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The government has denied the Congress charge that there is a huge scam in the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France. (Photo: Representational | AP)

Defence Panel for Reducing Reliance on Foreign Suppliers

New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence has recommended that India gradually bolster its...

23 March 2025 6:57 PM

AA Edit | IAF chiefs HAL rap overdue

AA Edit | IAF chief's HAL rap overdue

Regardless of the complexity of the project, the government must not make the IAF perennially wait for HAL’s Tejas...

12 Feb 2025 6:17 PM

AA Edit | Air Chief spells out how we must catch up with Chinese

AA Edit | Air Chief spells out how we must catch up with Chinese

A day before its 92nd anniversary, the Indian Air Force put on a spectacular show of aerobatics, simulated...

7 Oct 2024 6:38 PM

An Indian Air Force transport aircraft, the C-130J Hercules, lands on the Agra-Lucknow highway in Unnao. More than a dozen IAF aircrafts perform touch and go landings as part of a preparedness exercise held to use highways as landing strips during state of emergencies on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

16 IAF planes land on UP road

The drill is in line with the IAF's stated policy of using National Highways stretches as landing strips' in an...

24 Oct 2017 7:47 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modil embraces U.S. President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

US considers selling India armed drones for IAF's use

Earlier this year, the IAF asked the US government for General Atomics Predator C Avenger aircraft.

22 Oct 2017 8:51 PM

Security forces chase villagers who clashed with them in Hajin, 40 km north of Srinagar. (Photo: AP)

2 IAF commandos slain in encounter

Two militants killed too in J&K's Bandipora.

12 Oct 2017 12:42 AM

IAF Garuda Force personnel Sergeant Milind Kishor and Corporal Nilesh Kumar Nayar, who lost their lives in Bandipora encounter. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

J&K: 2 IAF Commandos killed in Bandipora encounter

Security forces have gunned down two terrorists during the encounter in Hajin area of north Kashmir's district.

11 Oct 2017 4:17 AM

Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat, IAF Group Captain Sachin Tendulkar and Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa, Chief of Air Staff, among others, at the 85th Air Force Day parade at the Hindon airbase. (Photo: PTI)

IAF: Ready to fight war at short notice

The Air Chief also said in a message published in an IAF booklet about the possibility of a short and swift war .

8 Oct 2017 7:56 PM

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Can fight war at 'short notice' in most befitting manner: IAF Chief

The comments came amid China's muscle flexing in the Doklam Plateau and continued cross-border terror activities by...

8 Oct 2017 11:39 AM

The three women were commissioned as flying officers in July 2016, less than a year after the government decided to open the fighter stream for women on an experimental basis. (Photo: PTI)

IAF's first 3 women fighter pilots likely to fly MiG-21 Bison jets in...

The 3 women pilots, Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh are set to script history by flying military jets.

8 Oct 2017 10:11 AM

BS Dhanoa also said that the Air Force was acquiring multi- spectrum strategic capabilities and remained committed to building a joint manship with the Indian Army and the Navy. (Photo: PTI/File)

Prepared to combat threat, fight war at short notice: IAF Chief

Addressing IAF personnel on the Air Force Day, Dhanoa said the Air Force was fully geared up to face any security...

8 Oct 2017 9:25 AM

The crash took place when it was flying at an altitude of 17,000 feet and the crew members were preparing to drop kerosene supply to one of the forward posts in the area. (Photo: ANI)

Seven killed as IAF copter crashes in Arunachal Pradesh

Eastern Command calls off Air Force Day celebrations on October 8.

6 Oct 2017 8:04 PM