Gp Capt Ajit Keshav Agtey 12188 F(P) , a graduate of the Air Force Test Pilots…
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.
Video: Bomber Operations in the 1971 War
A presentation on the Bomber Operations of the 1971 War - as presented for the seminar…
The Man behind the legend – Mehar Singh
Major General Syed Ali Hamid writes about the legendary tales he heard about 'Baba' Mehar Singh,…
My IAF Training Days 1941
This is a previously unpublished hand-written account by Air Marshal Anand Ramdas Pandit , PVSM AVSM…
A few anxious moments – a Gooney Bird story
The C-47 is a reliable work-horse that served for nearly four decades in the Indian Air…
The Kilo Flight – a personal account of Op Cactus Lily
A rookie Flying Officer with four years of service, flying transports gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to…
The curious case of the missing “Tiger One”
There are milestones in an officer's career that are etched in stone. The day you got…
MSN 521 : Air Battle over Chhamb – 10 December 1971
This contribution by Wg Cdr B C Karambaya, 10604 F(P) was originally written as an appendix to…
Battle of Chhamb 71 : Through the 6/5 Lenses of an FAC
This is the first person account of a young Pilot Officer caught in the thick of…
The first ferry of French fighters to Ambala
No, not THOSE French-made jet fighters that you are thinking of right now, but the very…