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Caribous of Cape May

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Category: Retired Aircraft Histories
Last Updated: Friday, 30 June 2017 02:18
Written by Jagan Pillarisetti
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The Caribous of Cape May, NJ - In the south most corner of the New Jersey Peninsula, in Cape May airport are the relics of eight Indian Air Force Caribou aircraft.

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No.2 Squadron - Photos from the 70s

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Category: The Last Quarter: 1972-99
Last Updated: Friday, 30 June 2017 02:19
Written by Gp Capt Deb Gohain
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Group Captain Gohain was commissioned in the fighter stream of 110 Pilots Course on 2 Jun 1973. After initial training He was posted to Gnat squadrons and for next seven years or so served in Nos 22, 23 and 2 Squadrons. In 1982 he converted to MiG 21M and served in 37 and 17 Squadrons. he did two instructional tenures in MOFTU where he flew MiG-21FLs and later commanded 52 Squadron. He also commanded 273 SU, an ADDC as Group Captain. A qualified FCL and graduate of Staff College, he took a premature retirement from Air Force in May 2004.

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Miracles do Happen!

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Category: The Last Quarter: 1972-99
Last Updated: Friday, 04 April 2014 03:43
Written by M.P.Anil Kumar
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Lifeline Through the Sky – Ladakh 1962

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Category: The Indo-China War 1962
Last Updated: Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:31
Written by Wg Cdr Joseph Thomas VM (Retd)
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Dakota to Thoise

Wg Cdr Joseph Thomas, VM was a young flying officer serving with No.43 Squadron in Ladakh during the 1962 war with China. His experiences during the outbreak of the war are narrated in this article.

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Video : Planes of Hindustan, IAF in 1940.

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Category: The Royal Indian Air Force in the Second World War
Last Updated: Wednesday, 03 June 2020 01:43
Written by Video Channel
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Planes of Hindustan was one of the earliest World War II documentaries to be made in India and it was the second to be produced by the company Wadia. The film has rare footage of No.1 Squadron from early 1940, However further information is missing on details available in the film.  This is an updated higher resolution version of the clip we had updated seven years ago, with timestamp based analysis and links to the video. 

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Video : Flying Officer K V Nair repatriated after fall of Rangoon

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Category: The Royal Indian Air Force in the Second World War
Last Updated: Friday, 20 September 2013 15:07
Written by Video Channel
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Rare WW2 era footage of former POW Flying Officer K V Nair after his liberation from the Rangoon Jail.

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Databases

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Category: BR History Projects
Last Updated: Wednesday, 12 September 2018 03:32
Written by Webmaster
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The IAF Award's Database Section has been updated.  More than 4800 Award entries, and 3400 Citations to be found in the DB 

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Video: The Spitfire was the reason that I joined the IAF

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Category: Jets and Growth 1948-64
Last Updated: Sunday, 10 June 2018 01:48
Written by Videos
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A Spitfire veteran reminisces - Air Marshal S Raghavendran , who retired as VCAS of the Indian Air Force remembers his favourite aircraft - The Supermarine Spitfire. He was motivated to join the IAF to fly this legendary fighter - and shares his memories of those early years.  (Duration : 7 minutes)

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Missing! - The Jamsaheb's fabulous sword

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Category: Miscellenous
Last Updated: Saturday, 02 January 2021 20:58
Written by Air Marshal Subhash Bhojwani
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The Nawanagar Sword of Honour was a gem-encrusted invaluable sword that was awarded to the newly commissioned Pilot Officers who stood first in their course at the Air Force Academy. The sword was replaced by the Chief of Air Staff Sword of Honour in the 1990s and it disappeared in the sands of time... till one diligent commandant of the Air Force Academy decided to track it down..

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The Sky is the Limit - Wg Cdr Murkot Ramunny

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Category: Veterans Project - Interviews, Profiles and Memoirs
Last Updated: Monday, 22 August 2016 00:23
Written by K S Nair
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Murkot Ramunny, had served in the Indian Air Force, flying Hurricanes in Burma during the War. He left the IAF shortly after Independence, to serve the Government in civil capacities. He does not bother to include his old IAF rank on his letterhead, which reads simply, “Murkot Ramunny, IAS (Retd)”. This is understandable, for his military rank is far eclipsed, in protocol terms, by the civil service ranks he rose to later; and to most people, his status as a former senior civil servant is what counts. But to IAF history enthusiasts like us, he will always be Wing Commander Murkot Ramunny.  The article is now updated to reflect a Youtube video - a rare and most certainly the last time he was interviewed on video about his WW2 experiences

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Pilot Officer Hukum Chand Mehta

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Category: Veterans Project - Interviews, Profiles and Memoirs
Last Updated: Wednesday, 24 February 2016 04:09
Written by Webmaster
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Pilot Officer Hukum Chand Mehta was one of the twenty four Indians sent to the United Kindom in1940. The Indians arrived on October 8, 1940, at the height of Battle of Britain, but by the time their training was completed, it would be April 1941.   HC Mehta would be one of the six pilots who went to Fighter command. He joined 43 Squadron.

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