Mangaluru : Ullal resident Melwyn who was one among the several Indians stranded in Afghanistan after Talibanis took control over the nation, has safely returned hometown on Wednesday. He was one among the several Indians airlifted by the Indian Air Force from Kabul. Melwyn was working in the Electrical Maintenance Division of the NATO Military […]

Bengaluru : The country head of Saab India Technologies Ola Rignell said on Thursday Bengaluru will be the “backbone” for the Grippen aircraft offering to the Indian Air Force due to the industry set-up here. Swedish defence major Saab had earlier said it is planning to hold meetings with Indian companies in October to develop […]

Bengaluru : Air Marshal Arvindra Singh Butola took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Training Command here on Monday. Butola is a recipient of the Vayu Sena and Vishisht Seva medals. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and was commissioned in the Helicopter Stream of the Indian Air Force in June […]

Jodhpur: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today took off in the IAF s frontline combat jet Sukhoi 30 MKI from the air base here. The country’s first woman defence minister sat in the rear seat behind the pilot and was wearing the pilot s G-suit. The sortie is likely to last for 30 minutes, defence sources […]

New Delhi: BSF today shot dead a Pakistani intruder along the Indo-Pak International Border in Bamiyal sector of Pathankot in Punjab, the same spot from where terrorists had infiltrated last year to attack an IAF base. Officials said the Border Security Force observation post detected suspicious movements of an intruder around 8:15 AM at about […]

Bengaluru: The mortal remains of martyr Major Akshay Girish Kumar, killed during the terror strike on Nagrota Army camp in Jammu, were cremated with full military honours here on Thursday. The body of 31-year old Kumar was brought from New Delhi in an IAF aircraft and kept at the Yelahanka Air Force station where the […]

New Delhi: India and France today signed the Euro 7.87-billion deal for Rafale fighter jets, equipped with latest missiles and weapon system besides multiple India- specific modifications that will give the IAF cutting edge capability over arch rival Pakistan. The deal was signed by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and his visiting French counterpart Jean Yves […]

Chennai: No traces of the Indian Air Force’s missing AN-32 were found on Monday, the fourth day after it went missing, with officials saying the search has more difficult due to the fact that there was no signal from the emergency locator of the aircraft. IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha called it “unfortunate” […]

Jodhpur: A series of events including display of various types of aircraft and military weapons featured in the 81st anniversary celebration of the Indian Air Force at its 32 Wing station here yesterday. The 32 Wing, known as “Desert Warriors”, was established in Jodhpur on January 1 in 1971, with the aim of strengthening the […]

Mangalore : There is a tragic news for Dakshina Kannada  district. The IAF chopper crash at Uttarakhand on Tuesday during the flood relief operations has claimed the life of a Wing Commander of Kinnigoli origin. He was one among the 20 who perished in the tragedy. The deceased wing commander is   Darryl Castelino. His family […]