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The sinking of N.R.P.Vega - a first person narrative

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Category: Liberation of Goa 1961
Last Updated: Monday, 27 February 2017 13:11
Written by Air Marshal P.M.Ramachandran PVSM AVSM SC VM.
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The episode of blowing up at sea of a Portuguese Patrol Boat laden with explosives off Diu by IAF on 18 Dec 1961. First person account of the sinking of NRP Vega during the Diu Operations in 1961. Air Marshal P M Ramachandran, PVSM AVSM SC VM narrates his story of that eventful sortie from 18th December 1961.

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Flt Lt Lawrence Frederic Pereira, VrC

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Category: The Bangladesh War 1971
Last Updated: Saturday, 18 February 2017 15:17
Written by Webmaster
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 Lawrence Frederic Pereira 8678 F(P)  was a Forward Air Controller with an Armoured Brigade in the Shakargarh Sector during the 1971 War.  He lost his life in an enemy air attack and today lies at rest in Jalandhar.

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Hoshang Patel (1921-2017)

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Category: Tributes
Last Updated: Thursday, 26 January 2017 05:16
Written by Obituary
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With a heavy heart, we learnt about the passing away of Wing Commander Hoshang Patel of Bombay.  He passed away today 25th January 2017, at the age of 96.  A WW2 veteran airman and pilot who served in two tours in Burma, one of the few to do it as both an erk as well as a pilot.  Hoshang Sir was the one who gave the spark to the fire of WW2 research that this website has carried out over the years.

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British Aerospace Hawk Mk132

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Category: Aircraft Data Pages
Last Updated: Friday, 23 December 2016 10:35
Written by Trainer (2007 - Current)
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The Hawk is a tandem-seat Aircraft for ground attack, flying training and weapon training. It has a low wing and an all-metal structure and is powered by an Adour Mk 871 turbofan engine. The Aircraft has an integrated navigation /attack system and radio and inertial navigation systems. The Aircraft is cleared for instrument (IFR) flying and for Solo Instrument flying from the front cockpit only. 

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An Ode to Fallen Air Warriors

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Category: Roll of Honour
Last Updated: Sunday, 06 November 2016 22:19
Written by Air Marshal Sumit Mukerji
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This is AN ODE TO FALLEN AIR WARRIORS written by Air Marshal Sumit Mukerji that will be featured in a forthcoming book to commemorate Indian Air Force personnel who died in aviation incidents. The book title is “In Memoriam: The Fallen Air Warrior” which will be released by the MIAF in the second week of December 2016 at the USI

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Indians over Flanders

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Category: The Pioneers of Flight
Last Updated: Tuesday, 01 November 2016 00:56
Written by K S Nair
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Only four Indians are definitively known to have been military aviators in World War One. They blazed a remarkable trail for the six hundred odd who took up that occupation in World War Two (including at least one Bollywood actor), and the three thousand-odd who serve in that role in India today.

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Ejecting from a Mystere IVa

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Category: War and Peace - 1962 -71
Last Updated: Sunday, 30 October 2016 16:37
Written by Video Channel
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On 8th March 1967, a young Flying Officer, with less than four years of service, found himself in a predicament over the skies of northern India when the aircraft's main gear did not deploy correctly.  Then Fg Offr David "Dadoo" Subaiya was faced with the choice of crash landing or trusting the SNCASO ejection seat of his Mystere IVa fighter bomber. This is his story in Video!

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