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Video: President Droupadi Murmu Flies In Fighter Jet From Assam's Tezpur
President Droupadi Murmu today took her maiden fighter jet flight. She was seen wearing an anti-gravity suit before stepping into a Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft at the Tezpur Air Force Station in Assam.
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Centre Approves Purchase Of MiGs, Sukhois, Missiles, Considering "Current Situation"
In the midst of India's tense border standoff with China, the Defence Ministry today approved procurement of 33 fighter jets, a number of missile systems and other military hardware at a cost of Rs 38,900 crore to bolster the combat capability of the armed forces, officials said.
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Sukhoi 30 Fighter Jet Crashes Into Paddy Field In Assam, Pilots Eject Safely
A Sukhoi fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed in a paddy field near Tezpur in Assam on Thursday evening, a defence spokesperson said.
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"Game-Changer, Booster, Good Package": Air Force Chief On Rafale Amid Row
In the middle of a massive row over the Rafale fighter jet deal, Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa said today that it was a "very good package" for India and the jets would be a "game-changer".
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Defence Minister Sitharaman Flies In Sukhoi Jet In 45-Minute Sortie
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman strapped herself into a G-suit today and became the second Indian woman leader to go on a sortie on a Sukhoi-30 fighter jet. The supersonic jet took off for the 45-minute ride from the Jodhpur Air Force station this morning. After landing, the 58-year-old minister said the experience was "eye-opening and memorabl...
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Rafale Deal Fair, Says France; Reliance Says May Sue Congress: 10 Points
France has rejected the Congress party's allegation that the Narendra Modi government has negotiated an overpriced deal with French company Dassault Aviation to supply the Indian Air Force with 36 state-of-the-art Rafale fighter jets, while the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Defence Limited has threatened to sue the opposition party if it does not retrac...
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Air Force Planes Land On Highway Near Lucknow In 2-Hour Drill: 10 Points
Sixteen planes of the Indian Air Force performed breathtaking landings and touch-and-go manoeuvres on a stretch of the Lucknow-Agra Expressway today. A 35,000 kg C-130J Super Hercules aircraft landed first with Garud Special Forces commandos to secure the landing zone as part of the drill. Fighter jets including top-of-the-line Sukhoi 30s and Mirag...
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China Inducts Its First Stealth Fighter Jet Chengdu J-20
China today announced commissioning its first radar-evading J-20 stealth fighter jets into military service, giving its air force an edge in the region. The flight tests of J-20 jets are being conducted as scheduled, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defence Col. Wu Qian told reporters in Beijing
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Pilots Of Crashed Sukhoi Su-30 Fighter Jet Died Due To Injuries, Says Air Force
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...
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Sukhoi-30 Crash: Pilot's Blood Stained Shoe, Other Belongings Found
Search and rescue teams on Tuesday found a blood stained shoe, half-burnt PAN card and a wallet of one of the two pilots of the Air Force's Sukhoi-30 fighter jet that crashed near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border last week, officials said.
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Black Box Of Air Force's Sukhoi-30 Fighter Jet Wreck Recovered
The black box of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet that went missing with two pilots on board has been recovered from a dense forest in Arunachal Pradesh, two days after wreckage of the plane was sighted. However, the fate of the crew was not yet known.
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Su-30 Jet Crashes Into House In Rajasthan, Pilots Eject, 3 Injured
Three people were injured as a Sukhoi 30 plane of the Indian Air Force crashed near an air base in Rajasthan's Barmer. Both pilots had managed to eject to safety, sources said. This was the third crash of Sukhoi - a frontal aircraft of the Air Force - in Rajasthan.
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Republic Day 2017: Indigenous Fighter Jet Tejas Makes Its Debut At Rajpath Parade
The homemade Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas debuted at the Republic Day Parade today as part of a 35-plane air display. The flypast also included Mi17 helicopters, Sukhoi Su 30 fighter jets, the Advance Light Helicopter Rudra and military transport aircraft C-17 Globe Master.
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Stray Dog Problem During Jet Landing On New Agra-Lucknow Expressway
Less than a minute before the first of the Indian Air Force or IAF's Sukhoi 30 fighters was to do a touch and go on the new Agra-Lucknow Expressway, a dog strayed into the meticulously rehearsed event.
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Rafale Jets 'Exceptional', Air Force Will Like To Have More Of It: Arup Raha
Describing the Rafale fighter jets as "exceptional", Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha today said the force would like to have more of the aircraft and insisted that the recently signed contract for 36 fighters was better than other such deals.
