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Army, Air Force to take turns at helming 2 of India’s proposed theatre commands, Navy to head third

Headquarters for theatre command focusing on Pakistan to come up first in Jaipur. Another will watch borders with China, while the maritime theatre command will come up in Karwar.

Army, Navy, IAF finally ‘99%’ in agreement over structure of proposed theatre commands

According to plan currently under formulation, there will be three theatre commands based on geographical boundaries — two land-based and one maritime.

HAL, General Electric sign MoU to manufacture jet engine, mark new era for India-US defence ties

Deal is one of big highlights of PM Modi's visit to the US. While India & other countries manufacture their own fighter aircraft, only a select few make jet engines.

Inside story of why India’s military worked to push mega US drone deal

While the Navy will get 15 MQ9B drones in maritime and anti-submarine warfare kits, the Army and the Indian Air Force will get 8 each of the land version.

India’s first C-295 takes to air in Spain, IAF team to leave for training soon

The first ‘made-in-India’ C-295 will be rolled out in 2026 and the entire order is slated to be completed by 2031, at the rate of eight aircraft per year.

Unlit runway, degraded airstrip: A daring midnight rescue operation by IAF in Sudan

A pregnant woman was among 121 people rescued from a small airstrip in Sudan that didn't even have any lights to guide the landing of the plane.

War, payment issues impact military supplies to India from Russia & Ukraine. IAF worst hit

Russia has stalled delivery of S-400 Triumf air defence systems to IAF. Efforts are underway to reduce dependence on the two countries, it is learnt.

The 44 Squadron ‘Mighty Jets’, harbinger of IAF’s strategic lift, celebrates diamond jubilee

Raised in 1961, the squadron was awarded prestigious ‘Battle Honour’ during the 1971 war and remains only non-fighter or bomber squadron to receive such a title.

India-US kick off air exercise in Eastern Command, IAF next in France, Greece

India will be taking off in these exercises with its Rafale, Sukhoi, Tejas besides transport aircraft while the US and others will bring their F-15s, F-16s and B-1 Bombers.

Veteran of two India-Pakistan wars, IAF’s 1st supersonic squadron completes 60 years

No 28 Squadron inducted MiG-21s in 1963 & transitioned to MiG-29s in 1987. It played major role in attack on Governor's House in Dhaka that ultimately hastened liberation of Bangladesh.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.