Whats New @ IAF Web Site - 2007

Dec 2007

Gallantry Award Update: Citations for Gallantry Awards for the period 1961-1965 can now be found online. nearly 100+ original citations from the Gazette updated. 1962 War Related - Maha Vir Chakra | Vir Chakra Vayu Sena Medal Citations (incl 62 war related)  1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 All Others: 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965	No.2 Squadron - Portraits from Gp Capt R M Engineer's Collection - the Officers who made up the squadron in the years 1952-55	Fire Power Display 2007 at Pokhran - exclusive photo report from the PRO SWAC.
	No.2 Squadron - Vampires from Gp Capt R M Engineer's Collection - The De Havilland Vampire FB52s of the unit.	Official PR Images and recent events  Updated with several photographs of IAF related events from the year 2007
	No.2 Squadron - Album 3 with varous other group photos from Gp Capt R M Engineer's Collection	Other Updated Pages » Cheetah Mountain Rescue » Sarang Dhruvs » Philately - IAF 75Years Minisheet Stamp

Nov 2007

The  career of an ex-Flying Officer, now Capt M Balan -  who joined up during the Second World War is told in two parts. Part 1: A Flying Start - Training to be a Pilot	PHOTO ALBUM No.4 Squadron in Japan (1946-47) - The Personnel from the collection of Capt M Balan	Wg Cdr "Horace" Sahgal - A Profile by Sushil Talwar and Rana Chhina
Part II of Capt Balan's career in the RIAF - With the Oorials in Japan chronicles the saga of No.4 Squadron's stint with the BCOF	PHOTO ALBUM II - No.4 Squadron in Japan (1946-47) - The Aircraft from the collection of Capt M Balan	AVM Arvind Dalaya's Instructional Duties Photo Album from the 50s

Oct 2007 75 Years of the Indian Air Force!

The Man who flew too much - 1 - the flying career of Air Marshal Prithi Singh	RIAF Water Colours by Capt H H Sheldon the official war artist.	Air Battle over Dacca - Harish Masand's air combat on Dec 4
The Man who flew too much - II - the flying career of Air Marshal Prithi Singh	Group Captain B S Raje Photo Albums 1 and 2 by Rakesh Raje	Hunter of No.37 Squadron from the 1971 War
The WW2 RIAF Officers Database is now 90% complete!	Sqn Ldr AS Williams sortie to Tsangdhar - 1962 War	Other Updated Pages » RAF24  » OD Agnihotri » OD Agnihotri Akyab » AR Pandit I

Sept 2007

Night Intruder : A tribute to the Canberra Wg Cdr Tootsie Ghosh's tribute to the twin engined bomber.	Flight Crew Memorial, AFA, Dundigal commemorates aircrew killed during flying training .	New Images: Six new Canberra images and Five HF-24 Marut images added
Tribute to OJ D'Sena a course mate pays a tribute to a friend, colleague and an officer.	MiG-23MF arrives at the IAF Museum in Palam	Other Updated Pages »Officers Database now at 6048 records! » Air Chiefs Page » PC Lal

August 2007

Air Marshal Aspy Engineer's Memoirs - in his own words - ten pages of hand written memories spanning three decades.	Air India's Boeing 777 arrives! escorted by two Sukhoi-30s - Exclusive Pictures	New Images uploaded: Mi-8, Boeing BBJ , Prentices Ouragans and Mysteres
Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri's Profile in our Air Chief's Section now online!	Independence Day Awards - 1 Shaurya Chakra and six VM Gallantry Awards	Other Updated Pages »Thomas Elmhirst CAS Page »Aspy Engineer CAS Page »Officers Database Updated (5831 records) »Unit CO DB Updated

July 2007

The Messerschmitt HA-300 and the Indian Connection by Gp Capt Kapil Bhargava	Indradhanush - The eurospotter photos! Photos from European Contributors	New Images uploaded: Hawk 136
Agra in the 90s: A call to nostalgia by Vivek Ahuja with photographs from Wg Cdr P M Ahuja's collection	65th Pilots Course  - Photos from   Wg Cdr FJ Mehta.	Indian contingent at RIAT Fairford by Piyush Upadhyay

