Pilot Officer Hukum Chand Mehta was one of the twenty four Indians sent to the United…
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.
Inducting T-72 tanks by air into Jaffna
Gp Capt Bewoor commanded No.44 Squadron from Sep 87 to Oct 89. The airlifting of tanks…
Chapter 5 : Crocodiles into the Attack – Mi-25s of 125 Heli Squadron
When India decided to go in for its first Helicopter Gunship, it was decided to go…
Chapter 2 : Accord, Airlift and Discord
The days that followed the supply drop saw the cessation of the blockade on Jaffna ,…
Chapter 3 : Descent Into Danger – The Jaffna University Helidrop
”Details are now available of the action on the night of October 12th when 29 Indian…
Training At Cranwell
The first five Indian Pilots commissioned into the Indian Air Force were H C Sircar, Subroto…
Close Air Support in the 1962 War
Gp Capt Anant Bewoor argues in this article that the IAF was not fully prepared for…
Independence and the China War
After his flying accident in a Spitfire in WW2, which kept him from flying for some…
Highest Take Off in the World
The day was yet to dawn on the morning of July 23, 1962 when we taxied…