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Enter chopper pilot as air chief
God is not a fighter pilot. That is the punch line to an old joke in the Indian Air Force. That one line is today superbly ironic. The new chief of air staff designate, Air Marshal Fali Major, does not…
Test-flying the F/A-18 Super Hornet
As I crouched, foetus-like, on a sustained 7.5-G loop in a fighter at 9,000 feet, I knew the best was yet to come. My US Navy pilot commander Lt Matthew “Bloody” Stoll tore our F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter into a…
Farewell, Foxbat
April 16, 2006The air force station at Bareilly is like any other airbase in the country. Clean, well maintained, neatly pruned hedges, shining insignias and signs all around, even flowers blooming in the summer heat. Everyone here likes it this…
Travels in Bofors Country
June 2005I’M sure guns are the last thing on most people’s minds when they drive into Karlskoga. This tiny town, three hours west of Stockholm, is big on serene lakes, wild strawberries, moose-infested woods, friendly people and on the south…