned. This development comes within days of a MiG-21 crash in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district. T...
An IAF Sukhoi-30MKI with a C-17 Globemaster III in the background. (Photo: Indian Air Force)New Delhi: The Indian Air Force will participate in Exercise Iniochos – 2023, a multinational air-combat drill hosted by the Hellenic Air Force (Greek a...
New Delhi: India’s President and supreme commander of the armed forces, Droupadi Murmu, on Saturday, took a historic sortie in a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft at the Tezpur Air Force Station in Assam.She became the third Indian president and se...
Soon, Indian Army women officers will be seen handling and operating artillery guns alongside their male counterparts. (Representative photo courtesy: Krishna Chaitanya Velaga/Creative Commons)New Delhi: After the Indian Army paved the path for women...
A pair of IAF’s Su-30MKIs and Mirage flying alongside two USAF’s F-15s during Cope India 2004. (Photo: USAF)New Delhi: The Indian Air Force and the United States Air Force will begin their bilateral combat air exercise “Cope India&r...
An “Arudhra” medium-power radar. (Photo: DRDO)New Delhi: The defence ministry signed two separate contracts with Bharat Electronics Limited to enhance the operational capabilities of the Indian Air Force totalling over ₹3,700 crore,...