Indian Air Force
IDD Bureau In a significant move on the F-35 fifth-generation fighter jet, the US has placed an order of 478 aircraft for $ 34 Billion after bringing down costs of the progarmme. The average per plane cost of the F-35 would be $ 80 million means matching what India is paying for the French-made Rafale
In the past three decades or more the Indian Air Force has had the strategic advantage of better beyond visual range (BVR) missiles for its fighter jets. It has been using the Russian R-73 missiles fired from the MiG 29 and also the Sukhoi-30 MKI. In that era a missile like the R- 73, which
Just few months from now, the Indian Air Force intends to showcase a new technology by flying a transport plane using a blend of bio-fuel and normal aviation turbine fuel (ATF). The plan is to fly AN-32 – a Soviet origin plane — over the Rajpath at the forthcoming Republic Day parade in January 2019.
NEW DELHI: Yudh Seva medal awardee Minty Agarwal, a woman IAF officer who played a key role as flight controller during the aerial combat with Pakistan in February, on Thursday said the experience of being part of the Balakot operation was “unmatchable” to anything in the world. On conferred the coveted military honour, she said
IDD Bureau Much debate has happened in India over buying or producing fighter jets for its Air Force. Opinion is divided, should these be single engine jets, or twin-engined, or a healthy mix of both. Fiscal prudence and sheer 30 percent higher cost in procuring and operating a twin-engine plane had made the Indian Air
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