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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicAir Forces

Topic: Air Forces

Can air power decide a war? US-Israel’s gains, Iran’s limitations & lessons from the Gulf wars | Cut the Clutter

In episode 1808 of Cut the Clutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta analyses the big picture emerging from the war in West Asia as the conflict completes its second week.

IAF brings back 270 Indians who fled to Thailand to escape Myanmar cyber scam hub

They were lured into Myanmar by promises of lucrative jobs. But once there, they found themselves forced into criminal activities by operators of the alleged scam center.

Unified maritime command will have IAF’s strike elements, Army’s amphibious units

An ongoing study on Maritime Theatre Command is currently at an advanced stage. It is likely to come soon after the Air Defence Command is set up.

Untold story of an IAF Canberra & its crew, 60 years before Wing Commander Abhinandan’s MiG

The 27 February dogfight has many similarities with an incident with Pakistan 60 years ago, only the Indian pilots then were blindsided.

Of course we won 1971, so 46 years later we can look at military facts more fairly

As we observe the 46th year anniversary of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation war, we have to deal with our military past with genuine scholarship, not jingoism.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.