Ambala air base is home to a shrine dedicated to the Sufi saint Pir Baba, and personnel posted there believe it protects them during all major operations.
The 5 Rafale aircraft will spend the night at a French air base in UAE before arriving at Ambala air base Wednesday where a closed induction ceremony will be held.
While operational deployment usually takes six months, due to these 'extraordinary circumstances' the fighters will be ready to be deployed within a week.
A Twitter user has falsely claimed the IAF crossed the border to ‘conduct airstrike on the Nepal territories’, and an Indian jet was shot down and two pilots killed in retaliation.
IAF has been showing off its night-flying capability in Ladakh, with fighter jets like the MiG-29 and the Sukhoi-30 carrying out round-the-clock flying.
The S-400 is capable of destroying incoming hostile aircraft, missiles and even drones within a range of up to 400 km. It has a tracking capability of nearly 600 km.
When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.
New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.
Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
Indeed Mirages have served India well. There was no media worth speaking of in the mid eighties. We didn’t have this kind of cacophony and acromony either. These pilots are the unsung heroes – flying single engine aircrafts over sea and four fuel stoppages. But, none recognized them. Besides, I think, too much hype is created over Rafale. Five combat aircrafts won’t give any immediate tactical advantage. That is still some time away.
As Rafale lands, IAF veteran recalls ‘quiet’ 1985 induction of another French warhorse Mirage 2000
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Only threat then, was from Pakistan.
There was no imminent threat from China those days.
China was building road and rail network across Tibet then.
Today their network is fully established and have reached our borders.
Now the threat from China is imminent.
We have to enhance our preparedness and ensure effective deterrent.
When there is a threat at doorstep, we have to shore up the morale of the our Defence Forces.
It has to be loud and clear.
India stands in the way of Chinese hegemonic designs to establish their supremacy over Arabian Sea.
Their aim is to establish their network up to Karachi.
For that they have to overrun Ladak and POK.
See the larger picture.
DON’T MISLEAD FOR POLITICAL GAINS.
Indeed Mirages have served India well. There was no media worth speaking of in the mid eighties. We didn’t have this kind of cacophony and acromony either. These pilots are the unsung heroes – flying single engine aircrafts over sea and four fuel stoppages. But, none recognized them. Besides, I think, too much hype is created over Rafale. Five combat aircrafts won’t give any immediate tactical advantage. That is still some time away.