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Patches Gallery Updated

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 08 August 2017 01:46
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 Patches Gallery updated with several Squadron Crest Patches, as well as other types. Contributions from Collections of Wg Cdr A K Gupta, Sqn Ldr A Mukherjea and late Air Marshal W R Dani.

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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HAL HPT-32 Deepak

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Category: Aircraft Data Pages
Last Updated: Wednesday, 19 August 2015 02:23
Written by Trainer (1979-2009)
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 See our photo feature on the "Last of the Deepaks". Scroll down to the bottom of this page to visit the gallery..

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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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The S-75 Dvina - India's first Surface to Air Guided Weapon

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Category: Retired Aircraft Histories
Last Updated: Friday, 19 October 2018 03:37
Written by Anchit Gupta & Jagan Pillarisetti
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Which "aircraft" was 35 ft long, inducted in 1964, could fly at three times the speed of sound, had no wings and was inducted in huge numbers? It was the IAF's first Sufrace to Air Guided Weapon - the S-75 Dvina missile system [NATO :  SA-2 Guideline]. The history of the Dvina in IAF service was (and still is) obscured and obfuscated for years. For the first time, an attempt is made to trace its origins and its service till 1992. 

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