by Tenzin C. Tashi, Sr Researcher, English Academic Section, NIT. On a small hillock within the…
Category: History
History is the study of the past, it relates to past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of information about these events. History is about the truth, and it is about recording events and memories before they are consigned to be forgotten. Presented here in these sections is the History of the Indian Air Force. The unvarnished, un-revised version that is independent of jingoism and ultra-nationalism.
Recovery of UN103 : Mission Accomplished
The Force landing 07 May 2000 was another eventful day in the still nascent stay of…
A legend’s last flight
Padmanabha Gautam was born in Madras on 23 Jul 1933. He joined the IAF on 01…
Sqn Ldr. Hemango Nath Chaudhuri
Sqn Ldr. Hemango Nath Chaudhuri – 1st Commanding Officer of 7 Squadron 1565 GD (P) Wing…
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…
The first Gazette of India notification
From the Archives, Recently while working with Anchit Gupta, we discovered the original gazette notification for…
The Thunderbolts
The following write-up on the history of the Thunderbolts was scripted with help of Air Mshl…
The last time that ACM P C Lal wore his uniform.
The chief who led the Indian Air Force to victory during the 1971 war retired from…