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December 2006

Vayu Sena Medal Citations for 2006 and 2005 now available online. Read about the pilot who flew 400 hours on an MKI, and the Navigator who survived the missile hit at Kargil and more ...	The Upgraded Illyushin-76 First exclusive look at the Il-76 with no gun turret! - and upgraded avionics - Eight Images.	..and it costs HOW MUCH? Read about the cost of various modern day fighter aircraft in the IAF's inventory
A tribute to S D "Tiger" Thyagarajan, a Typhoon pilot with the RAF who was killed the day Paris was liberated from the Germans.	Various Images updated Gnat, Bison, An-32s, Boeing 737, MiG-25s, Mi-26, MiG-21Bis and LCA PV3	Updated HAL Tejas section - "Radiance of Tejas" PDF - PV3 First Flight Video.
RIAF Recruitment Ads - Three ads from 1941-42 added into the Odds and Ends of the WW2 section.	More Stamps and FDCs in the Philately Section - Eight stamps and four new FDCs.	Other Updated Pages ť Obituaries ť Officers DB (now over 5300 records!) ť Updated IAF Museum (Giants, Modern) ť Updated Boulton-Paul Defiant Page

November 2006

The English Electric Canberra in IAF Service Announcing a new book project by Anandeep Pannu on the grand old lady of the IAF read about its early development and the Trainer and PR Marks	FLIGHT and the Aircraft Engineer magazine from UK covered the Indian Air Force in its Sept 1942 issue. Download a PDF of the article.	Air Force Day 2006 Rehearsal - Hindon AFS by Kapil Chandni
	New FDCs in the Philately Section - incl AFTC, No.29 Sqn / No.41 Sqn, IAM and No. 16 Sqn	Jamnagar - The best flying station for 2006 Simon Watson and Phil Camp's photo tour of Jamnagar

October 2006

The Temperamental Tempest II - A complete history by Polly Singh

History of the Aircraft,
Units it served with and the
Markings and Survivors

No.44 Squadron inducts the Bofors Howitzers into Thoise - Gp Capt Bewoor

Philately Section upgraded to Gallery 2.1 - First Day Covers, Stamps, Brochures

View Service Record - a new database query page that gives the details of the appointments, awards and personal records of Officers. Nearly 4500 records

Gallery Hunter Gnat Embraer Mi-8 MiG-23 plus IAF Il-76 in Hawaii

Over 1023 "Vishist Seva Medal" Awards and the Padma Series awards are now in the database and are queryable.

The Gnat Golden Jubilee Get together - Brochure download in PDF format.

September 2006

The Shelling of Dwarka '65 - Mr. Ramesh Madan retells the story of Dwarka under attack!	ITW Coimbatore - Air Marshal Raghavendran continues his memiors - the begining of a career.	IAF Modelling galleries in a new format. A batch of new updates done.
The Dhamaka Incident - A night interception from the 71 war that nearly became a tragedy	Those Magnificient Men in their flying machines - The 84 PC Cadets graduate out of ITW to fly Tiger Moths at No.2 EFTS	Indian Information a biweekly magazine bought out by the Public Relations cell has several reports on the IAF ops in WW2
"Mentioned-in-Despatches" Awards listings	Air Cmde Jasjit Singh's Review of the "India-Pakistan Air War of 1965" book.	Walkaround Sukhoi-30 MKI and Armament An exclusive walkaround of the MKI and its armament options.

August 2006

NEW BOOK THE EAGLE STRIKES - The Royal Indian Air Force 1932-1950 - a detailed review by Polly Singh in our Reviews Section	No.20 Squadron - Golden Jubilee Celebrations Exclusive Photo feature on the 50th Year Anniversary	A Walkaround of MiG-25U trainer in IAF service. by Sanjay Simha
1947-48 Kashmir Operations Vir Chakra Citations - For the first time - Courtesy of Air Marshal Bharat Kumar (Retd)	The BR - Indian Aviation book reviews - A new section with reviews of IAF related books.	Mi-25s of No.125 Helicopter Squadron - Exclusive photographs

July 2006

The Christmas day airlift into Madras - Gp Capt Bewoor continues the 44 Squadron Story.	HAL aircraft at Farnborough 2006 - Photos by Vishnu Som and Piyush Updhyay.	New Pictures of the IJT and the An-32. Boeing 737
Evaluating Soviet Combat aircraft in the 1970s by Air Marshal P Rajkumar talks about testing various aircraft	The F-16s passed by me at Osirak : An Indian instructor in Iraq is just moments away from the Israeli F-16 formation.	The Suryakirans - Formation Aerobatic Team new Special gallery with over 18 Images

