Type Cost in Crores of Rupees Cost in Millions of USD (44Rs/$) MiG-21Bis (Old Airframe) 3.32…
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The S-75 Dvina – India’s first Surface to Air Guided Weapon
Which "aircraft" was 35 ft long, inducted in 1964, could fly at three times the speed…
Sukhoi-7 BMK – A whale of a fighter
A brief history of the Sukhoi-7 fighter bomber - Adapted from Pushpindar Singh Chopra's "A Whale of…
Messerschmitt’s HA-300 And Its Indian Connection
The Helwan HA300 fighter prototype was originally a project by Hispano Aviacion in Spain before it…
Anglo-Indians in the IAF
The Origin of the Anglo-Indians The Portuguese came to India just over 500 years ago. The…
Lysanders to Hurricanes : Air Commodore H S Ratnagar
When No.1 Squadron, Indian Air Force went into operations in February 1942 against the Japanese in…
Chapter 4: The Reply – Air Battles of September 7th
By the night of September 4th, there was no doubt that full scale war has…
Ganesha’s Flyboys : The Indian Air Force in Congo 1960-62
In August 1960, an Indian Air Force C-119G Packet landed at N'Djili airport in the Congo,…
Air Cmde Nanu Shitoley DFC
Nanu Shitoley was kind enough to share his time and hospitality with me one evening in…
Overview : Indian Peace Keepers in Sri Lanka
With the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka's Jaffna Peninsula the Indian government launched a massive effort…