INDIAN AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT HISTORIES
This section features Articles on the histories of specific aircraft of the Indian Air Force.

• The Westland Lysander II : The first "Monoplane" Bomber - Jagan Pillarisetti
  The first modern aircraft for the Indian Air Force

• The MIGnificient Flying Machines - Shiv Aroor
  The story of the most secretive aircraft ever in IAF's service.

• The Canberra in IAF Service - Anandeep Pannu
  A new project to chronicle the grand old lady of the IAF

• The Temperamental Tempest - History - Units - Markings - References - Polly Singh
  The Hawker Tempest II in Indian Air Force Service - A complete history!

• The Gnat Golden Jubilee Get-together - Brochure
  The brochure for the Gnat Get together at Pune held in September 2006

• HT-2 Test Flight Report - Late Capt M V Namjoshi
  Test Flight reports by Capt Namjoshi, who was later killed in an accident. File Courtesy : Kishore Namjoshi

• Boulton-Paul Defiant TT.I and TT.III - Jagan Pillarisetti
  The first in the series of articles chronicling the lesser known aircraft of the IAF.

• HT-2 : India's first powered aircraft - Gp Capt Kapil Bhargava
  India's first indigenously designed and built aircraft

• India's Reclaimed Bombers: The B-24 Liberator - Gp Capt Kapil Bhargava
  India's first heavy bomber - rescued from the scrap heap.

• A flight of Eagles : The Westland Wapiti- Polly Singh
  The IAF's first aircraft - The Westland 'What a Pity' Wapiti!

• Lord - Let thy servant go in Peace : The Supermarine Spitfire - Polly Singh
  The History of the Supermarine Spitfire in the IAF - and its legacy in todays warbird world.

• When the Wind Blows: HF-24 - Polly Singh
  Another look at the development and combat baptism of the HF-24 Marut

• Lockheed Constellation in IAF Service - Anandeep Pannu
  The story of the aircraft   that went from Air India to  Indian Air Force and to the Indian Navy

• Sukhoi Su-7BMK: Whale of a fighter - Pushpindar Singh Chopra
  The Sukhoi-7 BMK was the mainstay of Indian Offensive sorties during the 1971 War

• IAF MiG-21s at War - Jagan Pillarisetti
  The combat role of MiG-21s over a period of forty plus years

• HF-24 Marut: Building India's Jet Fighter - Rupak Chattopadhyay
  The design effort of India's first indigenous fighter

• HF-24 Marut  in Combat - Rupak Chattopadhyay
  The HF-24 played a good role in the 1971 War, operating from Uttarlai airbase

• IAF Combat Aircraft 1933 - Till Date
  List of IAF combat aircraft procured between 1933- Till Date

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