Ejected over No Man’s Land! – The view from the other side

Coming on the heels of our recent update - Ejected over no-man's land - Maj Gen…

Ejected over No Man’s Land!

Gp Capt Gurdeep Singh Samra 8695 F(P)  was a young Flight Lieutenant with No.101 Squadron operating from…

With a Damaged Tail Plane over DZ at Tangail

Group Captain Patri Jayarao (7708 F(P)) , a Transport veteran of the 1971 war was commissioned on 28 Oct…

Flying with the Legend – Air Commodore R S Benegal

Air Marshal G C S Rajwar , commissioned in 1963 as part of the 26th Navigator Course,…

Flt Lt Lawrence Frederic Pereira, VrC

 Lawrence Frederic Pereira 8678 F(P)  was a Forward Air Controller with an Armoured Brigade in the…

Sparrow or Moss?

Did the IAF ever use the Tu-124 Moss AWACS?  As first alleged by John Fricker in…

Pakistani Air Losses of the 1971 War (Official List)

Given below is the official list of aircraft losses in Pakistan to all causes, Combat, Non-Combat,…

Indian Air Losses of the 1971 War (Unofficial List)

The Indian Air Force fought on two fronts during the 1971 War. Employing nearly 600 Combat…

Supersonic Air Combat

VAYU AEROSPACE REVIEW VI/1997 Jamnagar Air Base: 12 December 1971, 1402 hours: Two MiG-21FLs at the ORP…

Air Battles – December 1971 – My experiences

A Pakistani pilot narrates two of his air combat experiences in which his Indian opponents gave…