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1. Ground casualties. Ground fatalities. 3. Ground injuries. 2. On 8 May 2023, a MiG-21 crashed in the Indian state of Rajasthan, in Hanumangarh. [1] A mechanical issue caused the Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter aircraft to crash after taking off from the Suratgarh airbase during regular exercise, killing three people and injuring three more. [2]
8. July 17, 2000. Alliance Air Flight 7412 crashed in a residential estate of Patna after the pilot lost control of the aircraft and stalled. Deaths included 55 people aboard, along with 5 on the ground. 55+5. December 24, 1999. Indian Airlines Flight 814 was hijacked by terrorists and flown to Kandahar, Afghanistan.
No. 45 Squadron Indian Air Force ( Flying Daggers) is a Fighter Squadron internally based at Sulur AFS, Tamil Nadu. [1] The squadron operates the indigenous HAL Tejas fighter from 1 July 2016. [4] The squadron was initially based at Bangalore, Karnataka and later shifted to its main base in Sulur from 1 June 2018. [1]
List of active Indian Air Force aircraft squadrons. This is an organized list of all of the active aircraft squadrons that currently exist in the Indian Air Force. Squadrons might have changed names and designations many times over the years, so they are listed by their current designation. Expeditionary and provisional units are not listed.
This article provides a list of active Indian military aircraft currently in service with the Indian Armed Forces, as well as aircraft on order. For a list of historical military aircraft used by the Indian military, see list of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force .
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) is a statutory office held by the professional head of the Indian Air Force (IAF), the aerial branch of the Indian Armed Forces. 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 ...
Nickname (s) "Tigersharks". Motto (s) Vinahay Dushkrtam. Destroyer of Evil. Equipment. Sukhoi Su-30MKI. No. 222 Squadron (Tigersharks) is a maritime strike unit based out of Thanjavur. It is the first Sukhoi Su-30 MKI squadron based in southern India and is the also the first squadron equipped with air launched BrahMos cruise missile.
Retrieved 3 December 2015. ^ @IAF_MCC (1 October 2020). "No 23 Sqn 'Panthers' raised in the year 1956, went on to become the first 'Gnat' squadron of IAF. The Sqn in 196 5War achieved its first aerial kill & earned the title SabreSlayers" ( Tweet) – via Twitter. ^ "How-Indian-Air-Force-Came-of-Age-in-1965".