Flying with the Auxillary Air Force

Des Peters joined the Auxiliary Air Force in September 1956. He was commissioned as a Pilot…

Jodhpur and the 1965 War

Jodhpur was the most bombed Indian City of the Indo-Pak 1965 war. More than two hundred…

Helicopter Operations in J&K – 111 HU

Captain (Ex Flt Lt) Premananda Goswami, the only Auxillary Air Force Officer to be decorated in…

221 Squadron – Flt Lt Des Peter’s Collection

221 Squadron, IAF “Valiants” Shortly after the Indo China War of 1962, a decision was taken to…

Fg Offr O D Agnihotri – A Profile

My father, OD Agnihotri was born in 1922. He served with the Royal Indian Air Force…

Wing Commmander Alfred Anthony (2824/GD(P))

Alfred Anthony joined up to serve in the Indian Air Force at the height of World…

Squadrons and Helicopter Units

No Unit Type Nickname Motto Motto Translation Raised on First Type CurrentType Location 1 Sqn Tigers…