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Russia could deliver the first modernized MiG-29 fighter jet to India as early as in 2011, the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said on Wednesday. India signed a $960 million contract with Russia in 2008 to upgrade its five squadrons of 69 MiG-29 fighters, which have been in...

Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Monday said the government is taking a series of steps to develop the Indian Air Force (IAF) into a "dominant aerospace power." Addressing the first meeting of the Consultative Committee of Members of Parliament attached to his Ministry, Mr. Antony said the...

BY : DNA The defence ministry will establish a huge Air Force base close to the international border in Rajasthan, moving aggressively to secure the country’s western frontiers. The 300-km range supersonic cruise missile BrahMos will be stored at this base, defence ministry sources said...

BY : PTI Faced with intelligence inputs of a possible threat from the skies on the patern of 9/11, the Indian Air Force has decided to install highly-sophisticated radar in Delhi to detect 'rogue' low-flying aircraft. The decision to install 'Aerostat' radar in Delhi comes close on the heels...

BY : IANS An integrated command and control system commissioned here Wednesday has enabled the real time networking of all military and civil radars in south India to qualitatively enhance the surveillance capabilities of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in a broad swathe from the Bay of Bengal to...

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to celebrate its 76th anniversary on 8 October 2008. The occasion will be celebrated with an air display conducted by 52 aircraft at an Air Force Day parade-cum- investiture ceremony at Air Force Station, Hindon. The air display will see participation by NCC...

by : The financial express Denying strongly the reports of armed forces defying government over the pay commission issues, the chief of Indian Air Force (IAF) has said that in a decade’s time, the face of the force would be completely changed with its modernisation programme going full steam...

Having pitted their skills against each other in the recently concluded multi-national air exercise "Red Flag" in the US, the IAF and USAF helicopter and transport planes will take part in a joint exercise in Agra early next year. The Red Flag exercise saw the fighter pilots of IAF, USAF French...

http://broadband.indiatimes.com/showvideo/3499750.cms If the above mentioned news of Times now is to be believed then our boys outperformed the other air forces which participated at the Red Flag exercise. IAF had achieved a similar feat few years back against the US air force at the air...

BY : PTI India will soon have an advanced air war game in a multi-national setting on the lines of the US' Red Flag exercise in which the Indian Air Force (IAF) participated this August for the first time. "Yes, we are working towards having a multi-national air force gaming, which will...

For the first time, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is deploying its most potent Sukhoi-30MKI fighters in Kashmir. Reflecting its new assertiveness, the IAF wants to whet its war-waging prowess in a troubled sector where India has to defend itself from Pakistan and China. A senior air force...

BY : HT The Indian Air Force (IAF) has taken a leaf out of the United States Air Force’s book and ‘changed colours’. Some four years after the army aped the US and allowed its generals to wear stars on their collar tabs, it is now the turn of the IAF’s combat pilots to don the...

Surprising sophistication of Indian fighter aircraft and skill of Indian pilots" stunned the US Air Force. A June 2 article in the magazine Inside the Air Force reported –“The exercise, in which US F-15Cs were said to have been defeated more than 90 per cent of the time in direct combat...

Two teams from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) are leaving for Russia in a bid to fast track the custom made Russian engine AL-55I (‘I’ for Indian) that will power the indigenous, but delayed Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT). While a team will be tasked with the acceptance of three...

Source : Times of India Impressed with the combat skills of IAF top-gun pilots flying Sukhoi-30MKI fighters, IL-78 mid-air refuellers and IL-76 heavy-lift aircraft, the US would like IAF to take part in the "Red Flag" wargames on a regular basis. "IAF is a world-class air force, with...

BY : IANS Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal Fali H. Major has not been able to vote for the last 10 years because, like most people in the armed forces, he has not been home at election time. He has now sought streamlining of the voting system for the armed forces.â€The last I...

The long-delayed IAF plans to plug gaps in its air defence capabilities are finally making some headway now, with the government giving the go-ahead for the procurement of SpyDer low-level quick-reaction missile systems from Israel. Sources said the deal for the 18 SpyDer systems, at a cost...

BY : TNN India hopes that the first developmental flight of the stealth fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA), to be co-developed with Russia, will take place by 2015-2016. The FGFA, as envisaged by IAF to fulfil its futuristic requirements, will have a lethal mix of...

BY : Indian Express Newspapers The long-cherished dream of women entering the male bastion of flying fighter jets may finally come true with IAF Chief F H Major saying on Wednesday that the force is open to the idea of allowing the fairer sex donning the frontline combat role. Major said...