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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
TopicAIR FORCE

Topic: AIR FORCE

Army and IAF fought over Apache choppers, costing us Rs 2,500 crore more. Blame their silos

Purchase of 28 Apache helicopters is the prime example of how India could have worked out a better deal had the IAF and Army not acted in silos.

IAF, Navy delaying procurement due to funds crunch. And lesser said the better about Army

Former Defence Minister and current Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman must keep Indian forces in mind while allocating Budget 2020. The last one was a disaster.

As a young captain in 1971 Bangladesh war, I gave Pakistan’s Lt-Gen the letter to surrender

My battalion, 2 PARA, was the first of the many troops to enter ‘Dacca’ after Pakistan’s defeat.

Army, Air Force & Navy studying each other’s laws to bring into effect Joint Services Act

The forces are looking at international practices, including American Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 that reworked command structure of the US military.

Having achieved strategic goal with Balakot, Modi govt should now pivot to diplomacy

As Pakistan promises to release Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman, India must de-escalate because prolonging crisis won’t get us anything new.

On Rafale, go beyond costs and ask why Modi govt scrapped older process to get 126 aircraft

Modi government's extraordinary ineptitude can only be explained by the circumvention of laid down procedures in the Rafale deal.

On Rafale deal, Supreme Court is not really looking at procurement process

Supreme Court wants to look at government discretion rather than technical issues in Rafale deal.

Even before 1971 war started with Pakistan, India had won the battle

A perfect political-military-intelligence synergy allowed India to dictate the pace of operations in 1971 war with Pakistan.

Crucial role IAF played in early days of 1947-48 Pakistan war

Exploits of a few daring pilots of the IAF have largely gone unrecognised in the 1947-48 war.

Lockheed Martin to manufacture wings of F-16 fighter jets in India

The American manufacturer of fighter jets plans F-16 wing production in India without the pre-condition that India will have to also buy these jets.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood can’t get more brazenly nepo. The joke’s on us

After watching the most discussed series on Netflix, I was planning to write an asterisk-heavy column. As a tribute to the asterisks in its...

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

India takes a relook at Russian Su-57, but not for its stealth. Here’s why

India exited the Indo-Russian FGFA programme in 2018. But now it might procure at least 2 squadrons of Su-57 aircraft from Russia and evaluate Russian proposal to manufacture them in India.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.