Chapter 3: Air Attack – Outbreak of the War (Sept 1-6th)

Operation GIBRALTER, as the Pakistanis called it, was a brilliant plan. It was the brainchild of…

Chapter 1: The IAF in the Preliminary Years

INTRODUCTION – THE IAF IN ITS PRELIMINARY YEARS The Indian Air Force (IAF) was officially born on 08 October 1932, when…

The Mirage 2000 in Kargil

The Mirage 2000 , seen here carrying a Remora EW Pod and a Paveway LGB. The…

Peace Keeping in Sierra Leone

One of the first IAF assignments of the new millenium was the peace keeping mission at…

They did it again! The IAF lands at DBO!

The IAF returns to Daulet Beg Oldi - after more than forty years - This is the…

42 Wing – Mohanbari : Indian Mi-17s in Assam

42 Wing at Air Force Station Mohanbari in Assam is the premier logistics base in the…

Aircraft Fleet Strength

TABLE A: Summary of estimates of the Indian Air Force active aircraft fleet* Combat Aircraft –…

Squadrons : 101-224

 

1971 Bangladesh Liberation War

Sqn Ldr G K Arora 4864 F(N) 9 Wing KIA 04 Dec 1971 Sqn Ldr Arora…

1999 Kargil War

Sqn Ldr Ajay Ahuja 17864 F (P) 17 Squadron KIA 27 May 1999 Sqn Ldr Ajay…