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155623
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With the aim of enhancing operational cooperation and to validate capabilities, the Indian Air Force (IAF) participates in a number of air exercises with friendly nations. The objectives of these air exercises are to enhance interoperability and cooperation while also practicing challenging air manoeuvres.
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ID:
155616
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The first of the 36 Dassault Rafale F3 fighters purchased for the Indian Air Force (IAF) from Dassault in a government to government deal worth USD8.9 billion would be delivered from 2019 onwards. The Indian version will be equipped with the improved RBE2 AESA radar, DDG NG MAWS, other customisations like the HMS, targeting pods and weapons.
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ID:
155628
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On September 14 this year, the Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out its latest task as part of its humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operation by airlifting tonnes of relief material to Bangladesh, which is witnessing a surge in Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar. India acted like a good friend and neighbour and under Operation Insaniyat, offered help to Bangladesh to deal with the humanitarian crisis. Since late August, nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh.
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ID:
155607
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The Indian Air Force (IAF), which was established on 8 October 1932, celebrates its 85th raising day. This is time for commemoration, reflection and perhaps some hard questions. The questions pertain to IAF’s role and capability, and how much its thinking is in sync with building India’s military power.
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ID:
155629
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Borders, both maritime and land, offer opportunities with regard to trade and cross-border movement of people and, at the same time, pose several challenges to a nation. The challenges include but are not limited to cross-border terrorism, illegal migration, trafficking and smuggling of arms.
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ID:
155627
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It is through air maintenance that the Indian Air Force (IAF) sustains the Indian Army and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel deployed in the entire northern region, Siachen and Sub-Sector North (SSN) where Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) is located.
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ID:
155622
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During the last year, the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indian Navy (IN) confirmed what must have been the worst kept secret in New Delhi: that the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft, for all its achievements, was unsuitable as a strike-fighter for their near-term modernisation requirements.
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155626
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Sun Tzu’s concept of deception in the context of modern warfare is primarily achieved through the fourth domain, the electronic domain. Electronic Warfare (EW) is not exactly new and had been used in World War II where No 100 Group Royal Air Force (RAF) used bombers and heavy fighters to carry out RF interception, jamming and chaffs to degrade the Luftwaffe land-based radars and night fighters.
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ID:
155624
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Bengaluru: Former defence minister Arun Jaitely dedicated the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) upgraded Hawk-i to the country August 26. HAL terms it as an indigenous role change development programme to convert the jet trainer into a combat-ready platform. The Hawk-i programme is more than what meets the eye, even though predominantly being an avionics upgrade without altering the airframe/engine, it does open up the possibility of adding a multitude of capabilities never before possible with the Hawk platform. HAL believes that by demonstrating the advertised capabilities it can evince interest from the Indian Air Force (IAF) for upgrading its existing Hawk fleet or to purchase new builds.
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ID:
155602
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I first met the Marshal of the Air Force, Arjan Singh, in September 2003. FORCE was just a month old. But since its inaugural issue had managed to draw the attention of the discerning readers, both inside and outside the government of India, the Indian Air Force (IAF) public relations officer was less reluctant to forward the request for an interview.
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ID:
155621
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Building up on the military-technological/military-industrial successes achieved thus far through its 25km-range Akash-1 surface-to-air missile (SAM) and 80km-range B arak-8 LR-SAM (see FORCE February 2017) projects, India’s ministry of defence-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is now poised to achieve a hattrick of sorts by deploying a family of precision-guided weapons that will all use the same basic airframe — the Astra-1 beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM), the quick reaction surface-to-air-missile (QR-SAM), and the new-generation anti-radiation missile (NG-ARM).
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ID:
155625
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Until 2004, the Indian Air Force (IAF) had nothing comparative to the Indian Army’s Para Commandos or the Indian Navy’s MARCOS to meet its special force requirements. It was after the failed attempts of terrorists to storm two air bases in Kashmir in 2001 that a need for an elite commando force was felt to ward off any terror strike and guard the airbases across the country. The force would be imparted training in unarmed combat, commando tactics and cutting-edge technological skills.
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ID:
155612
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It was just 18 years back that ‘Kargil’ happened — the first war in Indian history to be carried live into our bedrooms, thanks to the expansion of national television networks. The Indian Air Force (IAF) had named its operation as Operation Safed Sagar.
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