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India foiled Pakistan Air Force attempt to carry out strikes
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi, Feb 27 (ANI) India said it foiled an attempt by Pakistan Air Force this morning to carry out strikes in Jammu and Kashmir, shooting down an F-16 fighter plane while losing its own MiG-21 jet after which a pilot was “missing in action”.
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Indian pilot flying MiG-21 fighter yet to return home: Sources
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 27 (ANI): An Indian Air force Wing Commander piloting a MiG-21 fighter jet has not returned, sources said here on Wednesday amid claim by Pakistan that it had arrested two Indian pilots after shooting down two Indian aircraft in its air space.
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Indigenous LCA Tejas better than Pak-Chinese joint venture JF-17 fighter j
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 23 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said the indigenous LCA Tejas combat aircraft was better than the Chinese-Pakistani joint venture JF-17 Thunder in terms of performance and far more superior than the MiG-21 planes that it is going to replace in the A
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HAL’s 83 LCA Tejas proposal non-compliant with tender requirements, IAF to
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 28 (ANI): In the already long-delayed Light Combat Aircraft Tejas fighter programme, the HAL proposal for supplying 83 jets to the Air Force has been repeatedly found non-compliant with its requirements and the matter would now be taken to the Defence Ministry for deci
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IAF planning to order 8 new Su-30MKI combat aircraft from HAL
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Seeking to make up for the losses in different crashes, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to place an order for eight new Su-30MKI combat aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), likely to be worth over Rs 3,000 crore.
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MiG-21 jet crashes in Himachal's Kangra, pilot missing
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 18 (ANI): MiG-21 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force on Wednesday crashed in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district.
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India-made Tejas acquits itself well at Gagan Shakti '18
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): The indigenously-manufactured Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas has performed well while it was put to trial by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in war-like operational conditions during Gagan Shakti, its biggest ever 14-day war exercise.
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Bhawana Kanth becomes second Indian woman fighter pilot to go solo
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Ambala, (Haryana) [India], Mar. 17 (ANI): Flying Officer Bhawana Kanth became the second woman pilot of Indian Air Force to fly solo in a fighter aircraft.
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Meet Avani Chaturvedi: First Indian woman to fly fighter jet
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Jamnagar (Gujarat) [India], Feb 22 (ANI): Flying Officer Avani Chaturvedi has created history by becoming the first Indian woman fighter pilot to fly solo.
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First Indian woman fighter pilot Avani Chaturvedi goes solo
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Jamnagar (Gujarat) [India], Feb 21 (ANI): Flying Officer Avani Chaturvedi has created history by becoming the first Indian woman fighter pilot to fly solo.
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Chief of Air Staff pays homage to Kargil martyrs
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhisiana (Punjab) [India], May 28 (ANI): Air Chief Marshal B. S. Dhanoa led a four aircraft, MiG-21 'Missing Man' formation flypast at AF Station Bhisiana on Saturday, to honour the valour and supreme sacrifice of Kargil martyrs.
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MIG 21 crash lands at Srinagar Airport, pilot ejects unhurt
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (J-K) [India], Sept. 20 (ANI): An Indian Air Force (IAF) MIG-21 fighter jet crash landed at the Srinagar Airport on Tuesday. However, the pilot did not suffer any injury and safely ejected out of the aircraft.
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