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Sri Lanka Navy honours vessels from India, other countries for disaster assistance

January 1, 2026 admin

India’s relief and assistance mission – Operation Sagar Bandhu – commenced on the very day that Cyclone Ditwah made landfall. INS Vikrant and INS Udayagiri delivered relief material. File photo: @indiannavy/X via PTI Sri Lanka Navy on Thursday (January 1, 2026) said eight foreign vessels, including two from India, have been honoured for providing assistance…

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Story Of Air Force Pilot’s “Indomitable Valour”

January 27, 2025 admin

March 28, 2024 Flight Lieutenant Aman Singh Hans, a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force, took off with a MiG-29 twin-engine fighter jet for a long-range ferry mission for Exercise Gagan Shakti scheduled in April. Flight Lieutenant Hans was airborne for 20 minutes when at 28,000 feet or 8.5 km from the ground, the…

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IAF signs MoA with IISc and FSID

November 19, 2024 admin

Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN The Headquarter Maintenance Command of the Indian Air Force (IAF) has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) and Foundation for Science Innovation and Development (FSID), Bengaluru on November 18. The MoA includes jointly identifying problem areas of…

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China Unveils Its Second 5th-Gen Fighter, Looks Exactly Like This US Jet

November 12, 2024 admin

US F-35 Lighting carrying out formation flying ‘One Aircraft, Multiple Roles’ China plans to induct the aircraft into the Air Force and the Navy, similar to the US F-35 which has three variants – The F-35A for the Air Force, F-35B for the Marine Corps and F-35C for the US Navy. The F-35A can take…

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Air Force’s MiG-29 Stalls In Flat Spin Seconds Before It Crashed

November 4, 2024 admin

An IAF MiG-29 fighter jet was seen in a flat spin before it crashed New Delhi: A video showing an Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-29 fighter jet hurtling towards the ground in a flat spin has gone viral. The fighter jet crashed in a field near Uttar Pradesh’s Agra earlier today. The IAF has said…

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Air Force’s MiG-29 Crashes Near Agra, Pilot Ejects Safely

November 4, 2024 admin

The aircraft was up in flames in the open field in Agra. A MiG-29 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed today near Agra in Uttar Pradesh after “encountering a system malfunction”. The pilot ejected safely from the aircraft. Visuals show the aircraft up in flames in an open field in the Songa village…

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All About The C-295 Military Aircraft

October 28, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez on Monday jointly inaugurated the TATA Aircraft Complex for manufacturing the C-295 aircraft in Vadodara, the first private sector final assembly line for military aircraft in India. A total of 40 military tactical transport aircraft will be built at the Vadodara facility as…

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PM Narendra Modi, Spanish Counterpart Pedro Sanchez To Launch TATA Aircraft Complex In Vadodara For Manufacturing C-295 Aircraft

October 28, 2024 admin

PM Modi and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez at the TATA Aircraft Complex Vadodara: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today jointly inaugurated the TATA Aircraft Complex for manufacturing C-295 aircraft with his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez in Gujarat’s Vadodara. A total of 56 aircraft are there under the C-295 programme, of which 16 are being delivered…

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Double Suicide By Military Officers

October 17, 2024 admin

An Indian Army Captain died by suicide after her husband and Indian Air Force Flight Lieutenant’s death in Agra. Renu Tanwar, was found hanging inside a room at Delhi’s Army Cantonment officer’s guest house on Tuesday. The suicide note found in the guest house mentioned her will to be “cremated hand-in-hand” with her husband Deendayal Deep. Delhi…

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DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi On Chennai Marina Beach Indian Air Force Airshow Deaths

October 7, 2024 admin

Kanimozhi Karunanidhi’s reaction came after Air Force’s airshow at Marina Beach in Chennai. Chennai: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi today said the deaths of five people due to suspected heat stroke after an Indian Air Force show in Chennai was “very painful” and that “unmanageable gatherings” should be avoided, tacitly taking on the IAF…

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