An IAF AN-32 is feared to have crashed on its way to Mechuka advanced landing ground, the same place where another such aircraft had crashed in June 2009.
Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa was accompanied by Air Marshal R. Nambiar and Lt Gen. Y.K. Joshi in paying tribute to air warriors who died during the Kargil war.
IAF chief B.S. Dhanoa and Western Air Command chief R. Nambiar were part of the formation in honour of Squadron Leader Ahuja who died at the start of the Kargil war.
The IAF will now run its AN-32 transport aircraft on a blended bio-fuel partly derived from trees. It plans to widen the experiment over the next two years.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
Some of the changes the armed forces require, setting up joint commands, greater integration of the three services, are essentially military in nature. Raksha Mantri and his bureaucratic team can create an enabling and supportive environment for these changes to take place. Where they can make the largest contribution is to streamline procurement procedures, firmly focused on ensuring a steady increase in local content and manufacturing. 2. I don’t think Indian firms, either the PSUs like HAL / Mazagon Dock, or recent private entrants, are in a position to develop from scratch a modern weapon system. More realistic for them to work with the world’s leading manufacturers on a system of joint manufacture in India, with a schedule for increased indigenisation. Nothing in fly away condition. If the policy of offsets has become a little dysfunctional, recast it. 3. As far as transport aircraft are concerned, this should be a walk in the park for HAL. If 15,000 crores are owing to it, clear the bills. Not fair to risk the lives of brave pilots and crew sending them up in museum pieces.
Some of the changes the armed forces require, setting up joint commands, greater integration of the three services, are essentially military in nature. Raksha Mantri and his bureaucratic team can create an enabling and supportive environment for these changes to take place. Where they can make the largest contribution is to streamline procurement procedures, firmly focused on ensuring a steady increase in local content and manufacturing. 2. I don’t think Indian firms, either the PSUs like HAL / Mazagon Dock, or recent private entrants, are in a position to develop from scratch a modern weapon system. More realistic for them to work with the world’s leading manufacturers on a system of joint manufacture in India, with a schedule for increased indigenisation. Nothing in fly away condition. If the policy of offsets has become a little dysfunctional, recast it. 3. As far as transport aircraft are concerned, this should be a walk in the park for HAL. If 15,000 crores are owing to it, clear the bills. Not fair to risk the lives of brave pilots and crew sending them up in museum pieces.