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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]
On 8 December 2021, a Mil Mi-17V-5 transport helicopter operated by the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed between Coimbatore and Wellington in the state of Tamil Nadu, after departing from Sulur Air Force Station. The helicopter was carrying Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 13 others, including his wife and staff.
Abhinandan Varthaman. Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman VrC (born 21 June 1983) is an Indian Air Force fighter pilot who was held captive in Pakistan for 60 hours after his MiG-21 Bison was shot down in an aerial dogfight that ensued after the Pakistan Air Force 's (PAF) retaliatory airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir.
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]
Uttarakhand tunnel rescue. / 30.757472°N 78.263556°E / 30.757472; 78.263556. On 12 November 2023, a section of the Silkyara Bend–Barkot tunnel, planned to connect National Highway 134 in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, India, caved in while under construction. The collapse occurred at around 05:30 IST and trapped 41 workers ...
The Indian Air Force has been undergoing a modernization program to replace and upgrade outdated equipment since the late 1990s to meet modern standards.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.
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.
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 ...