Dakota Dispatches

Wing Commander (Retd) Venugopalan "Venu" Kondath continues on his experiences in the Indian Air Force. In…

Wg Cdr Venu Kondath

  Introduction Wing Commander (Retd) Venugopalan “Venu” Kondath was commissioned in the IAF in 1951. He…

The first landing at Nyoma

 The first landing at Nyoma was ostensibly carried out by an An-32 in 2009,  but lost…

No.10 Squadron

"Winged Daggers"

Anglo-Indians in the IAF

The Origin of the Anglo-Indians The Portuguese came to India just over 500 years ago. The…

A Tiger pilot remembers – Air Marshal Y V Malse

Air Marshal Yeshwant Malse, who saw two tours of ops on the Burma Front. His story…

No.7 Squadron

"Battleaxes"