Air Base Alert

Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina - who resigned as Prime Minister this evening in the face of violent protests - landed at the Hindon Air Force base in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad Monday evening, en route to London.

The army says a major threat was averted after two drones were seen last night near a military station in Jammu and fired at by alert troops, hours after drones were used in a terror attack on the Jammu Air Force base.

Frontline bases of the Indian army and the air force along the nearly 3,500 km border with China were put on high alert on Wednesday in view of the worst border clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Galwan Valley that left 20 Army personnel dead and several injured, government sources said.

Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria today referred to the suicide attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama in February as a reminder that defence installations need to be on alert at all times. At the celebration of the Indian Air Force's (IAF) 87th birthday celebrations, the IAF chief the "present security environment in the neighbourhood is a serious ca...

Two squadrons of the Indian Air Force (IAF) including the one to which Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman belonged were awarded citations by Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria today for the successful air strike on a camp of the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot, deep inside Pakistan, in February. A Signal Unit was also given the citation for ...

Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria today said the Indian Air Force (IAF) needs to be alert at all times amid the "present security environment in the neighbourhood". Addressing IAF personnel and their families on the 87th birth anniversary of the Air Force, he said all "Air Warriors should serve with great integrity at all times".

India is on high alert after intel inputs warning of a terror plan to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, home ministry sources said on Wednesday. The ministry has put out an alert to all states following a threat naming 30 major cities. Indian Air Force (IAF) sources have also conf...

A US Air Force base in the San Francisco area was temporarily placed on lockdown on Wednesday following what turned out to be a false alert of an active shooter, officials said.

A high alert has been sounded in Punjab's Pathankot district after a suspicious bag was found last evening. As soon as the bag containing three Army uniforms was spotted near the Mamoon Army Cantonment Base, the area was cordoned off. Army jawans, police teams and SWAT commandoes have launched a joint operation.

The airbase station in Pathankot, which had witnessed a terror attack last year, was put on high alert today and a massive search operation was initiated in the area following intelligence input about presence of suspicious men.

Terrorists are hiding in villages close to the "vulnerable" Pathankot airbase, which can come under fresh attack from them, the Parliamentary panel said today.

Around 25 bases -- mostly in Western Air Command - have been put on high alert, sources told NDTV. This would mean that any person trying to enter a base illegally could be shot.

Ahead of Republic Day, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and other top officials today reviewed the security situation in the country as Delhi and many other places continue to be on high alert in the wake of Pathankot terror attack.

Defence installations located along the India-Pakistan border continue to be put on high alert as they are the prime targets of Pakistan-based terrorist organisations following the attack on Pathankot air base.

The calendar had just turned - it was the early hours of January 2. A helicopter with thermal imagers was getting ready to take-off and scan the Pathankot Air Base based on an alert that the high-value military asset was to be targeted by terrorists.

Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina - who resigned as Prime Minister this evening in the face of violent protests - landed at the Hindon Air Force base in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad Monday evening, en route to London.

The army says a major threat was averted after two drones were seen last night near a military station in Jammu and fired at by alert troops, hours after drones were used in a terror attack on the Jammu Air Force base.

Frontline bases of the Indian army and the air force along the nearly 3,500 km border with China were put on high alert on Wednesday in view of the worst border clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Galwan Valley that left 20 Army personnel dead and several injured, government sources said.

Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria today referred to the suicide attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama in February as a reminder that defence installations need to be on alert at all times. At the celebration of the Indian Air Force's (IAF) 87th birthday celebrations, the IAF chief the "present security environment in the neighbourhood is a serious ca...

Two squadrons of the Indian Air Force (IAF) including the one to which Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman belonged were awarded citations by Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria today for the successful air strike on a camp of the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot, deep inside Pakistan, in February. A Signal Unit was also given the citation for ...

Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria today said the Indian Air Force (IAF) needs to be alert at all times amid the "present security environment in the neighbourhood". Addressing IAF personnel and their families on the 87th birth anniversary of the Air Force, he said all "Air Warriors should serve with great integrity at all times".

India is on high alert after intel inputs warning of a terror plan to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, home ministry sources said on Wednesday. The ministry has put out an alert to all states following a threat naming 30 major cities. Indian Air Force (IAF) sources have also conf...

A US Air Force base in the San Francisco area was temporarily placed on lockdown on Wednesday following what turned out to be a false alert of an active shooter, officials said.

A high alert has been sounded in Punjab's Pathankot district after a suspicious bag was found last evening. As soon as the bag containing three Army uniforms was spotted near the Mamoon Army Cantonment Base, the area was cordoned off. Army jawans, police teams and SWAT commandoes have launched a joint operation.

The airbase station in Pathankot, which had witnessed a terror attack last year, was put on high alert today and a massive search operation was initiated in the area following intelligence input about presence of suspicious men.

Terrorists are hiding in villages close to the "vulnerable" Pathankot airbase, which can come under fresh attack from them, the Parliamentary panel said today.

Around 25 bases -- mostly in Western Air Command - have been put on high alert, sources told NDTV. This would mean that any person trying to enter a base illegally could be shot.

Ahead of Republic Day, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and other top officials today reviewed the security situation in the country as Delhi and many other places continue to be on high alert in the wake of Pathankot terror attack.

Defence installations located along the India-Pakistan border continue to be put on high alert as they are the prime targets of Pakistan-based terrorist organisations following the attack on Pathankot air base.

The calendar had just turned - it was the early hours of January 2. A helicopter with thermal imagers was getting ready to take-off and scan the Pathankot Air Base based on an alert that the high-value military asset was to be targeted by terrorists.