Stuck on the runway during a Mirage strafing attack! ” JANAK”, the voice on the RT…
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Sqn Ldr Pramod Chandra Chopra
Photo Albums Sqn Ldr Pramod Chandra Chopra, VrC 5194 F(P) Sqn Ldr PC Chopra was…
Ejected over No Man’s Land!
Gp Capt Gurdeep Singh Samra 8695 F(P) was a young Flight Lieutenant with No.101 Squadron operating from…
A belly landing in a Gnat!
Landing a jet fighter on its belly is not a task for the faint hearted. This…
First MiG-23BN fighter landing at Leh
With the escalation of the Siachen operations in 1984, Contingency plans were developed to utilise high…
The Westland Lysander – The IAF’s first monoplane bomber
The Westland Lysander equipped three of the four IAF Squadrons in its heyday - Indian pilots…
Indians over Flanders
Only four Indians are definitively known to have been military aviators in World War One. They…
Baptism by sparks, fire and bailout
Wg Cdr A K "Lui" Gupta, 13072 F(P) joined the caterpillar club on his very…
Bale Out from a Deepak
The HAL HPT-32 Deepak had a chequered career in the Indian Air Force - Introduced in…
The Ajeet Trainer – Short lived and scantily used
The HAL built Ajeet Trainer is one of the odd-ball aircraft in the IAF's history. Only…