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Rajnath Singh becomes first defence minister to fly in LCA Tejas
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 19th September 2019 flew in the Tejas fighter aircraft from the HAL airport in Bengaluru. He becomes the first defence minister to fly in the indigenously built light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas. Defence Minister Flies in Tejas Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was accompanied by Air Vice Marshal N Tiwari, ..
Topics: Aeronautical Development Agency • Aircraft • Aviation • Carrier-based aircraft • Future of the Indian Air Force • HAL Tejas • Hindustan Aeronautics Limited • LCA • Light combat aircraft • Military aircraft • Ministry of Defence • Tejas
Chinook Helicopters Arrive in India
Giving a major boost to the Indian Air Force, the first batch of four Chinook helicopters have arrived in India from the US on 10th February, 2019. These four have been brought in the Mundra Port of Gujarat. They will be first assembled in Gujarat and then ferried to Chandigarh, where it will be inducted ..
Topics: Aircraft • Boeing CH-47 Chinook • Boeing Chinook • Boeing Rotorcraft Systems • Chinook • Future of the Indian Air Force • Helicopters • Indian Air Force • Rotorcraft • Tandem rotors
DARIN III gets IOC to join Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has given initial operational clearance (IOC) to the upgraded Jaguar Darin-III twin-seat aircraft. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), certification agencies, trial team of the Aircraft Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) and other agencies are involved in upgrading Jaguar from Darin-I (Display Attack Ranging Inertial Navigation) to Darin-III standard. This is a part of IAF’s ..
Topics: Aircraft • Ambala Air Force Station • Aviation • Future of the Indian Air Force • Hindustan Aeronautics Limited • Indian Air Force • Mikoyan MiG-27 • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 • SEPECAT Jaguar