IAF down to 31 fighter squadrons on paper against sanctioned strength of 42. Number will go down further next year when 2 remaining squadrons of MiG 21 Bison get phased out.
Navy has identified words used day-to-day to make them more gender-neutral. Moreover, all 3 services are ensuring provisions for women, like maternity leave, updated uniforms & more.
Captain Renu Tanwar’s family took her body to ancestral home in Rajasthan, while Flight Lieutenant Deen Dayal Deep, originally from Bihar, was cremated in Agra.
Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh will take over as chief on 30 September. During his service of nearly 40 yrs, he has served in variety of command, staff, instructional & foreign appointments.
IAF facing severe shortage in fighter strength and state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has failed to deliver. Of IAF's initial order of 40 Tejas, HAL has delivered only 36.
The woman has also accused the IAF of not treating her internal complaints seriously, saying the force was initially unwilling to conduct a medical examination.
While Tejas had its own set of system troubles that pilots have encountered & given feedback on, aircraft is considered to be sturdy enough for fliers to remain in control.
IAF will now practise more such landings at Kargil Advanced Landing Ground before trying it at other ALGs in order to ensure day and night operational capability.
Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.
Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector.
Not only did S-400 record its longest hit during India-Pakistan 88-hour conflict, ability of the system to shoot and scoot in a short time, which allows it to evade enemy fire, was also proved.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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