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Video: President Droupadi Murmu Flies In Fighter Jet From Assam's Tezpur
President Droupadi Murmu today took her maiden fighter jet flight. She was seen wearing an anti-gravity suit before stepping into a Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft at the Tezpur Air Force Station in Assam.
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Centre Approves Purchase Of MiGs, Sukhois, Missiles, Considering "Current Situation"
In the midst of India's tense border standoff with China, the Defence Ministry today approved procurement of 33 fighter jets, a number of missile systems and other military hardware at a cost of Rs 38,900 crore to bolster the combat capability of the armed forces, officials said.
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Sukhoi 30 Fighter Jet Crashes Into Paddy Field In Assam, Pilots Eject Safely
A Sukhoi fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed in a paddy field near Tezpur in Assam on Thursday evening, a defence spokesperson said.
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"Game-Changer, Booster, Good Package": Air Force Chief On Rafale Amid Row
In the middle of a massive row over the Rafale fighter jet deal, Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa said today that it was a "very good package" for India and the jets would be a "game-changer".
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Defence Minister Sitharaman Flies In Sukhoi Jet In 45-Minute Sortie
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman strapped herself into a G-suit today and became the second Indian woman leader to go on a sortie on a Sukhoi-30 fighter jet. The supersonic jet took off for the 45-minute ride from the Jodhpur Air Force station this morning. After landing, the 58-year-old minister said the experience was "eye-opening and memorabl...
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Rafale Deal Fair, Says France; Reliance Says May Sue Congress: 10 Points
France has rejected the Congress party's allegation that the Narendra Modi government has negotiated an overpriced deal with French company Dassault Aviation to supply the Indian Air Force with 36 state-of-the-art Rafale fighter jets, while the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Defence Limited has threatened to sue the opposition party if it does not retrac...
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Air Force Planes Land On Highway Near Lucknow In 2-Hour Drill: 10 Points
Sixteen planes of the Indian Air Force performed breathtaking landings and touch-and-go manoeuvres on a stretch of the Lucknow-Agra Expressway today. A 35,000 kg C-130J Super Hercules aircraft landed first with Garud Special Forces commandos to secure the landing zone as part of the drill. Fighter jets including top-of-the-line Sukhoi 30s and Mirag...
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China Inducts Its First Stealth Fighter Jet Chengdu J-20
China today announced commissioning its first radar-evading J-20 stealth fighter jets into military service, giving its air force an edge in the region. The flight tests of J-20 jets are being conducted as scheduled, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defence Col. Wu Qian told reporters in Beijing
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Pilots Of Crashed Sukhoi Su-30 Fighter Jet Died Due To Injuries, Says Air Force
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...
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Sukhoi-30 Crash: Pilot's Blood Stained Shoe, Other Belongings Found
Search and rescue teams on Tuesday found a blood stained shoe, half-burnt PAN card and a wallet of one of the two pilots of the Air Force's Sukhoi-30 fighter jet that crashed near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border last week, officials said.
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Black Box Of Air Force's Sukhoi-30 Fighter Jet Wreck Recovered
The black box of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet that went missing with two pilots on board has been recovered from a dense forest in Arunachal Pradesh, two days after wreckage of the plane was sighted. However, the fate of the crew was not yet known.
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Su-30 Jet Crashes Into House In Rajasthan, Pilots Eject, 3 Injured
Three people were injured as a Sukhoi 30 plane of the Indian Air Force crashed near an air base in Rajasthan's Barmer. Both pilots had managed to eject to safety, sources said. This was the third crash of Sukhoi - a frontal aircraft of the Air Force - in Rajasthan.
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Republic Day 2017: Indigenous Fighter Jet Tejas Makes Its Debut At Rajpath Parade
The homemade Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas debuted at the Republic Day Parade today as part of a 35-plane air display. The flypast also included Mi17 helicopters, Sukhoi Su 30 fighter jets, the Advance Light Helicopter Rudra and military transport aircraft C-17 Globe Master.
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Stray Dog Problem During Jet Landing On New Agra-Lucknow Expressway
Less than a minute before the first of the Indian Air Force or IAF's Sukhoi 30 fighters was to do a touch and go on the new Agra-Lucknow Expressway, a dog strayed into the meticulously rehearsed event.
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Rafale Jets 'Exceptional', Air Force Will Like To Have More Of It: Arup Raha
Describing the Rafale fighter jets as "exceptional", Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha today said the force would like to have more of the aircraft and insisted that the recently signed contract for 36 fighters was better than other such deals.
