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Whats New @ IAF Web Site
December 2005
 New LCA Tejas Photos. PV2's
first flight and the unveiling of PV1 in a new Color Scheme. |
 Close Air Support in the 1962.
Could the IAF made a difference in that war? a thought provoking article by Gp Capt A G
Bewoor. |
 The PAI Course in UK. Gp Capt
Kapil Bhargava recollects his first visit to the UK |
November 2005
 Gunnery Training in the USA with the
4521 Tiger Squadron - Air Marshal Rajkumar writes about the Indian Pilots who trained with
the US |
 The
Garud Force The youngest Special Forces raised specifically for the IAF's
duties. |
 Two New Models - A Jaguar IM by Rupesh
Santoshi and a 1/144 Illyushin
76 Gajraj by Anand Sharma |
 60th
Pilots Course Page now up! - Three photos from the collection of Wg Cdr
Marshal and Air Marshal P Singh. |
 Dacca after
Surrender Gallery updated with three new photos. incl this PAF F-86 |
 Classic Galleries
updated with 10 New images, including many never before seen pics! |
 The day I (almost) became a Sqn Cdr for the third
time - by Air Marshal S Raghavendran |
 WW2 galleries updated 7 Sqn page updaed with
four photos. Rare photo of 1 Squadron Lysander added. |
Updated Pages » Bibliography » 1949 BLITZ article » Indians in RAF » Spitfire Article |
October 2005
| A F D A Y |
 The World's last plywood glider model of a jet fighter - The HF24 Glider by Gp Capt Kapil Bhargava |
 The Day I (Almost) Missed the fly past! by Air
Marshal S Raghavendran. recalls the hectic events of the RD Flypast rehearsals. |
 The Latest induction into the IAF - The Embraer 135 Legacy Jet. A Photo gallery
for the VIP Jet |
 Sqn Ldr Ian Loughran writes about his personal
experiences in the Liberation of Goa in this short piece |
 The Boulton-Paul Defiant TT.I and TT.III - an
elusive aircraft is profiled. |
 Yves Fauconnier presents a pictorial report on Ex Garuda II at Istres AFB, France in June
2005 |
| M O D E L S U |
 Battle
Axe Tempest by Polly Singh showcases a rare example from the 1947-48 Operations in a
beautiful diaroma. |
 1/72 Airfix,
Heller and Italeri Jaguar S and B - A showcase of all the three Jaguar versions in the
IAF by Polly |
 A Look into the future -
the BAe Hawk 135 soon to be inducted
into the IAF as the standard AJT |
 Rupesh Santoshi's
"Leaping Tiger" Mystere
IVa of No.1 Squadron at Kalaikunda. An extraordinary decal scheme on a great ac |
 The first and the
last Heller 1/72 Sukhoi-30 MKI
contrasted with a Gnat - the only air superiority aircraft of the IAF by Polly Singh |
 Indian MiG Parade - MiG-21Bison, MiG-23MF,
MiG-25R, MiG-27ML, MiG-29A all in 1/72 Scale |
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 Rupesh
Santoshi's Jaguar IB of the
Bulls Squadron contrasted with his IM Model |
 Murli Rajan's MiG-29 of the 223
"Tridents" Squadron on display. |
 Aamod
Potdar's first effort on show - A Sukhoi-30MK of No.24 Squadron built
from a Su27UB Kit! |
September 2005
 Op CACTUS. - The Indian Air lift into Maldives told
by Gp Capt A G Bewoor, the pilot who flew the first aircraft into Hulule. |
 EXT LINK:
The Making of the 65 Air
War Book : An article on how the first book on the 1965 Air War had come to be written
- by two authors who never met! |
 First Sukhoi Su30 MKI Model built by
Harry B in 1/48 Scale using an Academy Su27 Kit |
 54
Pilots Course. Sqn Ldr IS Loughran helps us start the 54 PC page
with four photos and some comments. |
 A UK based Aviation Archaelogy
group report on the crash site of Plt Offr
