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New Delhi: Four Indian Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets and two C-17 Globemaster-III strategic airlifter have touched down in Australiafor the major 'Pitch Black' air combat exercise, which will see participation of around 100 aircraft and…

NEW DELHI: A woman helicopter pilot, who flew several sorties to rescue 47 people from a flood-hit region last year, is among the seven IAFpersonnel who have been awarded the Vayu Sena Medal for gallantry. The seven include four pilots,…

NEW DELHI: An IAFcontingent of four Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets, a C-17 Globemaster-III strategic-lift aircraft and an IL-78 mid-air refueller left for Malaysia on Friday to participate in the bilateral `Udarashakti’ air combat exercise,…

NEW DELHI: India has hosted a French Air and Space Force contingent, including three Rafale fighter jets and support aircraft, for a two-day technical stopover at the IAFairbase at Sulur in Tamil Nadu. The French contingent is on a…

NEW DELHI: India and China are likely to establish "direct contact" between their air forces to prevent any inadvertent escalation amid the ongoing "heightened" activity by fighter jets and drones along the unresolved Line of Actual…

Breaking another glass ceiling in the armed forces, an all-women naval crew carried out the first independent operational maritime reconnaissance and surveillance mission in the North Arabian Sea onboard a Dornier-228 patrol aircraft.…

NEW DELHI: India will dispatch four Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets, a C-17 Globemaster-III strategic airlifter and an IL-78mid-air refueling aircraft for the major `Pitch Black’ air combat exercise to be hosted by Australiathis month, with…

NEW DELHI: The four existing squadrons of the old single-engine MiG-21s, which were the first truly supersonic fighters to be inducted by the IAFin 1963 but have been plagued by an alarmingly high crash rate in later years, will finally…

BENGALURU: Defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Wednesday said it signed a contract with Honeywell, worth more than $100 million, for supply and manufacture of 88 engines (TPE331-12B), kits along with maintenance and…

NEW DELHI: India’s capability to detect and destroy hostile fighters, strategic bombers, missiles and drones at long ranges will get another major boost when a new squadron of the S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems becomes…