News for 'Marshal P S Ahluwalia'

When IAF Secretly Brought Prabhakaran To India

'With butterflies in our stomachs, but confident of our mission, we took off for Jaffna on the morning of 24 July 1987.' IAF Veteran Air Commodore Nitin Sathe recalls a conversation with Air Vice Marshal Harpal Singh Ahluwalia (retd), then a wing commander and mission leader for the clandestine operation.

'IAF maintaining equilibrium against threats'

"Though falling squadron strength is a cause of worry," Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Air Command Air Marshal P S Ahluwalia said that IAF had the resources and platforms to get the better of any threat from the western sector.

IAF's green signal for Rang De Basanti

MiG-21 sheds 'flying coffin' tag

The accident rate of the Soviet-made multi-role fighter has been reduced by 56 per cent in the last decade.

Surgical strikes an operational necessity, say experts

They justified the strikes, saying the forces had entered into Indian territory occupied by Pakistan.