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The Indian Air Force was established on 8 October 1932 in British India as an auxiliary air force [ 22 ] of the Royal Air Force. The enactment of the Indian Air Force Act 1932 [ 23 ][ 24 ] stipulated out their auxiliary status and enforced the adoption of the Royal Air Force uniforms, badges, brevets and insignia. [ 25 ]
Upon the establishment of establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations; nevertheless, the armed forces, namely, the British Indian Army (BIA), the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) and the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) - under the helm of King George VI as the Commander-in-Chief, retained their respective pre-independence ranks ...
A Su-30MKI firing Brahmos ER. Netra AEW&C on Embraer ERJ 145 platform. C-17 Globemaster III in service. C-295 is replacing HS-748. HAL Prachand. Aircraft. Origin. Type. Variant.
Crest of the Royal Indian Air Force (1932–1950). The Indian Air Force was established in British India as an auxiliary air force [2] of the Royal Air Force with the enactment of the Indian Air Force Act 1932 on 8 October that year [3] [4] and adopted the Royal Air Force uniforms, badges, brevets and insignia. [5]
The Air Force currently has over 60 air stations all over India. These are grouped into seven commands: Western Air Command at New Delhi, Delhi. Eastern Air Command at Shillong, Meghalaya. Central Air Command at Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Southern Air Command at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
The Indian Air Force has been undergoing a modernization program to replace and upgrade outdated equipment since the late 1990s to meet modern standards. For that reason, it has started procuring and developing aircraft, weapons, associated technologies, and infrastructures. Some of these programs date back to the late 1980s.
Customarily held by a four-star air chief marshal, the CAS is the senior-most operational officer of the IAF, mandated with the responsibilities of supervising the force's overall functioning during states of peace and wartime, committing to the establishment-cum-continuity of air deterrence and executing India's security objectives vis-à-vis ...
The Eastern Air Command is one of the five operational commands of the Indian Air Force.Currently headquartered in Shillong in Meghalaya.Named No. 1 Operational Group at the time of its inception, 27 May 1958, it was based at Ranikutir in Kolkata as a part of the Govt's increasing emphasis on defence of the eastern borders.