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2 pilots killed as IAF trainer aircraft crashes in Telangana

Two IAF pilots lost their lives when an Indian Air Force trainer aircraft crashed in Medak district of Telangana on Monday morning. An official statement from the IAF confirmed the crash of a......

SHOCKING! 2,374 IAF Crashes. 1,305 Pilots Killed

During these seven decades, the IAF has lost 2,374 aircraft to crashes.They include 1,126 fighters and 1,248 non-combat aircraft.In addition, 229 trainers and 196 helicopters have crashed.These......

The Cadet Who Won President's Gold Medal At NDA

Afrid Afroz, 21, who was adjudged best cadet at the NDA's 144th course, will join the Indian Air Force and hopes to be a fighter pilot. IMAGE: Battalion Cadet Captain Afrid Afroz. All Photographs:......

HAL's HTT-40 comes in from the cold

Seven years ago, an IAF chief had ordered the HTT-40 to be removed from the Yelahanka air base.The IAF now wants HAL to build 108 HTT-40 aircraft.Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: HAL'S HTT-40.......

What has Rajnath ordered for Rs 87.22 billion?

The army, air force and navy will all benefit from the defence ministry's approval of 'Make in India' equipment.Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the HAL complex in......

Govt takes army's money to fill Budget gap

As in the past, the armed forces have been asked to surrender around Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion) ahead of the Budget.Normally, this is the amount not spent from the capital account, usually from......

Grob Aircraft targets 181 trainers for IAF

As pilot Klaus Plasa lifts his 70-year-old, grey-green Messerschmitt Me-109 fighter off the runway, clapping breaks out among the aficionados of historic aircraft that crowd Berlin's ILA 2010, the......

Urgent trip? Just fly by hire

Necessity had always made air charters the first choice of transport in some businesses such as offshore oil exploration or moving top politicians and corporate executives around.More often than......

The fly-by-hire business takes wing

For most gulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight. More than anything else, Jonathan Livingston Seagull loved to fly. --......

Tejas: Don't Get IAF Wrong!

'For god's sake, portray the armed forces in the correct manner,' asserts IAF veteran Air Commodore Nitin Sathe after watching Tejas. IMAGE: Kangana Ranaut as Tejas Gill in Tejas. A long......

PIX: Ranveer's AMAZING Swiss holiday

Bollywood stars go for the loveliest holidays -- exotic locations with a lot of adventure thrown in. So we decided to document their travels with a special series. 'Monkeys' Bipasha Basu and Karan......

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2 pilots killed as IAF trainer aircraft crashes in Telangana

SHOCKING! 2,374 IAF Crashes. 1,305 Pilots Killed

The Cadet Who Won President's Gold Medal At NDA

HAL's HTT-40 comes in from the cold

What has Rajnath ordered for Rs 87.22 billion?

Govt takes army's money to fill Budget gap

Grob Aircraft targets 181 trainers for IAF

Urgent trip? Just fly by hire

The fly-by-hire business takes wing

Tejas: Don't Get IAF Wrong!

PIX: Ranveer's AMAZING Swiss holiday

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