Indian Air Force

The Indian Air Force (IAF) proposal to set up a forward fighter airbase in Minicoy Islands, 425 kilometres off Thiruvananthapuram, is part of a national security strategy to safeguard the sea lanes of communications (SLOCs) as well as keep…
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Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Thursday said critical deficiencies in the air force needed to be swiftly addressed to retain combat edge, his comments coming at a time when IAF is grappling with a shortage of…
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Cheetahs, the world’s fastest mammals, are set to be reintroduced to India. The Cheetahs will be brought from Namibia to India in a special cargo flight Boeing -717. The flight will land in Gwalior today. They will be then brought to Kuno…
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The Indian Air Force on Sunday released the details of the Agnipath recruitment system the process of which will begin on June 24 – amid the ongoing protest against the scheme which will recruit youngsters into the military for a period of…
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In a big move, the Defence Ministry has decided to induct women fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force on permanent basis instead of the experimental norm that is prevalent now. This comes over six years after the Indian Air Force (IAF)…
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The stage is set for Indian Air Force (IAF) to receive last four Rafale fighters from France from February with all of them fully equipped with India specific enhancements, which will give extra teeth to fight any regional adversary. It is…
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Later this month, the Indian Air Force (IAF) will demonstrate the use of an indigenously developed active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, making India one of the few countries to have an indigenous force-multiplier that lies at…
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An Indian Air Force (IAF) team and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday successfully flight-tested the country’s first indigenously developed Long-Range Bomb (LRB) from a Sukhoi-30 fighter jet over Balasore,…
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The Indian Air Force has signed an agreement to buy 70,000 AK-103 assault rifles from Russia as part of an emergency procurement, news agency ANI reported on Saturday. The newly acquired weapons, which will be used to replace the existing…
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A C-17 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force is on standby to fly to Kabul and bring home Indian nationals who are stuck in the war-torn country after the Taliban takeover, sources have said. The IAF aircraft will go to Kabul as soon…
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