The PAF raids Pathankot again! The attack is immortalised in a dramatic painting - but the…
Category: The Bangladesh War 1971
In and Out of Cockpit
Stuck on the runway during a Mirage strafing attack! ” JANAK”, the voice on the RT…
No.122 (Ad-Hoc) Squadron at Jaisalmer
The Pilots of Longewala Having read the earlier two articles by Air Marshal Minhi Bawa and Wg Cdr…
Battle of Longewala – 5th and 6th December
Wg Cdr Suresh was one of the pilots who flew in the Longewala battle. This article…
Saga of Longewala
SAGA OF LONGEWALA Air Marshal (retd.) M.S. Bawa, PVSM, AVSM, VMFrom the Indian Air Force Journal,…
Shorkot Road Attack
In retaliation to the Pakistan Air Force’s pre-emptive air strikes on 03 December 1971, the IAF…
Of Sabres and Sukhois
Delays in the availability of the HAL HF-24 Marut and based on lessons learnt in the…
How I Crossed Swords With Chuck Yeager
This piece is a "first person" account of an episode of the 1971 Indo-Pak war written…
Two sides of the same coin : The Raid on Peshawar
Based on the correspondence between Capt Tariq Syed (PIA)(Ex-Flt Lt, PAF), Jagan Pillarisetti and Air Vice…
When Lightning Strikes!
Throughout the decade in the 1980s, a generation of Indians grew up looking at 9 Hunters…