Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence has said that 14 Chinese military aircraft, seven naval vessels and two official ships operating around Taiwan from Wednesday (local time) to Thursday (local time).
India will soon enter into the aircraft manufacturing to make India a global hub for aircraft manufacturing, indicated Union Minister KR Naidu at an event in Delhi on Wednesday.
According to Taiwan's MND, seven of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's southwestern and eastern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ).
Based on the requests received from local administration due to flood like situation after incessant rains in Andhra Pradesh, Indian Naval Aircraft, Flood Relief Teams (FRTs) and diving teams from Eastern Naval Command at Visakhapatnam were deployed to augment the Humanitarian Assistance
ICG ALH helicopter with four air crew onboard, during the said operation reportedly was forced to make an emergency landing at sea. One crew has been recovered and search for remaining three crew is in progress. Aircraft wreckage has also been located.
The second leg of India's largest multilateral air exercise, 'Exercise Tarang Shakti 24' is being held at Air Force Station Jodhpur from 30 August to 13 September. Australia, Greece, Sri Lanka, UAE, Japan, Singapore and the United States are participating in it.
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence said that 16 of the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) aircraft crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, southwestern and eastern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ).
The Cabinet Committee on Security approved the proposal for procurement of 240 aero-engines (AL-31FP) for Su-30 MKI aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) under Buy (Indian) category from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at an estimated cost of Rs 26,000 crore.
The Indian Air Force deployed two IL-76 aircrafts from Halwara and Bhatinda to airlift more than 200 NDRF personnel and tons of relief material to Vijaywada and Shamshabad to help aid the NDRF efforts in Andhra Pradesh, confirmed the Indian Air Force Media Co-ordination Centre on Monday.