My first war experience – flying Mysteres with No.31 Squadron

Wing Commander Chandrakant Nijanand Bal was a young pilot with No.31 Squadron flying the french Mystere…

The Airlift into Armenia by No.44 Squadron

Gp Capt Bewoor commanded No.44 Squadron from Sep 87 to Oct 89. This article provides the…

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…

The Boyra Air Battle – 22 November 1971

This is the story of the famous Boyra battle as the world knew it in 2005.…

No.27 Squadron, 1967-70

No.27 Squadron, IAF Known as the Flaming Arrows, No.27 Squadron, IAF was raised in 1957 on the Hawker…

The Day I (Almost) Became A Squadron Commander For The Third Time!

A plum posting as the OC Flying, Bareilly, turns out to be a difficult exercise in…

Sqn Ldr P C Chopra with Nos. 4, 1 and 8 Squadron

Shortly before the outbreak of hostilities in 1965, Flight Lieutenant Chopra was sent on technical detachment…

Squadron Leader JF Josephs

 Squadron Leader JF Josephs’  Personal Archive Squadron Leader J F ‘Joe’ Josephs was commissioned on 16th…

221 Squadron – Flt Lt Des Peter’s Collection

221 Squadron, IAF “Valiants” Shortly after the Indo China War of 1962, a decision was taken to…

No.10 Squadron – 1950s

The Photographs here are courtesy of the Ministry of Defence , Government of Indian and Mr.…