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Enter chopper pilot as air chief

Enter chopper pilot as air chief

Feb 13, 2007

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 […]

Test-flying the F/A-18 Super Hornet

Test-flying the F/A-18 Super Hornet

Feb 13, 2007

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 […]

Farewell, Foxbat

Farewell, Foxbat

Jan 16, 2007

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

Travels in Bofors Country

Jan 14, 2007

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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