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Wg Cdr Kulbir Singh Harnal was a young pilot with the Battle Axes - No.7 Squadron, based at Bagdogra when the war broke out. In this day by day account, Wg Cdr Harnal takes us through the Squadron's operations - from the Eastern Front to the Western Front, making it one of the few units that took part on both fronts.
Reviewed by Dr Shiv Shankar Sastry
The HF-24 Flight testing claimed the lives of four test pilots in the years 1970-71. The author revisits these accidents and the events leading upto them.
"Chakra" markings briefly adorned Indian Air Force aircraft in 1948 and after. The notifications and the history of these markings are described here.![Illyushin Il-76MD [Candid] Gajraj](/IAF/Images/804-6/Il-76.jpg)
Wg Cdr K L "Livy" Mathur wrote this article first in 1999 in response to the media coverage of the Kargil War. Wg Cdr Mathur recollects some of the pioneering missions flown in the Poonch and Gilgit area in the 1947-48 Kashmir Operations with No.8 Squadron.
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