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India deploys troops with shoulder-fired missiles in key areas of Ladakh
The shoulder-fired missiles have a range of two to five km and they are capable of bringing down low flying helicopters and aircraft
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IAF launches mobile app to provide career-related information to aspirants
Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria launched a mobile application, "MY IAF", that will provide career-related information to those who want to join the Indian Air Force, an official statement said.
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Unscheduled transit flights can't land for specific hours in Delhi on I-Day
The Delhi International Airport Ltd said scheduled flights will operate as normal
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Air Chief Marshal reviews preparedness at Western Command frontline base
The IAF has been carrying out night time combat air patrols over the eastern Ladakh region in an apparent message to China that it was ready to deal with any eventualities in the mountainous region
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Hindustan Aeronautics' light combat chopper cutting its teeth in Ladakh
Operational capability at altitudes higher than any other attack helicopter in the world
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IAF writes to CBFC objecting to 'negative portrayal' in movie Gunjan Saxena
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has written to the Central Board of Film Certification complaining against its "undue negative portrayal" in the movie Gunjan Saxena
Import ban on 101 defence items: Embargo formalises existing reality
The air force has for decades been building its fighter and trainer aircraft in India, with the recent exception of the Rafale
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Kozhikode crash: Capt Sathe survived a crash in 1990 only to resume flying
Sathe was a former Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and had served at the force's flight testing establishment
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Vice Chief Air Staff visits Ladakh; takes stock of IAF's preparedness
Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora on Friday visited a number of airbases along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh
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ED raids multiple cities in IAF Pilatus jet money laundering case
ED raided multiple premises in various cities in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged corruption in the purchase of 75 Pilatus basic trainer aircraft for IAF in 2009
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Rafale to give India major advantage in case of aerial combat: B S Dhanoa
Dhanoa, known as the architect of the Balakot strikes, said the Rafale jets along with S-400 missile systems will give the Indian Air Force a major combat edge in the entire region
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Air Marshal VR Chaudhari AVSM VM assumes command of western air command
Air Marshal VR Chaudhari AVSM VM took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Air Command, Indian Air Force from Air Marshal B Suresh PVSM AVSM VM ADC
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MIG-21 to Rafale: Key additions to India's air prowess over the years
India has acquired some of the key fighter jet acquisitions over the years and the combat capabilities they possess that made India's airmen a force to reckon with
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Rafales are here: PM Narendra Modi says no virtue like protecting country
Congress raised questions over their price and "delay" in acquisition
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Will India have an edge over Pakistan, China after all 36 Rafales join IAF?
Experts said Rafales could be a game-changer for India after all the 36 jets join the Indian Air Force as no aircraft in possession of any country in the neighbourhood will be able to match Rafale
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PM Modi, Rajnath Singh welcome Rafale jets; Amit Shah says historic day
The Rafales were escorted by two Sukhoi 30 MKIs after they entered the Indian air space and were given a water salute when they landed in Ambala
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In pictures: Five Rafale fighter jets arrive in Ambala
The five French Rafale fighter jets touched down at Haryana's Ambala after covering a distance of nearly 7,000 km to join the Indian Air Force
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Giving IAF a strategic edge, fleet of 5 Rafale combat jets arrive in India
The fleet, comprising three single seater and two twin seater aircraft, are being inducted into the IAF as part of its Ambala-based No 17 Squadron, also known as the 'Golden Arrows'
Security up, photography of Rafales banned ahead of landing in Ambala
Air base is surrounded by villages including Dhulkot, Baldev Nagar, Garnala and Panjokhara and National Highway 1-A
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Kashmir's Hilal Ahmad Rather first IAF officer to fly, weaponise Rafale
Hilal studied in Sainik School in Nagrota town of Jammu district. He was commissioned in IAF as a fighter pilot on December 17, 1988
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