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IAF chief's squadron to be first Rafale combat aircraft unit
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 29 (ANI): The first Rafale combat aircraft would be inducted into the Indian Air Force's 'Golden Arrows' 17 Squadron which was commanded by Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa during the Kargil war in 1999.
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Myanmar Air Force visits AFS Jorhat for defence cooperation plan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Jorhat (Assam) [India], May 28 (ANI): A team of 14 officers and personnel of Myanmar Air Force (MAF) made a two-day visit to Air Force Station Jorhat from 27 May to 28 May, as a defence cooperation plan between India and Myanmar.
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IAF Chief leads 'Missing Man' formation to pay tributes to Kargil bravehea
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Sarsawa (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 28 (ANI): Kargil war veteran Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Tuesday paid homage to Indian Air Force (IAF) jawans who lost their lives when a Mi-17 helicopter was shot down by Pakistan during the 1999 battle.
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Air Chief Marshal to lead missing man formation to pay tribute to Kargil w
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 28 (ANI): Led by Air Chief Marshal (ACM) BS Dhanoa, the Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters will fly in a missing man formation from Sarsawa base on Tuesday to pay homage to IAF jawans who lost their lives when an Indian Mi-17 helicopter was shot down b
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India's first all women medium lift chopper crew flies battle mission
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (India), May 27 (ANI) Three women officers of the Indian Air Force today made history as they became country's first 'All Women Crew' to fly a Medium Lift Helicopter. They flew a Mi-17 V5 helicopter for a Battle Inoculation Training mission.
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Rafale will prove to be the gamechanger for IAF ACM BS Dhanoa
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bathinda (Punjab) [India], May 27 (ANI): Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Monday said that Rafale combat aircraft would prove to be a "game-changer" for the Indian Air Force (IAF) as it would tilt the balance of power back in India's favour.
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Clouds do prevent radars from detecting accurately: Air Marshal Raghunath
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhatinda (Punjab) [India], May 27 (ANI): A top Indian Air Force official on Monday defended Prime Minister's Narendra Modi recent assertion that a rainy day was a better pick for Balakot strikes as the clouds could help fighter jets evade detection by Pakistani radars during the operation
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IAF team to visit France to probe possible data theft during Rafale office
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI) The Indian Air Force is planning to send a forensic team to France to probe if any documents were stolen or copied during the break-in into its Rafale Project management team office last Sunday.
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IAF's An-32 transport aircraft certified to operate on indigenous bio-jet
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Indian Air Force's (IAF) AN-32 transport aircraft has been formally fleet certified to fly on blended aviation fuel containing up to 10 per cent of indigenous bio-jet fuel, IAF announced on Friday.
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Flt Lt Bhawana Kanth becomes first Indian woman fighter pilot to undertake
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth on Wednesday became the first woman pilot of India to be qualified to undertake combat missions by day on a fighter aircraft, Indian Air Force (IAF) announced.
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IAF successfully test-fires air-launched version of Brahmos missile from S
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The Indian Air Force on Wednesday successfully test-fired the air-launched version of supersonic Brahmos cruise missile from its frontline fighter jet Sukhoi-30 MKI.
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Indian Air Force Rafale office broken into in France
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 22 (ANI) Unidentified persons broke into the Indian Rafale project management team office in France on Sunday night in a possible espionage attempt to steal data related to the aircraft critical to India's national security plans.
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