Aircraft And Helicopters
Canberra No More…
It was sort of weird being flown to Agra yesterday because I realised that the first time I was ever going to see an English Electric…
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Indian Hawk Soars in Tippy Grey!
Check out this beautiful photograph of the BAe Hawk (HT004 I think) in the skies. Found it on the BAe site, but it totally looks superimposed.…
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Look who’s talking!
I reproduce here R Prasannan's fine piece in The Week -- the other side of the DRDO story. Some of our commenters have referred to this…
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Astra BVRAAM Tests Continue
The Astra beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) will go through its a series of tests on March 26 and March 27 at Complex II of…
Aircraft And Helicopters
The Sun Sets on the IAF’s Rakshak
I was looking up some old stuff the other day and came upon the rare Sept-Oct 1984 edition of Air University Review journal. A particular piece…
Aircraft And Helicopters
Farewell MiG-23MF of Warlords!
Just got this press release from the IAF. Reproducing it as is:Having soared the Indian skies for nearly 24 years and logging nearly 32,581 flying hours,…
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Hasimara and Third Degree in 1998
Here is an amazing account I received from a retired Air Marshal recently about some of the things that happened in 1997-98 when the government cleared…
Aircraft And Helicopters
First LCA Tejas Squadron at Sulur?
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi said on March 12 that the Air Force station at Sulur (Western Tamil Nadu) was being developed into what…
Aircraft And Helicopters
What about the transports?
For all the build-up and anticipation about the medium multi role combat aircraft (MMRCA) contract for 126 fighters, the IAF’s other backbone is conveniently shuffled to…
Aircraft And Helicopters
Why isn’t the HAL Tejas part of the MRCA push?
A pertinent question if ever there was one. But like almost everything else in our country -- especially when it has to do with impossible sums…
