Helicopter Operations in J&K – 111 HU

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

Chapter 6: The Lull – Air Operations (Sept 8th to 14th)

 

In the Line of Fire – No 110 Helicopter Unit, IAF

Glimpses of the Role played by No 110 Helicopter Unit, IAF in the Chinese War of…

Sikorsky S-55 : The First Helicopters of the Indian Air Force

 Ashish Bagai chronicles the History of the IAF's first Helicopter - the Sikorsky S-55 Whirlwind.

119 Helicopter Unit

"Stallions"

Recovery of UN103 : Mission Accomplished

The Force landing 07 May 2000 was another eventful day in the still nascent stay of…

The Kilo Flight – a personal account of Op Cactus Lily

A rookie Flying Officer with four years of service, flying transports gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to…

Special Heli Borne Ops – Sylhet and Meghna

The story of the Special Heli-Borne Operations of the 1971 war - as told by Sqn…

Special Heli Borne Ops – Sylhet and Meghna

Special Heli Borne Operations (SHBOs) by Mi-4 In 1971 “Liberation War” by Sqn Ldr Pushp Vaid,…

Cheetah Resurrection at 19500 feet

 AVM Manmohan Bahadur writes about a recovery operation at 19,500 feet that saved a valuable Cheetah…