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23 Years After 1st Flight, First Tejas Fighter Crash
23 years after its first flight, and nearly a decade into operational service with the Indian Air Force, a homegrown Tejas fighter has crashed for the first time. The Tejas, which began IAF service in 2016, currently populates two squadrons…
Meet The 4 Fighter Pilots Chosen For India’s 1st Crewed Space Mission
The Indian Government today announced the names of the four Indian Air Force fighter pilots who will be astronauts on the country’s first ever crewed space mission, Gaganyaan. Trained in Russia, the four pilots are currently undergoing the rest of…
Balakot @ 5: Listen To The Chief Who Ordered It
On the fifth anniversary today of India’s air strikes on Pakistan’s Balakot, Livefist reproduces for the first time here a speech delivered by Indian Air Force chief at the time, Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa. The speech was made at…
AMCA ‘PPP’ Proposal Stalled For 3.5 Yrs & Counting
An unprecedented decision taken in 2020 to develop India’s fifth generation fighter aircraft under a novel public-private partnership has remained stalled for well over three years, with no sign of the intended corporate special purpose vehicle (SPV). A former Indian…