No. 6 Squadron – The First Five Years

Introduction No 6 Squadron is one of the oldest squadrons of the Indian Air Force, being…

A Saga Forged in War – History of 7 Squadron. Dec. 1942 to June 1945

  This article is dedicated to the memory of my illustrious father late GP Capt. KL…

1st April 1933 – Ninety Years ago!

We all know that No.1 Squadron's A Flight was formed at Drigh Road. But how did…

Battle of Chhamb 71 : Through the 6/5 Lenses of an FAC

This is the first person account of a young Pilot Officer caught in the thick of…

The first ferry of French fighters to Ambala

No, not THOSE French-made jet fighters that you are thinking of right now, but the very…

The Atlantique Shoot Down – 20 Years Since

Group Captain V S Sharma 14490 ADM (Retd) was the Fighter Controller at Naliya on 10th…

The S-75 Dvina – India’s first Surface to Air Guided Weapon

Which "aircraft" was 35 ft long, inducted in 1964, could fly at three times the speed…

No.52 Squadron

The Westland Lysander – The IAF’s first monoplane bomber

The Westland Lysander equipped three of the four IAF Squadrons in its heyday - Indian pilots…

No.5 Squadron

"Tuskers"