An-32 Crash: The Anatomy Of A Tragedy
Early in the afternoon of June 11, an Indian Air Force Mi-17 helicopter spotted it. Through wisps of persistent cloud, the scattered debris of the […]
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With Missing An-32, 2019 Now Officially Among IAF’s Worst Year For Air Safety
With 2019 at its half-way mark, the Indian Air Force has officially achieved one of its most unsafe year for flying. Search teams continue to
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As Hunt For An-32 Wreckage Stretches, Did Emergency Locator Beacon Not Work?
An Indian Air Force Antonov An-32 tactical transport aircraft is believed to have crashed today in the eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. The aircraft had
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The Most Shocking Story In The #RafaleCAGReport Isn’t About The Rafale
India’s 157-page national audit report tabled in the country’s Parliament yesterday made the headlines and raised political temperatures because it contained a long anticipated chapter
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A Test Pilot’s Unmissable View On Yesterday’s Mirage 2000 Tragedy
As the Indian Air Force comes to terms with yesterday’s accident involving a freshly HAL-upgraded Mirage 2000, we bring you this early piece by a
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WATCH: How The Indian Navy Saved The Sunderbans From An Exploding Ship
The Sunderbans, India’s vast heritage mangrove forest in the Gangetic delta were saved from perhaps their unfriendliest visitor this week, courtesy a daring operating by
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Vikas & Vikas: The Heartbreaking Tale Of 2 IAF Pilots
Colleagues, comrades and coursemates from India’s National Defence Academy (102 Course), the two men you see in that picture above have a great deal in
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REVEALED: Indian-built ‘Snow-bot’ To Help Army Post Avalanches
The Indian Army won’t ever forget February 2016. It was that month when Sonam Post, one of its highest permanently manned positions on the forbidding
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Crashed, Grounded, MiG-21 Pilot Wins Landmark Case Against India’s HAL
In a verdict that has big implications for the quality of defence manufacture in India, liability of manufacturers, flight safety and accident investigations, an injured
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Up Close & Personal With India’s Reborn Saras Light Aircraft
Eight years ago, on 6 March 2009, the second prototype of India’s Saras light civil aircraft crashed near Bengaluru, killing its three-man Indian Air Force
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