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Naval Air Arm. Heliborne operation from HAL Dhruv MK-III. A Boeing P-8I Neptune of Indian Navy. MH-60R Seahawk helicopter of Indian Navy. Aircraft. Origin. Type. Variant. In service.
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 ]
HAL AMCA. The Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) is an Indian single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather fifth-generation stealth, multirole combat aircraft being developed for the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy. The Mark-1 variant of the aircraft will be a fifth generation fighter while the Mark-2 variant will have sixth-generation ...
Avani Chaturvedi. Squadron Leader Avani Chaturvedi (born 27 October 1993) is an Indian pilot from Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh. She was declared as the first female combat pilot in India along with two of her cohorts, Mohana Singh Jitarwal, and Bhawana Kanth. [1][2] The trio was inducted into the Indian Air Force fighter squadron in June 2016 ...
The Sukhoi Su-30MKI[ a ] (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) is a two-seater, twinjet multirole air superiority fighter developed by Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi and built under licence by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF). A variant of the Sukhoi Su-30, it is a heavy, all-weather, long-range fighter.
The HAL Tejas (Sanskrit: तेजस, ISO: Tējasa, lit. ' Radiance ') is an Indian single-engine, 4.5 generation delta wing multirole [9] combat aircraft designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Navy.
The Indian Air Force plans to attain a 42 squadron strength by 2035 and deploy 450 fighter jets each along the borders of Pakistan and China. The IAF will also acquire large numbers of stealthy autonomous UCAVs ( DRDO Ghatak ), swarm drones (ALFA-S) and uncrewed aircraft to transform into a fully advanced Network-Centric Force capable of ...
Vir Chakra [2] Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman VrC (born 21 June 1983) is an Indian Air Force fighter pilot of Mig-21 Bison plane who on 27 February 2019 scrambled to intercept F-16 & JF-17 of Pakistan Air Force 's (PAF) that were conducting retaliatory airstrikes on Jammu and Kashmir. He was awarded the Vir Chakra by the Indian government.