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Seeking To End Spat, HAL Chief Promises Navy-Worthy Dhruv
A week after a Livefist interview sparked an acrimonious war of words between the Indian naval aviation community and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), chairman of the…
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NAVY-DHRUV SPAT: Let’s Stop Fighting, HAL Test Pilot Says
Senior Test Pilot (Rotary Wing) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) *Views personal Please tolerate my frankness. The current imbroglio is the outcome of sensational journalism. Well that’s…
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The Truth Hurts, Says Indian Navy’s 1st Dhruv Flight Commander
I’m a second generation helicopter pilot and have been flying rotary wing machines since 1989. Of course, the primary amount of flying has been on HAL…
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Navy-Dhruv Spat Escalates, Key Officers Throw It Back To HAL
A war of words over HAL's Dhruv helicopter for the Indian Navy, sparked by an interview on Livefist this week, has escalated further. After an angry HAL…
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Angry HAL Replies To ex-Navy Chief’s ‘Dhruv’ Attack
An angry HAL has responded to Livefist's launch episode of #LivefistTalks, a new YouTube interview series. The inaugural episode, an interview with former Indian Navy chief…
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Cigarettes, Cheap Wine & Chicken Claws At The China Border
It's been a month since thousands of Indian and Chinese troops have mobilised into a standoff on their clumsily non-demarcated border in Ladakh. On Saturday, for…
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To Speed Up, 3 New US Navy MH-60 Romeos Head To India This Year
The US Navy will transfer 3 new (and undelivered) MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopters to the Indian Navy by the end of this year as part of…
Historic IAF Squadron Revived As 2nd LCA Tejas Unit
India's LCA Tejas will shortly begin populating a second squadron, with the honour falling on the 18 Squadron 'Flying Bullets'. The ceremonial revival of the squadron…
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Let’s Talk About This Terrific Indian Sea Harrier Picture
That's an Israeli Derby missile tearing off from an Indian Navy Sea Harrier as part of a clear separation test. Taken during the aircraft fleet's 'LUSH'…
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Drone Films Indian Artillery Pounding Pak Army In Keran Today
A week after a devastating infiltration encounter in north Kashmir's Keran sector -- an operation in which five Indian Special Forces men were killed in action…
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An Indian Special Forces Hero’s Final Selfie
That's Colonel Navjot Singh Bal. And that's the last picture he took of himself on his phone yesterday. As you can see, he's missing an arm.…
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As India Fights Covid19, 5 Special Forces Men Die Fighting Terrorists
In a frantic, terrifyingly close quarter fight, 5 Pakistani terrorist infiltrators were killed in the Jumgund area of north Kashmir's Kupwara sector on Sunday, the biggest…