Indian Air Force

...from Pakistan. Gurmeet Kanwal, at the Indian Army's Center for Land Warfare Studies, said this could even include attacks by the Indian Air Force (IAF) across the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Kashmir. "If the next big strike can be...

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New Delhi, Nov 20 : The defence ministry has in principle approved the purchase of US firm Boeing's C-17 heavy lift aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF), which is hoping to replace its ageing fleet of Russian IL-76 transport aircraft, an...

In this article: Boeing, US, C-17 Globemaster III, A.K. Antony, and Manmohan Singh

...before landing up at the Observer School at INS Garuda here. The navy terms its navigators as observers. Earlier this year, the Indian Air Force (IAF) had commissioned Flying Officer Kavita Barala as its first woman navigator. However,...

In this article: Glass ceiling and A.K. Antony

...was totally professional and she is happy that she will be performing tasks that were hitherto a male preserve. Earlier this year, the Indian Air Force (IAF) had commissioned Flying Officer Kavita Barala as its first woman navigator.

In this article: A.K. Antony

...when I came to Mumbai after telling my father that I wanted to be a dancer, he told me I had gone nuts," he said. "My father was in the Indian Air Force and my family was from a defence background. They just could not believe that one of...

In this article: Mumbai, Indian Premier League, Nach Baliye, India, and Jamnagar

...Patil is 74 years old, the president of the country and she will do what no woman has done before when she flies in a Sukhoi, a frontline Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jet Nov 25. IAF vice chief Air Vice Marshal P.K. Barbora Tuesday...

In this article: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Sukhoi-30 MKI, Sukhoi, India, Rashtrapati Bhawan, and New Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 17 : While the country's first women President, Pratibha Patil, takes to the skies in a fighter jet Nov 25, the Indian Air Force maintains that women fighter pilots are not "economically viable". IAF vice chief, Air Marshal...

In this article: Pratibha Patil and New Delhi

...be a prisoner of war." "Secondly, psychologically, are we fit? another factor," he added. The Indian Air Force on Tuesday said it was planning to have women fighter pilots in future, but they will be inducted with a pre-condition of not...

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New Delhi, Nov.16 : Defence Minister A K Antony on Monday said the UPA Government is committed to developing the Indian Air Force into a dominant aerospace power. Addressing the first meeting of the newly constituted Consultative Committee...

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New Delhi, Nov 13 : Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik Friday downplayed China's sale of fighter jets to Pakistan and said there was no need to be 'under confident' with respect to China. "When two sovereign countries (in...

In this article: China, Pakistan, Israel, and New Delhi