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Speaking exclusively to MyNation, Air Commodore MK Chandrasekhar spoke about the Sino-Indian border conflict, a war between China and India that occurred in 1962

Air marshal HS Arora took over as the vice-chief of the Indian Air Force. Arora previously headed the Gandhinagar headquartered South Western Air Command of the Air Force.

The air show and display were held in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore in the run-up to the 87th Air Force Day celebrations which will be organised on October 8.

Kutch, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Porbandar, Rajkot, Junagarh, Diu, Gir Somnath, Amreli and Bhavnagar districts are expected to be worst affected by cyclone Vayu

After the continuous search operation in the bad weather and difficult terrain of north-east, the wreckage of the missing aircraft was spotted by Mi-17 helicopter of IAF. 

The Indian Air Force, Army and the Navy had all formed a special operation to search for the aircraft.

The air-launched BrahMos missile is a 2.5-ton supersonic air to surface cruise missile with ranges close to 300 km, designed and developed by BAPL 

India had signed a contract for 22 of the Apache Guardian choppers with the US in September 2015. These helicopters will come in semi-knocked down (SKD) condition, which will then be reassembled in India and will undergo a series of tests before it is inducted into the service.

In the month following the Pulwama attack which killed more than 40 CRPF jawans the Narendra Modi government has expedited several key defence projects for modernising the forces. MyNation scans how the decisions made by the ministry of defence in the past one month is going to make the forces more muscular.

The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets were caught on Indian radars and preventive measures were taken. As the jets remained within Pakistani-controlled territory, they were not shot down.

The decision was taken by defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman in line with the government’s resolve to make the 1.3 million strong Army leaner and fit for a 21st century war.

The purpose of debriefing is to investigate the condition of the officer, which is generally conducted by senior officers and defence medical officers. This process also helps the forces to offer required support to the officer and prevent further stress to him/her. 

Four veterans from Subhash Chandra Bose's Azad Hind Fauj, all aged over 90, took part in the parade among many firsts this Republic Day. While it deserves to be revered as independent India's first military force, Indian National Army (INA) had been relegated to the shadows and denied a place in our forces