Hukum Chand Mehta, who was killed flying for the RAF. |
Updated Units and OrBAT Pages » Hospital and Medical Units » Equipment Depots » Air Force Stations Updated » Signal Units Updated |
 63
Pilots Course. Sqn Ldr A Chatterji on his 63 PC which passed out just
over fifty years ago. |
 Tiger by the Tail. A Painting on
Sqn Ldr AB Devayya's encounter with an F104 in the 1965 War. A Spitfire painting by Polly
and a Tempest II from Squadron publications added. |
 Tempest
II Photo gallery added with more than eleven new photos of RIAF and IAF
era Tempests. |
 Independence
Day Awards 2005 Air Force Awards List updated . A Total of 1KC, 11SCs and 12
VMs were awarded. Many went to 37 Wing at Car Nicobar |
 New Crests in the
Heraldry Gallery - Operational Command, No.1 BRD, Old Training Establishments etc that
have been scanned from the 1957 AFD Brochure. |
 Two New models - A rare Bell 47 G2 by
Pollly Singh and a MiG-21 Bis from Shekar Rao in Cobra Colors! |
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 Obituary :
Air Marshal AR Pandit PVSM AVSM DFC has passed away on 15th July 2005. |
 Patches Section now features the 16 Squadron
(XVI), Team Saras, Team Sarang and the ALH Patches. |
 1957 Air
Force Day Brochure A 1.97 MB PDF File (Requires Adobe Acrobat) . Courtesy of Deepak
Singh |
 TS-11 Iskra 1/72
model from Raja Bose - The first Iskra model to be featured on the site! |
| V E T E R A N S P |
 The Day the
PAF got away! Air Marshal S Raghavendran writes about the most famous
PAF attack of the war |
 "Early Years" Section being
revamped with some new photographs. Part 1. Training at Cranwell is online |
 Patches Section crosses 100! Ten new overall patches
uploaded in this section. Rare ones include AEB Instructor, Tejas TD2, 8 Pursoots... |
 The HT-2 : India's first powered aircraft - by
Gp Capt Kapil Bhargava - With exclusive Photographs |
 Tejas Gallery Updated! Seventeen new
formation photographs of the Tejas , - courtesy of Siva Saravanan, BRF member. |
 New
articles in the Security
Research Review 1. Choosing
an Interim Fighter by R Chattopadhyay 2. Selection of the MRCA
by Air Marshal BK Pandey |
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 Air
Marshal AR Pandit's photo album updated. seven new photographs and an updated
training profile |
 Uniform Section Updated
New Cap Badge, Flight Engineer Brevet, New Pilots Wing, Three new ATC/FC brevets updated |
 Updated Pages » Kiran TETTRA Crest » Kiran
Prototype Photo » MiG21 Bison Cockit » Canberra Pics » Signal
Units » AFSs » Aspy Engineer » SP Tyagi |
 Flying
An-12s over E Pak by Gp Capt AG Bewoor. A day to day narration of refugee
evacuation and supply ops in 1971. |
 Air Force Test
Pilots School by Gp Capt Kapil Bhargava. A complete lowdown on the
history an functions of the AFTPS. |
 Image Galleries updated - MiG-23s, HS-748s, ASWACS, Mirage
2000 and Constellations |
 How
I almost got Court -Martialled - the first in the series of several
biographical articles by Air Marshal S Raghavendran, former VCAS |
 Begumpet Air Force Station and
Museum . A tour of the AFS with exclusive pictures from the museum and of the
old Tower. |
 New Updates to Aero India 2005 - Phil Camp
presents a final spotters report for the AI2005. Nearly 40+ new images |
 A Dragon's Tale -
Darryl Michael writes about the 'Reluctant Dragon' and a visit by an IAF Veteran - Wg Cdr
Don Michael. |
 AWST awards to Indian
Pilots. Wg Cdr SK Sharma and Flt Lt Dhanoke are honored by the AWST Magazine.
