Naxal Helicopter

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  3-Hour Battle With Maoists, Air Force Rescue, And Bravery Of CRPF Jawans

  After a crowd of at least 300 Naxals closed in on paramilitary commandos, ambushing them in the thick forest of Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, the Air Force swooped in to help, with its helicopters landing in the heart of a Maoist stronghold, despite concerns of the insurgents opening fire. The unarmed transport helicopters helped evacuate the sold...

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  Naxals Trying to Build Helicopters, Remote Controlled Explosives, Show Documents: Sources

  Documents recovered from top Naxal operatives arrested recently in Bihar's Gaya region suggest attempts to manufacture sophisticated equipment, including a "microlight helicopter" using motorcycle engines, say sources in the Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF.

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  Video Shows Naxals Training to Gun Down Air Force Helicopters: Report

  A rare video of Maoists showing the rebels conducting 'commando-style' training to gun down Air Force helicopters has been recovered, claims the police in Bastar, which is a huge stronghold of Naxals in the state of Chhattisgarh.

• Naxals Hit Indian Air Force Chopper, Ambush CRPF Patrol Party

  Naxals on Friday ambushed a patrol party and hit an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter which was evacuating security personnel after a gun battle in the dense jungles of Sukma, Chhattisgarh injuring six Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and an IAF commando.

• Choppers to ferry election staff in Chhattisgarh due to Naxal threat

  Sources said about 15 helicopters have been requisitioned from the Air Force as of now.

• Air Force clears captain, crew that abandoned injured man and chopper

  In January, when Naxals opened fire at an Indian Air Force helicopter that was landing in Chhattisgarh, one of the headlines of the encounter was that the captain, crew and two commandos abandoned the helicopter.

• Air Force setting up unit in Nagpur; will give chopper support for anti-Naxal ops in Chhattisgarh

  The anti-Naxal operations in Maoist hotbed of Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh are set to get a boost with Indian Air Force (IAF) deciding to provide helicopter support from Nagpur where a new unit is being set up.

• 'Nonsense', says Air Force Chief about pilots abandoning injured cop

  Allegations that the pilots and crew of an Air Force helicopter abandoned an injured policeman in Chhattisgarh are "all nonsense," said Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne today.

• Injured radio operator left behind by Air Force crew in Chhattisgarh jungles critical

  An injured radio operator left behind by an Indian Air Force (IAF) crew after their helicopter crash-landed under Naxal fire in Chhattisgarh yesterday is in critical condition in hospital.

• Helicopter shot down by Naxals, Air Force crew leaves injured associate behind

  An injured radio operator was left behind by an Indian Air Force (IAF) crew in the jungles of Chhattisgarh after their helicopter was shot down by Naxals this evening, but Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) commandos rescued him.

• Indian Air Force helicopter fired at by suspected Naxals in Chhattisgarh, one injured

  Suspected Naxals shot at an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter injuring a security man in the Maoist hotbed of Dantewada in Chhattisgarh.

• Commandos rescue poll officials from Naxal

  Fifty commandos and two Mi-17 helicopters were rushed to Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, to airlift election officials who were surrounded by Naxals.

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  Air Force chief: "More bases along China border"

  "We will use only small arms, not guns fitted on helicopters, to fire back at the Naxals." That's what the Chief of Air Staff has clarified in an interview to NDTV.