Air Force Bands

As with other arms, the Indian Air Force has a strong tradition of its own when…

The Ladder of His Life : Biography of Air Chief Marshal Idris Latif

Reviewed by Brig Tony Sarao

A flight of Eagles : The Westland Wapiti in Indian Air Force Service

The Westland Lysander – The IAF’s first monoplane bomber

The Westland Lysander equipped three of the four IAF Squadrons in its heyday - Indian pilots…

The Temperamental Tempest

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

The best years of my life

Photo Albums : I. 70th Pilots Course II : No.20 Squadron (1957) III : 101 Sqn, 2 Sqn and…

Hurricane Tales

MPO "Micky" Blake hailed from Bangalore in present day Karnataka. He was born 20 Mar 1923…

Electronic Warfare – The untold story of 1971

As a young Flight Lieutenant with an electronic eavesdropping unit of the Indian Air Force, (Wing…

Inside Occupied Kashmir

P.N. Sharma was a reporter for the well known weekly magazine the BLITZ being published from…

Lord, Let Thy Servant go in peace – The Supermarine Spitfire

Designed by RJ Mitchell, famed for his previous Schneider Trophy floatplane designs, the prototype Spitfire first…