HAL: First series production LCA trainer aircraft makes maiden flight

LCA Tejas (PC: HAL)Bengaluru: In a major milestone, the HAL-made first ever series production LCA trainer aircraft took to the skies for its maiden flight on April 5 from HAL airport.The trainer aircraft lander after completing a successful sortie of...

Lightweight border guarding

A BSF jawan stands guard at a border outpost in Jammu.The government of India, after procrastinating for five months, has finally appointed a director general for the Border Security Force.  However, this largest border-guarding force of the wor...

Maiden flight of FOC standard LCA Tejas

Bengaluru: The first Light Combat Aircraft in FOC standard (SP-21) took to the skies for maiden flight here on Tuesday.  Piloted by Air Cmde K A Muthana (Retd), Chief Test Flying (Fixed Wing), the aircraft took-off from HAL Airport at around 123...

One pilot killed, two others sustain injuries as two ‘Suryakiran’ Hawk jets collide mid air

In a tragic incident a day ahead of Aero India 2019 defence aerospace exposition that begins here on Wednesday, one pilot was killed while two other pilots escaped death by ejecting themselves when two ‘Suryakiran’ Hawk jets, part of the Indian A...

Army chopper Dhruv Mk IV ‘Rudra’ makes emergency landing, pilots safe

A Dhruv ALH. Bangalore: An indigenously developed army helicopter ALH ‘Rudra’ Mk IV today made an emergency landing on a agriculture field at Tataguppe village near Kaggalipura in Ramanagara district of Karnataka on Tuesday afternoon...

Mirage 2000 crashed in Bengaluru , pilots killed

Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed when a Mirage 2000 aircraft crashed during the customer acceptance flight at HAL Airport in Bengaluru around 1030 am on Friday. The victims were identified as Sqn Ldr Sameer Abrol and Sqn Ldr Siddart...