Indian Air Force Record

The Indian Air Force has received the highest number of applications under the new military recruitment programme, Agnipath, compared to the recruitment format that had been followed until now.

An Air Force sergeant at the record office in Delhi was arrested for allegedly leaking classified and sensitive information about defence installations and personnel to a Pakistan-based "agent", police said today and claimed he was "honey-trapped".

A Chinook helicopter of the Indian Air Force on Monday set a record for the longest non-stop helicopter sortie by flying for seven-and-half hours from Chandigarh to Jorhat in Assam, defence officials said.

On the occasion of its 88th anniversary on Thursday, the Indian Air Force (IAF) achieved a new record of the highest skydive landing at Khardungla Pass, Leh at an altitude of 17,982 feet, breaking its own earlier record.

A rescue team has recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) of Russian-origin An-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force at the crash site in Arunachal Pradesh Friday, an IAF spokesman said.

Two young Indian Air Force pilots, Squadron Leader Samir Abrol and Squadron Leader Siddhartha Negi were killed in the crash even though they had been able to eject as the French-designed jet careened down the runway, broke through a barrier and a wall before exploding at about 10:25 am that morning.

To evaluate its own 'Rapid Airlift Capability' and to enhance crew currency in the role, the Western Air Command of the IAF on Tuesday in a single wave airlifted a record 463 tonnes of load from its airbase at Chandigarh to airfields and drop zones in Ladakh, a statement said.

Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh is being touted as India's longest expressway that will connect Lucknow to Ghazipur. Its foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Azamgarh on Saturday. The six-lane Purvanchal Expressway can be expanded to eight lanes. The Purvanchal Expressway project is expected to cost Rs 23,000 crore an...

Fifty eight Indian Army personnel set a new world record by riding a single motorcycle at the Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Bengaluru, army sources said.

The two missing pilots of the Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet which crashed on the Arunachal-Assam border last week have been declared dead by the Indian Air Force. The two pilots - Squadron Leader D Pankaj and Flight Lieutenant S Achudev - could not eject at the time of the crash, according to the analysis of the jet's Flight Data Recorder and some other...

Eight fighter jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will touch down on India's longest expressway as it opens to the public in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his father and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav will open the Agra-Lucknow Expressway at Unnao, around 50 km from Lucknow.

In the early hours of June 13, 1999, at the height of the Kargil War, Indian Air Force fighter pilots were minutes away from launching a full-fledged air attack deep inside Pakistan. Targets had been assigned, route maps finalised; personal revolvers to be carried by pilots had been loaded with ammunition and Pakistani currency collected, for use i...

A team of 14 Indian Air Force pilots has created a national record by completing a 10,000-km-long paramotor adventure expedition.

Three swimmers of the Air Force today launched an ambitious campaign to trace the stream of the river Ganga, swimming over 2,800 kilometres from Devaprayag in Uttarakhand to Ganga Sagar in West Bengal.

The world's biggest arms importer wants to reduce dependence on overseas suppliers and develop the domestic defence industry, but state-run manufacturers' track record is patchy and the government wants private Indian firms to have a greater say.

The Indian Air Force has received the highest number of applications under the new military recruitment programme, Agnipath, compared to the recruitment format that had been followed until now.

An Air Force sergeant at the record office in Delhi was arrested for allegedly leaking classified and sensitive information about defence installations and personnel to a Pakistan-based "agent", police said today and claimed he was "honey-trapped".

A Chinook helicopter of the Indian Air Force on Monday set a record for the longest non-stop helicopter sortie by flying for seven-and-half hours from Chandigarh to Jorhat in Assam, defence officials said.

On the occasion of its 88th anniversary on Thursday, the Indian Air Force (IAF) achieved a new record of the highest skydive landing at Khardungla Pass, Leh at an altitude of 17,982 feet, breaking its own earlier record.

A rescue team has recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) of Russian-origin An-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force at the crash site in Arunachal Pradesh Friday, an IAF spokesman said.

Two young Indian Air Force pilots, Squadron Leader Samir Abrol and Squadron Leader Siddhartha Negi were killed in the crash even though they had been able to eject as the French-designed jet careened down the runway, broke through a barrier and a wall before exploding at about 10:25 am that morning.

To evaluate its own 'Rapid Airlift Capability' and to enhance crew currency in the role, the Western Air Command of the IAF on Tuesday in a single wave airlifted a record 463 tonnes of load from its airbase at Chandigarh to airfields and drop zones in Ladakh, a statement said.

Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh is being touted as India's longest expressway that will connect Lucknow to Ghazipur. Its foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Azamgarh on Saturday. The six-lane Purvanchal Expressway can be expanded to eight lanes. The Purvanchal Expressway project is expected to cost Rs 23,000 crore an...

Fifty eight Indian Army personnel set a new world record by riding a single motorcycle at the Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Bengaluru, army sources said.

The two missing pilots of the Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet which crashed on the Arunachal-Assam border last week have been declared dead by the Indian Air Force. The two pilots - Squadron Leader D Pankaj and Flight Lieutenant S Achudev - could not eject at the time of the crash, according to the analysis of the jet's Flight Data Recorder and some other...

Eight fighter jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will touch down on India's longest expressway as it opens to the public in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his father and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav will open the Agra-Lucknow Expressway at Unnao, around 50 km from Lucknow.

In the early hours of June 13, 1999, at the height of the Kargil War, Indian Air Force fighter pilots were minutes away from launching a full-fledged air attack deep inside Pakistan. Targets had been assigned, route maps finalised; personal revolvers to be carried by pilots had been loaded with ammunition and Pakistani currency collected, for use i...

A team of 14 Indian Air Force pilots has created a national record by completing a 10,000-km-long paramotor adventure expedition.

Three swimmers of the Air Force today launched an ambitious campaign to trace the stream of the river Ganga, swimming over 2,800 kilometres from Devaprayag in Uttarakhand to Ganga Sagar in West Bengal.

The world's biggest arms importer wants to reduce dependence on overseas suppliers and develop the domestic defence industry, but state-run manufacturers' track record is patchy and the government wants private Indian firms to have a greater say.