A rare documentary film made by V Shantaram about the Indian Air Force in 1942. The film is from the Films Division of India archives and it showcases the training of officer cadets of No.12 Pilot's Course.
Aditya Singh Chauhan is a commercial airline pilot who is also a proud aviation buff with multiple interests spanning Scale Aircraft Modelling and Aviation Art. Read more about him and his aviation art in our Aviation Art Gallery.
Gp Capt Conrad Dalton 12430 GD(N) , Indian Air Force, is a decorated veteran navigator who flew on the English Electric Canberra. He was commissioned in the IAF in 1970 and had a 31 year career until his retirement in 2001. In this series of short clips, he talks about the life of a Navigator in the IAF - in both transport and bomber squadrons, as well as life out of the IAF with the Canberra Bomber Association.
An interview with late Air Vice Marshal Madhabendra Banerji (4898). On the 20th January 2019, Anchit Gupta met with AVM Banerji (Retired) and spend a few hours discussing his IAF days. It was to be the first of many such interactions, but sadly, AVM Banerji passed away later in 2019. AVM Banerji spoke about Su-7 induction into the IAF, the initial days of fighter night flying, the 1971 war for which he was given the MVC and his days as AOC, J&K. He was extremely forthcoming and reflective and minced no words.
K S Nair is no stranger to this site. Several of his articles and contributions are featured throughout the history section. His second publication hit the stands a couple of months ago - The Forgotten Few is a contemporary one-volume narrative history, of the Indian Air Force’s contribution during World War II.
Back in the year 1989, a leading newspaper published a sensational story about a Hangar Collapse in Gwalior and how that resulted in half a dozen Mirage 2000 fighters being badly damaged or written off. The story created a furor and the Ministry of Defence was forced to issue a rejoinder discreditng the news report. Gp Capt Noel A Moitra 12931 F(P) VM was at Gwalior at that time. For the first time in thirty years, he writes about the 'incident' in detail.
Jodhpur was the most bombed Indian City of the Indo-Pak 1965 war. More than two hundred thousand pounds of bombs were dropped in and around the Air Force Base. Though the targets were military installations there was no direct hit on any building or runway. Bomb shrapnel broke into the main offices and Hangars causing minor damage. Most of the glass panes in the HQ building were shattered and some ear-drums damaged. Flt Lt K Ahmed Shah writes...
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106 Squadron "LYNX" complete 60 years of glorious existence this year. Click to read the details of the upcoming Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Group Captain V S Sharma 14490 ADM (Retd) was the Fighter Controller at Naliya on 10th August 1999. This is his story of the eventful day that resulted in the first air to air interception and shoot down in over 28 years.
Air Marshal Vinod Kumar "Jimmy" Bhatia, PVSM AVSM VrC Bar , 6497 F(P) was the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief during the Kargil conflict. A veteran of two wars against Pakistan - he was one of the few senior ranking officers to fly operational missions during the Kargil Conflict in 1999. This is his story of how Central Air Command utilized the MiG-25 Foxbat in a photo recce role at a profile for which the aircraft was not designed for.