New Delhi, August 28, 2023: Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent departed today, for participating in Exercise BRIGHT STAR-23 a biennial multilateral tri-service exercise scheduled to be held at Cairo (West) Air Base, Egypt from 27 August to 16 September 2023. This is for the first time that IAF is participating in Ex BRIGHT STAR-23 which […]
New Delhi, March 1, 2021: The Indian Air Force aerobatic display teams, the fixed wing “Suryakirans’ and rotary wing ‘Sarang’ , along with Light Combat Aircraft Tejas arrived at Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 27 Feb 21 on an invitation from Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana, Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF). The Suryakirans, Sarang and […]
New Delhi, February 9, 2021: Raksha Rajya Mantri Shripad Naik answered a question asked by Dr Fauzia Khan in Rajya Sabha on February 8, 2021, with regards to gender ratio in the Indian Armed Forces. Here is what he replied. The number of men and women employed in the Indian Armed Forces are as under: […]
Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa, Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of the Air Staff, is embarking on a three-day visit to Thailand from 26 to 28 Aug 19. The Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa would be attending the 2019 Indo Pacific Chiefs of Defence (CHOD) Conference in Bangkok. The theme for […]
On 03 Jun 19, an IAF AN-32 carrier aircraft with 13 people (eight aircrew and five passengers) onboard took off from Air Force Station, Jorhat Assam at 1227 hrs for Mechuka Advanced Landing Ground. Last contact with the aircraft was made at 1255 hrs. Once the aircraft did not report at the destination, overdue actions […]
Indian Air Force chief is on a visit to Sweden. Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa, Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of the Air Staff Indian Air Force is embarking on a four-day official visit to Sweden from 03 to 06 Jun 2019. The bilateral goodwill visit is on invitation by the Chief […]
Langkawi International Maritime Aero Expo (LIMA-2019) is planned in Langkawi, Malaysia from 26 March 2019 to 30 March 2019. Indian Air Force is participating in the Maritime Aero Expo for the first time, during which it will showcase its indigenously developed LCA fighter aircraft. The team departed from Air Force Station Kalaikunda for Langkawi today […]
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Ahmad bin Khalifa Al Thani called the Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday over telephone. The Prime Minister mentioned that India attached great significance to further strengthening her relations with Qatar, which is India’s close friend and with which we share an extended neighbourhood. He thanked the Emir of Qatar […]
Following are the statements issued by Air Vice Marshal Ravi Kapoor of the Indian Air Force, Major General Surinder Mahal of the Indian Army and Rear Admiral D S Gujral of the Indian Navy. Indian Air Force: On 27 Feb 19 at around 1000 hrs IAF radars detected a large package of PAF aircraft heading […]
“India had informed about Counter Terrorism (CT) action it took yesterday against a training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Pakistan based on credible evidence that JeM intended to launch more attacks. Against this Counter Terrorism Action, Pakistan has responded this morning by using its Air Force to target military installations on the Indian side. Balakot: […]
