A Group Captain of the Indian Air Force was killed in an accident involving a MiG-21 Bison aircraft at an airbase in central India on Wednesday, the IAF said
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
A realistic assessment will tell us that not much has changed between India and Pakistan since Balakot; the relationship remains as fraught as before with little prospect of reconciliation
One new squadron, which will be raised in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, in the coming months, will be equipped with new Sukhoi-30MKI fighters, built by HAL in Nashik
Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa took the pilot's front seat and flew the entire sortie, while Abhinandan Varthaman occupied the co-pilot's rear seat
The aircraft was on a routine mission and crashed after getting airborne from the Nal airbase near Bikaner. The pilot of the aircraft ejected safely
The landing was safe but the runway was blocked for nearly half an hour which affected the operation of a few regular flights
Both pilots are safe, said IAF officials