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IAF deploys Chinook, C-130s for flood relief ops in Jammu and Punjab

August 27, 2025 10:18 pm

Five Mi-17 helicopters and a Chinook chopper were pressed into service from nearby bases in the Northern Sector, including Chandigarh, ensuring maximum rescue capability and operational reach, an IAF spokesperson said. Additional helicopters remain on standby to join the rescue efforts, an IAF spokesperson said.

IAF team rescues 3 stranded in Sabarmati in Kheda using chopper

August 27, 2025 1:16 am

Dharoda village is located along the banks of the Sabarmati river downstream from Ahmedabad, about 33 km to the south

The MiG-21 is set to retire. It is about time

July 23, 2025 1:06 pm

As the IAF expands its strategic ambit, it needs combat aircraft with technologies compatible with its operational mandate and wars of the future. The MiG-21 has served India well. But it is time for an upgrade

IAF Agniveer Vayu Recruitment 2025: Registration begins at agnipathvayu.cdac.in

July 12, 2025 6:25 pm

IAF Agniveer Vayu Recruitment 2025: Candidates who are eligible can apply online from today (July 11, 2025) till July 31, 2025, through the official website agnipathvayu.cdac.in.

'Calm, composed, and fearless': IAF pilot killed in Jaguar crash got married in 2020, welcomed a son last month

July 11, 2025 2:56 am

The IAF pilot, who belonged to the Kheri Sadh village in Haryana's Rohtak, joined the Indian Air Force in 2015.

2 IAF personnel drown in lake as heavy rains pound Uttarakhand

July 04, 2025 4:43 pm

Two IAF personnel drowned in Bhimtal lake as relentless rains cripple daily life and disrupt the Chardham Yatra in Uttarakhand.

After delay, India may get 1st batch of Apache choppers from US by July-end

July 03, 2025 4:26 am

In 2020, India and the United States signed a contract to procure six additional Apache helicopters for the Army, following a contract to procure 22 helicopters for the Indian Air Force in 2015. All 22 helicopters for the IAF have been delivered.

Nine lessons from Operation Sindoor

May 27, 2025 12:41 pm

The Government of India should expand and upgrade Indian Air Force. The IAF has today only 31 squadrons against a sanction of 42

IAF personnel tries to get off moving train in Bihar, dies

May 22, 2025 6:53 pm

27-year-old Indian Air Force personnel on Thursday died while trying to get off a moving train in Bihar's Khagaria district, police said.

‘Flying high’: How Haryana became home to Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, IAF’s trailblazing woman chopper pilot

May 17, 2025 5:31 pm

Wing Commander Vyomika Singh is married into a Haryana family deeply embedded in the military and academia.

India airlifts diplomats, citizens stranded in crisis-hit Afghanistan

August 17, 2021 10:44 pm

Amid escalating tensions in Afghanistan, India Tuesday evacuated its entire embassy, including 130 diplomats, and around 20 Indians stranded in Afghanistan on Tuesday.

Indian Air Force jets' landing drills on Lucknow-Agra Expressway

October 24, 2017 9:55 pm

As part of an emergency landing drill, sixteen aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Tuesday took part in a touch-and-go exercise at an airstrip on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway.

IAF with MTDC gears up for Indian Air Force Show 2015

March 11, 2015 11:04 am

IAF along with Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation gears up for Indian Air Force Show 2015.

India's Own Tejas Fighter At Bahrain Air Show

January 22, 2016 4:45 pm

This was the first appearance of Tejas at a foreign air show, and is bound to be compared with Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder fighter produced with Chinese help.

IAF brings back Nepal earthquake survivors to India

April 27, 2015 1:54 pm