June 2007

Plane Tales from the IAF - The Pathankot raid of Dec 10 - by Air Marshal Keith Lewis	The Multi-role Fleet (or Multi-billions down the Ganga) The age old saga of the MRCA	New Images uploaded to Su-30MKI, Jaguars, Mi-25s, Tejas LSP1
Indradhanush - Sukhoi-30s to the UK Photos by Kapil Chandni	DATABASE UPDATES!  Beta IAF Unit CO Database online - for Squadrons and Commands	Mi-25s in Sri Lanka updated with new details - dates, places, names!
114 Helicopter Unit during the 1965 War from AVM A Dalaya's collection.	Mention-in-Despatch Awards of the 1947-48 Kashmir War updated. along with a clean up of MiDs of other wars	Photos on the IAF's Round The World Microlight Flight expedition

May 2007

The Battle Axes' formation team by Air Marshal R S Bedi - The first nine ac  aerobatics team	Farewell to the Canberra - After 50 years service, the legendary Canberra is retired in a ceremony at Agra.	Misc Images Uploaded in the Gallery - Caribou, An-12, Hawk A3480 Painting
Honey, I shrunk the funds - Air Marshal Raghavendran on his fight for funds at the MoD	BOOK! Sky Hawks The first ever book on Indian Aviatiors of the First World War - reviewed!	The first IAF Canberra model - by Polly Singh - built to commemorate the retirement of the grand old lady.

April 2007

Air Chief Marshal FH Major takes over as the new CAS from Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi	How I crossed Swords with Chuck Yeager. - A young Naval Pilot flying an IAF aircraft destroys a USAF Queen air belonging to the legend.	Tenure with No.3 Squadron - AVM Dalaya's Collection. Several rare shots of Tempest fighters!
Updated Pages  » Obituaries (W/C D Michael)   » IAF Fleet Page    » Squadrons    » UAV Squadrons » Subsite: AVM Dalaya

March 2007

The MIGnificient Flying Machines - Indian Express correspondent Shiv Aroor covered the last days of the Foxbats.	BOOK! An Incredible War : IAF in Kashmir 1947-48 a new book by Air Marshal Bharat Kumar on the IAF - Reviewed by Phil Camp	Misc Images Uploaded in the Gallery - Mi-8s,   Do-228, Sukhoi SB102, Chetak
The Best Years of my life - Sqn Ldr Duncan M Cruickshank writes about the sixties.	Photographs of 54 PC -  from the collection of AVM Arvind Dalaya	Air to Air Missiles A new album Air to Air Missiles of the IAF.

February 2007

Aero India 2007 Covered in detail - More than 1500 photographs from multiple contributors now available on site. Also see the special features on the exhibits, Walkarounds, Flying displays etc	Air to Ground Munitions A new album showcasing bombs, Air to Ground Missiles and other equipment of the IAF.	Ten new FDCs - incl 9 Sqn Colors, VIP Sqn Colors, 1963 Indep Day etc added along with five new Stamps
	Sukhoi-30 MKI HAL Tejas PV-3   HAL Dhruv HAL IJT DARIN II Jaguar	Other Updated Pages » Awards Section » Squadrons

January 2007

Ahmedabad Display - 36 photos of the static and equipment display at Ahmedabad	The UK 24 - Pilots from 4 PC who went to UK in November 1940 - more than eight new images of the UK trainees.	Air Cmde Evans Lionel Birch - Photos, Documents from the family collection illustrate a career that spanned nearly three decades.
Republic Day 2007 Honours  The IAF received 6 PVSMs, 12 AVSMs, 16VMs and 28 VSMs in this years Honours list.	Vimana Samachar - download select pages from one of the earliest aviation magazines in India	Misc Modeller Galleries updated with two models - a 1/72 MiG29 and a 1/100 MiG-21

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