Air Force Day 2021

Celebrating its 89th anniversary, the Indian Air Force today put up a dazzling show with 75 aircrafts, drawn from its vintage and modern fleet, performing skillful maneuvers to mark the platinum jubilee year of India's Independence.

President Ram Nath Kovind on the occasion of 89th Air Force Day, said that the nation is proud of the Indian Air Force (IAF) which has proved its competency and capability time and again during peace and war.

In a first, two Mi-17 1V Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters showered flower petals at the venue of main Independence Day celebration at the Red Fort here after Prime Minister Narendra Modi unfurled the national flag.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's Tejas Light Combat Aircraft's second production line on Tuesday, according to HAL officials.The event comes a day before the opening of the AeroIndia 2021, the country's premier aerospace and Defence exhibition at Air Force Station, Yelahanka on Wednesday.

Forty-two aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Army, Navy, Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL), and the Coast Guard are set to sizzle across the skies of Bengaluru as the city readies for the biannual Aero India show this week. Unfortunately for the residents of the city, fewer people may be able to attend the event as it as been curtailed to only three...

Beating Retreat 2021: The Indian Air Force posted pictures of the Beating Retreat ceremony that are half a century old. The Beating Retreat is a sombre ceremony mainly consisting of performances of the bands of the three services. At the Beating Retreat ceremony this year, a special new composition - Swarnim Vijay - will be played for the first tim...

Republic Day 2021: A Rafale fighter jet for the first time was part of the Republic Day parade. Today's Republic Day parade drew to a close with the customary fly-past by the Indian Air Force fighter jets. The stunning "Vertical Charlie" manouevre was carried out by a Rafale jet at the 72nd Republic Day parade on Delhi's Rajpath.

Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth, the first woman in India to qualify for combat mission in a fighter jet, today became the first woman fighter pilot to participate in the Republic Day fly-past.

A Rafale fighter jet - one of the eight inducted into the Indian Air Force over the last year - took part in the Republic Day celebrations for the first time as it carried out the demanding and spectacular "Vertical Charlie" maneuver alone and was part of the "Eklavya" formation with four other fighter jets.

Army Day 2021: On the occasion of the 73rd Army Day, Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat paid tribute at the National War Memorial in Delhi on Friday. Along with General Bipin Rawat, the chiefs of all three Armed Forces, Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane, Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria and Chief of the Naval Staff Ad...

The Indian Air Force has announced that the first level of selection of potential astronauts for ISRO's Gaganyaan mission, India's first manned space flight, has been completed

Celebrating its 89th anniversary, the Indian Air Force today put up a dazzling show with 75 aircrafts, drawn from its vintage and modern fleet, performing skillful maneuvers to mark the platinum jubilee year of India's Independence.

President Ram Nath Kovind on the occasion of 89th Air Force Day, said that the nation is proud of the Indian Air Force (IAF) which has proved its competency and capability time and again during peace and war.

In a first, two Mi-17 1V Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters showered flower petals at the venue of main Independence Day celebration at the Red Fort here after Prime Minister Narendra Modi unfurled the national flag.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's Tejas Light Combat Aircraft's second production line on Tuesday, according to HAL officials.The event comes a day before the opening of the AeroIndia 2021, the country's premier aerospace and Defence exhibition at Air Force Station, Yelahanka on Wednesday.

Forty-two aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Army, Navy, Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL), and the Coast Guard are set to sizzle across the skies of Bengaluru as the city readies for the biannual Aero India show this week. Unfortunately for the residents of the city, fewer people may be able to attend the event as it as been curtailed to only three...

Beating Retreat 2021: The Indian Air Force posted pictures of the Beating Retreat ceremony that are half a century old. The Beating Retreat is a sombre ceremony mainly consisting of performances of the bands of the three services. At the Beating Retreat ceremony this year, a special new composition - Swarnim Vijay - will be played for the first tim...

Republic Day 2021: A Rafale fighter jet for the first time was part of the Republic Day parade. Today's Republic Day parade drew to a close with the customary fly-past by the Indian Air Force fighter jets. The stunning "Vertical Charlie" manouevre was carried out by a Rafale jet at the 72nd Republic Day parade on Delhi's Rajpath.

Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth, the first woman in India to qualify for combat mission in a fighter jet, today became the first woman fighter pilot to participate in the Republic Day fly-past.

A Rafale fighter jet - one of the eight inducted into the Indian Air Force over the last year - took part in the Republic Day celebrations for the first time as it carried out the demanding and spectacular "Vertical Charlie" maneuver alone and was part of the "Eklavya" formation with four other fighter jets.

Army Day 2021: On the occasion of the 73rd Army Day, Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat paid tribute at the National War Memorial in Delhi on Friday. Along with General Bipin Rawat, the chiefs of all three Armed Forces, Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane, Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria and Chief of the Naval Staff Ad...

The Indian Air Force has announced that the first level of selection of potential astronauts for ISRO's Gaganyaan mission, India's first manned space flight, has been completed