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 […]
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Newspaper Report
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
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Farewell, Foxbat
April 16, 2006 The air force station at Bareilly is like any other airbase in the country. Clean, well maintained, neatly pruned hedges, shining insignias
Travels in Bofors Country
June 2005 I’M sure guns are the last thing on most people’s minds when they drive into Karlskoga. This tiny town, three hours west of
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The Indo-Pak Air War of 1965
I just heard that BharatRakshak’s PVS Jagan Mohan has received the Chief of Air Staff’s Commendation for his contribution to documenting IAF history, and particularly
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Raw Silk Route – The Opening of Nathu La
June 2006 Rows of prefab warehouses under corrugated iron sheets at Sherathang, 7 km shy of Nathula. A highway still in the making. A wary
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Pushing the boats out
Like post-quake diplomacy in the mountains, post-tsunami diplomacy is paying off at sea, writes SHIV AROOR, in the lead-up to Navy Day on December 4,
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