Bhawana Kant becomes first woman fighter pilot Ops by day

Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Flt Lt Bhawana Kanth has become the first woman fighter pilot to be qualified to undertake missions by day on a fighter aircraft. She has completed Day operational syllabus on fighter jet MiG-21 Bison, an IAF spoke...

IAF Vice Chief Air Marshal Khosla retires

Indian Air Force (IAF) Vice Chief Air Marshal Anil Khosla on Tuesday retired after an illustrious career spanning four decades. Born on April 9, 1959, the Air Marshal was commissioned in Fighter stream of Indian Air Force in the year 1979 and ha...

Pak made false claim of shooting down Su-30 jet: IAF

Accusing Pakistan of making false claim of shooting down an Indian Sukhoi 30 fighter aircraft on February 27, the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday said they are doing so in a bid to cover up the loss of their own F-16 jet while entering the Indi...

Western Air Command Chief AM Hari Kumar retires

Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Western Air Command Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Air Marshal Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar retired on February 28, 2019 after an illustrious career spanning over 39 years. The Air Marshal was commission...

MiG-21 crashes in Kangra, pilot killed

A MiG-21 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed on Wednesday in Patta Jatian village at Jawali area of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh. The pilot was killed in the accident. “On Wednesday afternoon a MiG-21 aircraft, which was ...