An Indian Air Force Rafale. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Air Force has submitted a formal proposal to the defence ministry seeking approval for the acquisition of 114 additional Rafale fighter jets under the “Make in India” framework...
CDS Gen Anil Chauhan.Mhow: The top military leadership has acknowledged persistent disagreements over the proposed theaterization of armed forces, after the Indian Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh seemed to disagree with the theate...
ACM Amar Preet Singh.Mhow: The Indian Air Force has signalled significant reservations about the military’s ambitious theatre command restructuring, with Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh advocating for a measured approach that prioritizes exi...
Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on a MiG-21 Bison at the Nal airbase in Rajasthan, on August 25, 2025. (Photo: Indian Air Force) Nal Air Force Station/New Delhi: The chief of air staff, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, conducted his final ...
A political poster of Narendra Modi in an IAF flying overall.As a veteran military officer who has witnessed three consecutive generations of military tradition, I write with profound concern about two disturbing developments that threaten the instit...
An Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Air Force’s remaining MiG-21 Bison squadrons will be decommissioned by mid-September, defence officials said on Tuesday. This will bring the curtains down on the longest-servin...
The crash killed 241 out of 242 on board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 19 others on ground.New Delhi: The preliminary investigation into the catastrophic Air India Flight 171 crash has revealed that both engine fuel-control switches mysteriously move...
An IAF Sukhoi-30MKI test-firing an Astra BVRAAM in 2019. (File photo)New Delhi: India’s defence capabilities received a significant boost on Friday, as the indigenous Astra beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) successfully demonstrat...
An Indian Air Force Jaguar during a live-fire training operation. (File photo)New Delhi: A twin-seater Jaguar IB trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in an agricultural field near Bhanoda village in Rajasthan’s Churu district on Wed...
Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets (Photo: Group Captain Indranil Nandi)New Delhi: France’s Safran Group will set up a Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facility at Hyderabad in Telangana for Rafale fighter jet’s M88 engine,...