Pioneers of Formation Aerobatics in IAF

  Members of the Indian Air Force’s first nine aircraft formation aerobatic team  – led by…

Pioneers

In 1943, the first official Indian Air Force published 'history' was bought out as a small…

The final resting place of Jumbo Majumdar in Lahore

Dr Nadeem Ahmed, an ex-pat Pakistani in the US, on the request of another ex-pat from…

A few anxious moments – a Gooney Bird story

 The C-47 is a reliable work-horse that served for nearly four decades in the Indian Air…

Special Heli Borne Ops – Sylhet and Meghna

Special Heli Borne Operations (SHBOs) by Mi-4 In 1971 “Liberation War” by Sqn Ldr Pushp Vaid,…

Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur

  Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur 14665 F(P) (Retd),  had two tenures in the Siachen Pioneers, the first…

Cheetah Resurrection at 19500 feet

 AVM Manmohan Bahadur writes about a recovery operation at 19,500 feet that saved a valuable Cheetah…

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…

The Track

Moved by the  plight of a group of stranded soldiers on the Amar Post, the CO…

Indian Air Force Veterans History Project

  Bharat Rakshak is interested in compiling a personal history of the veterans that have served…