Air Force Academy (AFA)

18/12/2013

The motley crowd that gathered for the combined graduation parade at Air Force Academy near here was greeted to a salute in air by the ‘Sarang’ helicopter display team of Indian Air Force on Saturday morning.

The motley crowd that gathered for the combined graduation parade at Air Force Academy near Dundigal here was greeted to a salute in air by the ‘Sarang’ helicopter display team of Indian Air Force on Saturday morning.

08/10/2012

For the first time ever, Indian Air Force is preparing its women officers for combat roles. Two women pilots of the force are getting trained for combat roles. Flight Lieutenants Alka Shukla and MP Shumathi were trained at the Yelahanka station in flying twin-engine Mi-8 and Mi-17, utility and medium-size assault helicopters.

Another male bastion , this time in the air, has gone to women. For the first time ever, Indian Air Force is preparing its women officers for combat roles.

08/10/2012

The Indian Air Force marks its 80th anniversary today. It was officially established on October 8, 1932 and its first flight took place on April 1, 1933. Indian Air Force was formed with a small fleet of four Westland Wapiti army cooperative bi-planes and six RAF trained officers. It was on April 1, 1954 that IAF got its first Indian Chief of the Air Staff in Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee. Today, it is the fourth largest air force fleet in the world.

25/08/2012

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced the final results of the Combined Defence Services (CDS) Examination 2011 conducted by it and interviews held by the Services Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence.

23/08/2012

Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne, on Tuesday left for Brazil on a bilateral visit when he will inspect the production of Embraer planes for India's indigenous airborne early warning system.

Indian air chief in Brazil to deepen defence ties

19/08/2012

The initial version of a fighter plane, being jointly developed by India and Russia and tipped to be one of the most-advanced in the world, will be unveiled in India in 2014.

The Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) with stealth features is slated to be inducted in the Indian Air Force by 2022.

The initial version of a fighter plane, being jointly developed by India and Russia and tipped to be one of the most-advanced in the world, will be unveiled in India in 2014.