Indian Air Force Combat Plane

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  Defence Ministry To Discuss India's Biggest Ever Fighter Aircraft Projects Worth Rs 1.3 Lakh Crore

  The Indian Air Force has already ordered 83 LCA Mark 1A fighter planes, and their deliveries are expected to start in February-March 2024.

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  Tejas Fighter Jet's Additional Fuel Tank Falls Mid Air Over Tamil Nadu

  The spare fuel tank from a LCA Tejas fighter jet belonging to the Indian Air Force fell into empty farm land near Coimbatore today

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  "Ongoing Operations," Said Air Chief, To Question On India-Pak Tension

  Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa today made a significant point while responding to questions on the Indian Air Force strikes in Balakot and the aerial combat with Pakistani planes that crossed the Line of Control in retaliation. "I will not comment on ongoing operations," said the Air Chief.

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  After Super Hercules, Indian Air Force Fighter Planes Land On Agra-Lucknow Expressway

  Nearly 20 planes of the Indian Air Force or IAF will perform touch-and-go landings on a stretch of the Agra-Lucknow Expressway today, starting with a 35,000-kg C-130J Super Hercules aircraft that will drop special forces commandos to secure the landing zone as part of the special drill for the fighter jets that will follow. This is the first time t...

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  For One Hour, I Flew On The Tejas - Here's What It's Like

  For more than two decades, I have been chasing fighter planes around the world. I have been lucky - flying with the Air Force during the Kargil war, flying off the deck of the Virat on a Sea Harrier. But there was always one combat jet that I desperately wanted to fly on.

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  MiG 29 Combat Aircraft Upgradation In Final Stage

  The 11 Base Repair Depot (11 BRD) of Air Force Station at Ojhar in Nashik which undertakes maintenance and overhauling MiG series combat aircraft, is currently engaged in upgradation of MiG 29 which is in final stages.

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  Here's What A Fighter Pilot Said After A 10-Minute Solo Sortie On Tejas

  Flying the indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) after its induction into the Indian Air Force (IAF) was like being on top of the world, said Group Captain Madhav Rangachari here on Friday.

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  Manohar Parrikar Lauds Induction Of Tejas Planes, Congratulates Agencies

  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today congratulated the state-run HAL and Aeronautical Development Agency on the induction of the first two home-grown Light Combat Aircraft Tejas into IAF and said the planes will be a force multiplier.

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  Indian Air Force To Induct First Squadron Of Tejas Tomorrow

  Indian Air Force will raise the first squadron of home-grown Light Combat Aircraft Tejas with the induction of two aircraft into the force here tomorrow.

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  India to Get Rafale Planes on Indian Air Force-Approved Configuration: Government

  The 36 Rafale combat planes and associated systems and weapons would be delivered in the same configuration as had been tested and approved by Indian Air Force, and with a longer maintenance responsibility by France, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today.

• Foreign plane detained overnight for entering high-security airspace in Jodhpur

  A foreign chartered aircraft flying from Muscat was detained overnight by authorities in Jaipur but was released today after authorities questioned the pilot. It had deviated from its flight path and flew over the high-security Indian Air Force (IAF) combat base in Jodhpur.

• Four years, 33 combat plane crashes, 27 MIGs lost

  The Indian Air Force (IAF) lost 33 combat jets in the last four years, 27 of them MiGs of various variants, parliament was informed on Monday. Ten helicopters also crashed during this period. Twenty-six defence personnel, including 13 pilots, lost their lives in these crashes, Defence Minister A.K. Antony told the Lok Sabha during question hour.

• India, Russia sign deal for another 42 Sukhoi combat planes

  The deal was among five pacts signed after delegation-level talks.

• Government okays $2.4 bn Mirage-2000 upgrade

  The government has cleared a $2.4 billion deal with France for upgrading India's Mirage-2000 combat planes, informed sources said. The deal was cleared at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the sources said.

• India's first Light Combat Aircraft Tejas inducted in Indian Air Force

  India's first locally designed and manufactured Light Combat Aircraft 'Tejas' was handed over to the Indian Air Force by Defence Minister A K Antony after initial operational clearance on Monday. Designed by Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) Aeronautical Development Agency, the first squadron of 20 Tejas aircraft was inducted. ...