He had shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet during a dogfight over the LoC New Delhi: Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman, who downed a Pakistan jet during an aerial combat in February 2019 at the Line of Control (LoC) and was held captive for three days, was awarded the Vir Chakra…
On the occasion of Air Force Day on Oct. 8, Fighter Pilot Group Captain Mandetira Medaiah Bopanna, decorated with Vishisht Seva Medal, was conferred with Vayu Sena Medal at Air Force Station Hindon, Uttar Pradesh, for professional ability and exceptional devotion to duty by Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Choudhari, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, on…
MP scuttles move to shift IAF Helicopter Training Centre Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore Airport at Mandakalli will not be handed over to Indian Air Force (IAF) to set up its Helicopter Training Centre and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has agreed not to do so. This was disclosed by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha who attended…
Mysore/Mysuru: A city-based M.Tech graduate, who made several attempts to join the Indian Air Force (IAF) has finally made it in his sixth attempt. M.Prashanth of Mysuru has been selected as the Meteorology Officer at the IAF and has shifted to Indian Air Force Academy in Hyderabad for training. Prashanth pursued Aero-nautical Engineering from Acharya…
Kollegal: Sqn Ldr Ashritha V. Oleti of Indian Air Force, hailing from Kollegal in Chamarajanagar district, has been selected as the country’s first woman Flight Test Engineer and has brought laurels to the State. Daughter of late O.V. Venkatesh Babu and O.V. Vani couple, she has obtained degree from Indian Air Force Test Pilot School,…
Bengaluru: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has established a 100-bedded Covid treatment facility at Air Force Station, Jalahalli, in the outskirts of the city in an attempt to provide succour to the general public of Bengaluru, reeling under second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The Centre with the first 20 beds will be operational from Thursday…
First Couple offers special pujas at Talacauvery; Ram Nath Kovind to dedicate General K.S. Thimayya Museum at Madikeri to the Nation at 3.15 pm Madikeri: India’s First Citizen President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savitha Kovind arrived in Kodagu this morning. An Indian Air Force chopper carried the First Couple from the HAL Airport…
World’s first hybrid air show begins at Indian Air Force Station, Yelahanka Bengaluru: The Aero India 2021 event, the country’s premier aerospace and defence exhibition, kick-started at Indian Air Force Station in Yelahanka, Bengaluru this morning in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 13th edition of the international event, touted as the world’s first-ever…
New Delhi: Five French-made multirole Rafales were inducted this morning into the Indian Air Force’s “Golden Arrows” Squadron at the Ambala Air Force Station, the country’s oldest Air Force base built in 1919. A Rafale fighter jet flew above the airbase as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his French counterpart Florence Parly watched it from…
A befitting tribute to Indo-Pak War Hero on his 55th death anniversary By Prasad Sampigekatte Madikeri: The statue of Squadron Leader Ajjamada Bopayya Devayya will be unveiled at Madikeri in Kodagu District on Sept. 7. The 6-feet-9-inch bronze statue installed at the Old Private Bus Stand Circle will be unveiled on the day Devayya was…
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