Iaf Pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa (retired) has said Pakistan did not have a choice other than to release Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, days after his MiG-21 was downed in a dogfight in February last year. The Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot had also scored a kill, a Pakistani F-16, before his plane went down in Pakistan and he was captured.

The 51 Squadron to which Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman belongs will be awarded the unit citation by Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, news agency ANI reported. The Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot shot down an advanced American-made F-16 before his own legacy MiG-21 Bison fell to enemy fire in February, in the air battle that took place after Indi...

A Bhopal-based policeman has styled his moustache after taking inspiration from Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman's classic gunslinger moustache.

A cricket Wold Cup advertisement by a Pakistani channel featuring a spoof using IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman lookalike as a prop has not gone down well with the Twitterati back home, many of whom have termed the "mocking" act "cheap" and "shameful".

IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who spent some days in Pakistani custody when his MiG-21 was shot down in a dogfight with PAF jets a day after the February 26 Balakot strike, appeared in high spirits posing with colleagues and other servicemen.

Amid concerns over his security, the Air Force has posted out Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman from Srinagar to another important air base in the western sector along the Pakistan border.

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was captured by Pakistan last month and returned to India two days later, has gone back to his squadron in Srinagar though he is on a four-week sick leave, official sources said Tuesday.

The debriefing of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was captured by Pakistan last month and returned to India two days later, has been completed by the Indian Air Force and other agencies and he is going on sick leave for a few weeks now, news agency ANI reported, quoting sources in the Indian Air Force.

BJP legislator Om Prakash Sharma had posted two posters featuring him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on Facebook.

The Election Commission has issued a show-cause notice to Delhi BJP MLA Om Prakash Sharma for putting up two posters featuring him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on Facebook.

Asserting that the armed forces are "apolitical and neutral stakeholders in a modern democracy", the Election Commission today asked political parties across the country to not use photographs of defence personnel on hoardings or posters in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls.

Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman does not have a social media account, the Indian Air Force said today, attempting to bust the numerous fake accounts in his name that have cropped up recently.

A couple has named their newborn son Abhinandan as he was born around the same time IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman stepped on Indian soil through the Wagah border from Pakistani captivity.

At a time when politicians across the country are trying to cash in on the heroics of Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Abhinandan Varthaman in an India-Pakistan aerial dogfight, Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Sunday tried throwing his party's hat into the ring too. "Many kudos for Wing Commander Abhi Varthaman, the face of India's resistance to ene...

Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman may have just returned from captivity in Pakistanbut he is already raring to return to the cockpit, news agency PTI quoted his superiors as saying today.

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa (retired) has said Pakistan did not have a choice other than to release Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, days after his MiG-21 was downed in a dogfight in February last year. The Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot had also scored a kill, a Pakistani F-16, before his plane went down in Pakistan and he was captured.

The 51 Squadron to which Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman belongs will be awarded the unit citation by Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, news agency ANI reported. The Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot shot down an advanced American-made F-16 before his own legacy MiG-21 Bison fell to enemy fire in February, in the air battle that took place after Indi...

A Bhopal-based policeman has styled his moustache after taking inspiration from Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman's classic gunslinger moustache.

A cricket Wold Cup advertisement by a Pakistani channel featuring a spoof using IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman lookalike as a prop has not gone down well with the Twitterati back home, many of whom have termed the "mocking" act "cheap" and "shameful".

IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who spent some days in Pakistani custody when his MiG-21 was shot down in a dogfight with PAF jets a day after the February 26 Balakot strike, appeared in high spirits posing with colleagues and other servicemen.

Amid concerns over his security, the Air Force has posted out Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman from Srinagar to another important air base in the western sector along the Pakistan border.

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was captured by Pakistan last month and returned to India two days later, has gone back to his squadron in Srinagar though he is on a four-week sick leave, official sources said Tuesday.

The debriefing of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was captured by Pakistan last month and returned to India two days later, has been completed by the Indian Air Force and other agencies and he is going on sick leave for a few weeks now, news agency ANI reported, quoting sources in the Indian Air Force.

BJP legislator Om Prakash Sharma had posted two posters featuring him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on Facebook.

The Election Commission has issued a show-cause notice to Delhi BJP MLA Om Prakash Sharma for putting up two posters featuring him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on Facebook.

Asserting that the armed forces are "apolitical and neutral stakeholders in a modern democracy", the Election Commission today asked political parties across the country to not use photographs of defence personnel on hoardings or posters in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls.

Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman does not have a social media account, the Indian Air Force said today, attempting to bust the numerous fake accounts in his name that have cropped up recently.

A couple has named their newborn son Abhinandan as he was born around the same time IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman stepped on Indian soil through the Wagah border from Pakistani captivity.

At a time when politicians across the country are trying to cash in on the heroics of Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Abhinandan Varthaman in an India-Pakistan aerial dogfight, Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Sunday tried throwing his party's hat into the ring too. "Many kudos for Wing Commander Abhi Varthaman, the face of India's resistance to ene...

Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman may have just returned from captivity in Pakistanbut he is already raring to return to the cockpit, news agency PTI quoted his superiors as saying today.