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IAF orders court of inquiry into micro-light aircraft crash in Patiala
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 25 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) has said that a court of inquiry has been set up to ascertain the cause of the crash of a micro-light aircraft in Patiala on Monday.
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Defence Minister presents trophies of best marching contingents for Republ
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 24 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday presented trophies of best marching contingents for Republic Day Parade 2020.
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IAF plane expected to leave for Wuhan on Feb 26 to evacuate Indians
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 24 (ANI): The Indian Air Force flight which will bring back Indians from of Wuhan and carry relief material for people affected by coronavirus is expected to leave for China on Feb 26 and return on February 27.
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Punjab CM mourns death of Group Captain Cheema in aircraft crash
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], Feb 24 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Singh on Monday expressed deep anguish over the crash of a micro-light aircraft in the Army Cantonment Area here, which left an Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot dead.
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History scripted when IAF's AN32 aircraft took off from Leh using bio-fuel
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that "history was made" when an IAF AN-32 aircraft took off from Leh's Kushok Bakula Rimpoche airport using a mixture of 10 per cent Indian bio-jet fuel.
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China denies any 'deliberate delay' in granting flight permission to Wuhan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 22 (ANI): Chinese Embassy here on Saturday refuted reports that Beijing has 'deliberately delayed' India's application of sending a flight to Wuhan to bring back the Indian citizens.
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Chinook helicopters operationalised in high-altitude locations including S
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Indian Air Force's American-origin Chinook helicopters have started getting operationalised in the high-altitude locations including the Siachen glacier area in the Ladakh sector and are ferrying military equipment to higher reaches.
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IAF men save woman's life by airlifting her from Kishtwar to Jammu
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)[India], Feb 19 (ANI): Helicopter Unit at the Air Force Station, Udhampur, air evacuated a lady in critical condition with biliary malfunction from Kishtwar, on Tuesday.
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IAF C-17 aircraft to visit Wuhan on Feb 20 to evacuate Indians from corona
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) C-17 Globemaster aircraft will visit China on February 20 to evacuate Indian nationals from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan.
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Air Defence Command to be set up first by CDS, headed by 3-star IAF office
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 15 (ANI): Moving swiftly, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat is aiming to set up the first integrated tri-services command by June this year which will be headed by an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer.
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IAF moves closer to providing shield to Delhi against 9/11-type attacks
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 11 (ANI): With the approval of the sale of the Integrated Air Defense Weapon System (IADWS) from America, the national capital region has moved closer towards getting protected from a possible 9/11 type attacks including cruise missiles, drones and fighter aircraft.
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Rafale half-a-generation ahead of Chinese, Pakistani machines, says former
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Former IAF Chief BS Dhanoa on Sunday said the Rafale fighter jet that India is buying from France is half-a-generation ahead of aircraft in the inventories of two of India's adversaries, China and Pakistan.
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