On 6 December 2014, Marshal of the Air Force, Arjan Singh reviewed the gathering of the Canberra Veterans at "Bomber Night" in Pune. The event was a major success with several veterans of the Canberra fraternity gathering from all over India in one night to celebrate the role of a beloved aircraft in the presence of a living legend.
Group Captain Kapil Bhargava (3939 F(P) who passed away on 17th December 2014, a was a good friend and a supporter for this website . He contributed so many articles on History that he had his own "sub-site" on Bharat Rakshak. He was also one of those behind the Gnat Get-together event and the Gnat Golden Jubilee website (now hosted on bharat-rakshak). Several tributes rolled in when he left for his final flight. we reproduced two such tributes to him in this page.
A look at PAF Air Marshal Malik Nur Khan's time with the Indian Air Force before the division of the IAF. This piece was first penned for Shiv Aroor's LiveFist Blog in 2011.
On a dark night, exactly 57 years ago, two young lives were extinguished in the skies of england near RAF Bassingbourn. Flt Lt S H K Naidu and Flt Lt D P Pandey were killed in a Canberra crash during the night. And for many years, only a paragraph of information was all that was available.. till his nephew decided to find out more..
An aspiring teenager has a once in a life time opportunity to meet the legendary test pilot - Hanna Reitsch
Simon Watson's Iron Fist 2013 coverage with over 130 excellent photographs - Sukhois, Jaguars, Bisons, Helicopters - See the IAF in all its glory!
The Australian War Memorial Museum released a six minute long video of Vultee Vengeances of No.8 Squadron.
Wg Cdr Joseph Thomas, VM was a young flying officer serving with No.43 Squadron in Ladakh during the 1962 war with China. His experiences during the outbreak of the war are narrated in this article.
Rare WW2 era footage of former POW Flying Officer K V Nair after his liberation from the Rangoon Jail.