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IAF keen on six more C-17s With a successful induction of three Boeing C-17 Globemaster III heavy lift transports into Hindon’s 81 Squadron ‘Skylords’ last week, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is now hoping for an early conclusion of a follow-on deal for six aircraft. Top sources indicate...

ISRO’s Mars satellite clears key launch test India’s launch preparations for the ambitious Rs 450 crore Mars orbiter mission achieved a major milestone with the successful thermo-vacuum test of the spacecraft with its payloads (scientific instruments). It extensively tested the...

Long-Overdue But Welcome Accretions..

CM gives green light to army base in Jalpaiguri At a time when the Dragon has been breathing down India’s neck, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday gave a nod to the creation of a composite aviation base under the Army Aviation Corps to be built in Jalapiguri. The proposed base will...

Army's biggest airbase will get land soon, says Mamata All hurdles to acquiring land for the country’s largest airbase for the Indian Army will be cleared soon, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee assured senior Army officials. The high-profile meeting took place on late Monday...

IAF Responds, Will 'Correct' Lifted Squadron Logo Just in from the Indian Air Force from a senior officer tells me Western Command Headquarters (which governs the Hindon Air Force Station) has seen Livefist's post here earlier this week, and recognised that there's a problem with the 81...

Chopper Saves Chopper: IAF Mi-17 V5 airlifts crashed Pawan Hans Just in from the IAF: As part of the ongoing 'Op-Rahat' the IAF airlifted a Pawan Hans helicopter out of Harshil today. The Pawan Hans helicopter which crashed on Harshil helipad on 28 June 2013 was 'under-slung'...

ISRO to unveil Mars Orbiter Mission next week Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will unveil the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) on Wednesday, kick-starting its much-anticipated mission to Mars. Mom is scheduled to be launched during October 21-November 19 using the Polar Satellite...

Chinese Views On Indian Space And Defence Programmes - An American Perspective They contend that India's development programmes, in the area of Aircraft Carriers, Remote sensing satellites & Ballistic Missile Defence [BMD], are more advanced, vis-à-vis their own undertakings. "despite all...

81 Squadron 'Skylords'

VIDEO : At The Home Of The C-17

U.S. Defence Department Website Uses Theme Designed By An Indian The site in question is the 'Armed With Defence' blog - science.dodlive.mil - maintained by the U.S. 'Department of Defense', as part of its awareness & outreach efforts. As seen in the screenshot above, the theme for the...

IAF to induct C-17 Globemaster III heavy-lift aircraft today Giving a major boost to strategic airlift capabilities of the Air Force, defence minister AK Antony will formally induct the 75-80 tonne C-17 Globemaster III heavy-lift transport aircraft into service on September 2 at the...

SKYLORD! First C-17 squadron being named as SKYLORD. The motto of it would be -- Saksham, Balam, Sarvatram. It means: Capable, Powerful, Omnipresent. Source: Mukesh Kaushik, a Delhi-based, senior defence journalist. Link -...

Indian Navy Goes Shopping For Tablet Computers The Tablet PC must have an Ethernet port & at least 4 USB ports. The concept of a 'paperless office' is growing on the Indian Navy [IN]. In keeping with this, it has undertaken digitization of reference documents & drawings, needed while...

Indian Army More Than Doubles Its Mini-UAV Requirements For J&K Operations Number could more than triple, if it invokes option to place follow-on orders for these mini-UAVs. Final tally may surpass five-fold increase. Subsequent to recent reports that indicated the Indian Army's [IA]...

Launch of GSAT-7 on Ariane 5 Rocket..

More Pics.. More pics at Indian Air Force flies into US & UK in their Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighters [Wallpaper-material Hi-Res] - AA Me, IN

Indian Air Force flies into US & UK in their Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighters With upwards of/around $2 billion USD spent by the U.S., each year, on building up 'Public Relations/Outreach', any international engagement with a branch of the U.S Military is, therefore, bound to generate a large amount...

More images... Link - IAF's Ilyushin Il-76 Transporter & Il-78 Aerial Refuelling Aircrafts In Waddington, UK [Hi-Res Pictures] - AA Me, IN