4 Squadron Coin

No.4 Squadron "The Oorials" got this commemorative coin minted in the US. Styled on the "Challenge…

Two sides of the same coin : The Raid on Peshawar

Based on the correspondence between Capt Tariq Syed (PIA)(Ex-Flt Lt, PAF), Jagan Pillarisetti and Air Vice…

Squadron Service and Instructional Duties – Wg Cdr C H L Digby – 3

  Back in India, 1947-’49: Digby’s and No 4 Squadron’s return to India, following service with…

No. 6 Squadron – The First Five Years

Introduction No 6 Squadron is one of the oldest squadrons of the Indian Air Force, being…

Memories Of No.8 Squadron, IAF

In the winter of 1980-81, Wg Cdr Joseph Thomas,  CO of 106 Squadron took a detachment…

My Days With The I.A.F (1940-48)

VSC Bonarjee was born in  Calcutta on the 27th January 1917. He was the third child…

Chapter 5 : Crocodiles into the Attack – Mi-25s of 125 Heli Squadron

When India decided to go in for its first Helicopter Gunship, it was decided to go…

Squadron Leader Owen Joseph D’Sena VM (7430) F(P)

A Tribute to Squadron Leader Owen D'Sena by a coursemate and a dear friend

Battle of Chhamb 71 : Through the 6/5 Lenses of an FAC

This is the first person account of a young Pilot Officer caught in the thick of…

The Temperamental Tempest

A brief history of the IAF’s first true Fighter Bomber - the Hawker Tempest II. “And…