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Friday, November 7, 2025
TopicIndian Air Force

Topic: Indian Air Force

The Mirage crash should not be played for Rahul-Modi-Rafale scam-like politics

Flight testing crew are a national resource and trying to exact mileage out of the accident, replaying the Modi-RaGa-Rafale scam-mongering, will be a disservice to the pilots who died in the crash.

2 pilots dead after Mirage-2000 IAF trainer aircraft crashes in Bengaluru

The two pilots were caught in the flames of the jet crash at HAL airport which resulted in a huge explosion.

Modi govt has infused hope in people: President Kovind’s report card on last 5 years

Kovind also mentioned that Rafale will strengthen Indian Air Force’s strike capability after a gap of many decades.

Pilots might stand a better chance at being chosen for Gaganyaan mission

ISRO chief K Sivan said they were looking for people with flying experience to send on India's first manned space flight being planned for 2022.

Dozens of Indian Army jawans under lens for ‘falling prey to Facebook honey trap’

An Indian Army jawan was detained last month for allegedly sharing sensitive information with a fake Facebook account that is part of a suspected honey-trap ploy.

Indian Air Force is showing the country how to go the biofuel way

The total import substitution based on IAF consumption of biofuels alone could reach Rs 25,000 crore by 2024.

3 AgustaWestland choppers lie grounded in a Delhi air base, and are likely to remain so

The three AW101 helicopters were mothballed in 2014, after the VVIP chopper deal was terminated, because of the lack of vendor support.

56 years after China war, India still lacks crucial strategic culture

India did not modify its strategy to make optimum use of limited capacity and virtually courted defeat in 1962.

India renews interest in running its first foreign military base in Tajikistan

A military base in Ayni could give New Delhi a significant strategic edge over Islamabad as it would effectively put India behind Pakistani lines.

BJP leaders, Naidu’s office send out Air Force Day greetings with jets India doesn’t have

Union minister Piyush Goyal and V-P Venkaiah Naidu’s secretariat used images of Lockheed Martin’s F-16, an aircraft the Indian Air Force has never possessed.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘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.