Hrushikesh Moolgavkar

PVSM MVCCAS, 01 Feb 1976 - 31 Aug 1978

Dilbagh Singh

PVSM, AVSM, VM CAS, 01 Sep 1981 - 03 Sep 1984

Distinguished Service Order

President’s Standards

The award of President's colours/standard is one of the greatest honours bestowed upon an Air Force…

Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman

GCB, KBE, DFC, AFC C-in-C, 22 Feb 1950 - 09 Dec 1951

Ejected over No Man’s Land!

Gp Capt Gurdeep Singh Samra 8695 F(P)  was a young Flight Lieutenant with No.101 Squadron operating from…

Flying with the Legend – Air Commodore R S Benegal

Air Marshal G C S Rajwar , commissioned in 1963 as part of the 26th Navigator Course,…

The Westland Lysander – The IAF’s first monoplane bomber

The Westland Lysander equipped three of the four IAF Squadrons in its heyday - Indian pilots…

Daylight Forays into Pakistan

There was one aircrew in the Indian Air Force who could fly anywhere into Pakistan as…

Canberra : Trainer Marks T.4 & T.13

The Canberra presented a unique operating challenge to the RAF when it entered service. Fighter pilots…