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 Philately Section Updated
- Two new books on Indian Aviation Philately by Vijay Seth and JP Nanda
released. browse some sample pages from them. |
 Panther One -
K S Nair writes the profile of the first Gnat Squadron Commander, S Raghavendran , who
retired as the VCAS. |
 Five New Photographs in the WW2 Section. Hurricane, Portraits
(Shivdev Singh), Vengeances |
Updated News Section - Browse exclusively Air Force related News Headlines in our revamped News section. Or Check out the new Year in Pictures feature, with exclusive photos. |
 Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi -
A much awaited profile of the Chief of Air Staff who has taken charge from 31st December
2004 |
 No.1 SFTS Ambala - A
new section on Training Establishments from WW2. A potted history of No.1 SFTS at Ambala
and related photographs |
Other Updates: » AFTC Crest » MBE Awards Page » BEM Citations » Ratnagar II updated with Medals Picture |
| A E R O I N D I A |
 Exclusive Aero India 2005 Coverage
by the Bharat Rakshak Team. Updates will be done throughout the month! Nearly 300 Images
from the Airshow.Exclusive Galleries : Flying | Static Indoor | Outdoor | People | Info Boards |
 Air Marshal MS Chaturvedi, a WW2 Veteran Observer who
was instrumental in setting up many of the Administrative , Training and Technical
Infrastructure , Post 47. |
I S K R A S |
 Iskra in IAF Service
A short article on the induction and service of the PZL TS-11 Iskra in the IAF
Service. |
 EE MiG-21 Bison
model from Rupesh Santoshi in the dramatic 'Tri Color' scheme |
 Swansong of the Iskra :-
The Iskra was retired on December 16th, 2004 at a special ceremony at Air Force Station
Hakimpet. |
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 Current Image galleries
updated. Exclusive photos of MiG-25, An-32, HS-748 and Mil Mi-35 |
 Iskra
Walkaround and Photo Gallery of the last of the Iskras from Hakimpet Air
Force Station. |
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 The Photo collection of Late Fg Offr OD AgnihotriThe
largest personal collection of WW2 Photographs ever donated (electronicaly) to our
Veterans Project. Organised in ten different pages, the early days as a cadet and his tour of duty in the Arakan. Rounding off with his civilian flying career and the Auxillary Air Force. 'Memorabilia' and a WW2 era RIAF Journal |
 Republic Day Awards 2005 Air Force Awards List
updated . A Total of 5 PVSMs, 1KC, 12 AVSMs, 3 YSMs, 19 VMs and 1 Sena Medal were awarded
along with an unspecified VSMs. |
 The first Gooney bird model in IAF Colors. Murli Rajan
builds a 1/72 Scale of a C-47 Dakota
HJ-219 |
 Are MiG-21 accidents really
out of control as the press says it is? Read Prodyut Das' article on the Aerodynamics of the MiG accidents |
 Skardu Attack -
This is a 3.4 MB download of a 1948-50 publicity film in ASF Format - The B/W clip is of
about 6 minutes duration with sound |
 The first formation display team and no, we
dont mean the Thunderbolts or the Suryakirans! |
 Joint Display of Patrouille De France and Suryakirans
at Hindon on 7 November 2004. Great Photographs from Sanjay Simha |
 Air Officer Rank Collar
Tabs images are now available in the Uniforms and Badges Section. Also check
out the WW2 Vintage Pilot Wings |
 Image Galleries updated. New Current images
include HS748, An32, Kiran and Chetaks |
 Hakimpet Air Force Station Museum undergoes a renovation.
Take a virtual tour. |
Other Updates: » MiG-27 Specs » Iskra Specs » Fleet Page » Top Brass Page » Micky Blake [WW2] » Aloysius Barrette 48 » Airfields in India [WW2] » 104 Squadron FDC |
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