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IAF block on indigenous HTT-40 aircraft keeps door open for Swiss trainers

HAL has to pay Rs 180 crore to US firm Honeywell, to upgrade its TPE-331-12B engine that will power 106 HTT-40 trainers needed by the Indian military

100 hours on, IAF intensifies search ops to trace missing AN-32 aircraft

The Russian-made aircraft took off from Jorhat at 12.27 pm on Monday for the Mechuka Advanced Landing Ground. Its last contact with the ground control was at 1 pm

Navy joins search operation for missing IAF AN-32 aircraft in Arunachal

The Russian-origin transport aircraft, with 13 people on board, went missing Monday afternoon around 33 minutes after taking off from Jorhat in Assam

India's first all-women crew flies Mi-17 chopper in battle training mission

Flying officer Aman Nidhi hails from Ranchi, Jharkhand and is also the first woman IAF pilot from the state

IAF aircraft overshoots runway at Mumbai airport, movement diverted

'We confirm that an Air Force aircraft departing from the Mumbai airport had runway excursion at 11.39 pm on Tuesday,' the official said

IAF wants to accept Russian offer of 21 surplus MiG-29 fighters

These 21 fighters were built in the 1980s by Russian firm, RAC MiG, for the Russian Air Force, which eventually could not muster up the money to pay for them

Exercise Bahubali: IAF demonstrates its strategic airlift capability

Such an airlift would be invaluable in wartime, for reinforcing a threatened sector, such as Ladakh, with troops or equipment

India wary of Indo-Pacific moves, neighbours' arms upgrade: IAF chief

Asked whether the IAF can play a role in smashing terrorist training camps across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, he did not rule out such a possibility

First indigenously overhauled Su 30 MKI aircraft handed over for IAF

11 BRD is the only fighter aircraft repair depot of the Indian Air Force and undertakes repair and overhaul of frontline fighters such as MIG-29 and Sukhoi 30 MKI

Being online till late hours causing sleep deprivation in pilots: IAF chief

Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa cited the example of 2013 air crash in Rajasthan's Barmer and said that the aircraft crashed as the pilot was sleep deprived

Flying the same mistaken route

If the IAF wants its fighters, it must forget foreign procurements and turn to indigenisation, as the navy has done

Govt begins process to procure 110 fighter jets for IAF for $9-13 bn

Both single- and twin-engine aircraft eligible; MMRCA re-run on cards

India can locate and strike Pak nuke sites: IAF chief B S Dhanoa

Dhanoa said that IAF is ready to take on the challenge of a two-front war

IAF enhances night flying by combat jets to boost strike power

Sources said overall operational capability of bases like Pathankot, Ambala, Halwara and Hasimara are being strengthened

IAF chopper Chetak topples during training sortie near Allahabad

The helicopter was on a routine training sortie from Bamrauli

IAF chopper upgrade deal inked

It involves upgrading of 90 MI-17 helicopters as Alpha Design

Over 200 more fighter jets needed in next 10 years: IAF Chief

IAF chief said that 36 Rafale jets being bought by India from France were not enough

IAF personnel can't sport beard on religious grounds: SC

The SC bench said that the Centre's decision does not infringe upon fundamental rights of the officers

Army, IAF grounds entire fleet of light utility choppers for safety check

This has come after three army aviators were killed in a chopper crash last week

IAF's C-17 Globemaster can now operate from remote Arunachal ALG

This operation demonstrated the IAF's capability to reach out to this remote ALG located just 29 km from the Sino-Indian border