June 2006

The Memoirs of VSC Bonarjee - The published memoirs of an observer during WW2 are released by his family for our WW2 section!	Ferrying Vampires from Indonesia - by Air Commodore David Bouche about the ferry of the ac to India.	The Floggers of Hasimara - MiG27s and MiG23UMs by Rahul Devnath. & Sanjay Simha's Visiting the Swifts
My Reminiscences as a Prisoner of War by Air Marshal KC Cariappa about his POW experiences from 1965	Ferrying Vampires from Indonesia II - Wg Cdr V Kondath, who accompanied the pilots of the above story.	Various New Images - MiG23UM Cockpit , An32 Cockpit , MiG-21FL , Microlights and Cheetah + Presidents Su-30 Flight
In and out of cockpit - Air Mshl KDK Lewis writes about one day of the 1971 War	The Runnymede Memorial - Photos of the Panels showing RIAF casualities in UK in WW2.	Other Updated Pages ť Farewell to the Foxbats ť Hurricane II - Pilot Notes Download ť AVM Stevensons Dispatch ť IPKF Mi-25 Chapter Updated

May 2006

Airlift into Armenia by No 44 Squadron - by Gp Capt Bewoor narrates a marathon sortie to this soviet republic	Phasing out of the MiG-25 Foxbats - Exclusive photos by Sanjay Simha.	HS748 Avro Flights - by Kapil Bhargava. The first flight was done by the author way back in 1961
Ten Years of the Suryakirans The IAF's Aerobatic team complets ten years since formation - and it has also acquired a new identity.	Air Chief Marshal OP Mehra - A profile of the 8th CAS of the IAF finally online!	Other Updated Pages ť Squadrons Page ť IAF Fleet Page ť ACM Moolgavkar's Profile ť More MIG-25 Photos

April 2006

Induction of T-72 Tanks into Sri Lanka and Leh by No.44 Squadron - by Gp Capt Anant Bewoor.	A Tribute to Air Commodore R Sitaram, one of the first observers in the IAF VR by his son.	Vintage: Su-7, Vampire, C-119, Bell 47G-2, S-55 and S-62.
The day I (almost) missed going to Iraq - by Air Marshal S Raghavendran tells about an instructors stint in Iraq.	Late Capt MV Namjoshi's Flight Test report of the HT-2 - A PDF download.	Current: Su-30MKI, Mirage 2000H, MiG-21 Kiran Mk.II , An-32, Do-228, Mi-8.

March 2006

Memories of 8 Sqn, IAF by Sqn Ldr TJ Thomas. a rare insight into the life of an OR in the Second World War.	Tank Busting in Chamb by Air Marshal Trilochan Singh. How No.3 Squadron opened its account in Chamb.	New gallery on IAF Radars - 13 Photographs of various Radars
Air Commodore Narendra A short profile on this Cranwell trained officer provided by KJ Lall. Narendra was the 3rd senior most officer in the IAF.	Tigers over Sargodha by Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar. The only daylight over Sargodha during the 1965 War.	Gallery Updates: Vintage: Kanpur 1, Devon, Ajeet, Sukhoi-7, Kiran 1 Current: Il-76, Embraer ERJ135 , Microlights , MiG21U, MiG21M, MiG-23BN, Il-76, Mi-8, Kiran II Other : Operating in an NBC Environment
How I too nearly missed the war by AVM Ajit Lamba. An article on No.7 Sqn's baptism into fire.	How I almost missed the war by Air Marshal Raghavendran. Going on annual leave may cost taking part in an war!

February 2006

Republic Day Awards 2006 list online - Gallantry: 1 SC, 7 VM(G). Service: 6 PVSM , 12 AVSM, 18 VM(D), 31 VSM.	Aircraft of No.1 SFTS (India) WW2 photos of Ambala from Frank Powley's Collection	The Indian Air Force in Congo Courtesy of Vishnu Som . IAC at Goma consists of four Mi-25, and five Mi-17s
Misc WW2 Updates "Logger" Powley, Updated Coastal Defence Flights, Download Aeronautics [Jun-1942]	RAF Station Kohat More photographs , this time on RAF Kohat from the same album	Revised Image Galleries - Vintage Aircraft Gallery upgraded to run on Gallery 2.0. New photos added in the process.

January 2006

Dead Stick Landing in a Canberra. A routine survey flight from Bangalore turns dangerous	C O P E I N D I A	Cope India 2006 : Photographs by Sanjay Simha. nearly seventy photographs taken during the exercise	Crests gallery updated with new crests incl IAM, ASTE, Mi8 TETTRA and Hyderabad AFS. Ground Trg Inst Crests info updated.
53 Pilots Course Page now up! - Gp Capt Kapil Bhargava writes about his course with four photographs		Cope India 2006 : Photographs by Vishnu Som. Photographs from the Press day	Halwara War Memorial - Photos by Anandeep Pannu detail the Halwara War Memorial of 9 Wing.
How Halwara was bombed - by me! AM Raghavendrans memoirs about his conversion on Hunters.		Cope India 2006 : USAF Photographs . Official USAF photographs and links to reports published during the exercise.	ť MiG-21 3 View Image ť ACM Tyagis Page ť Two new Tejas Images ť New Mi-17 and Su-30K Images