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Operation Ganga: IAF flight carrying 210 Indians lands at Hindon airbase

Indian Air Force flight carrying 210 Indians evacuated from war-hit Ukraine arrived at Hindan airbase near Delhi from Bucharest, Romania on Sunday

Ukraine conflict: Three IAF aircraft carrying 629 Indians lands in Delhi

India has been evacuating its citizens from war-torn Ukraine's neighbouring countries such as Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland as the Ukrainian airspace has been shut since February 24

Domestic flights soon from Uttarlai airbase near Pakistan border

After Jodhpur Air Force Station, this will be the second airbase in Western Sector to allow the operation of civil domestic flights from its runway

Ukraine war: 11 civilian, 4 IAF flights to bring back Indians tomorrow

Eleven civilian and four Indian Air Force (IAF) flights will return to India on Saturday with Indians from Ukraine's neighbouring countries, the Civil Aviation Ministry stated on Friday. The 11 civilian flights on Saturday are expected to bring back more than 2,200 Indians, with 10 landing in Delhi and one in Mumbai, the ministry's statement noted. The statement did not say how many Indians will be coming on the four IAF flights. India has been evacuating its citizens through special flights from Ukraine's western neighbours such as Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland as the Ukrainian airspace has been shut since February 24 due to a Russian military offensive. On Friday, 14 civilian and three IAF flights brought 3,772 Indians back, the statement noted.

Ukraine: IAF's IL-76 planes on standby to evacuate Indians out of Russia

The IAF has kept two IL-76 military transport aircraft on standby to evacuate Indians who are stranded in conflict-hit eastern Ukrainian cities like Sumy and Kharkiv from Russian capital Moscow

IAF's 4 evacuation flights from Ukraine with Indians land in Hindon airbase

The IAF's four evacuation flights with 798 Indians from the Romanian capital Bucharest, Hungary's Budapest and Polish city Rzeszow landed at the Hindon airbase here on Thursday morning, sources said

IAF will demonstrate capabilities at exercise 'Vayu Shakti' in Pokharan

The Indian Air Force (IAF) will demonstrate its full spectrum combat and fire capabilities during exercise Vayu Shakti in Pokharan firing range close to the India-Pak border in Rajasthan on March 7

First IAF C-17 aircraft to return with Indian citizens from Ukraine today

The first Indian Air Force C-17, a heavy-lift transport aircraft that went to Romania to bring back Indian students from Ukraine, would be landing at the Hindan airbase at 11 pm on Wednesday

148 IAF aircraft, including Rafale, to participate in exercise Vayu Shakti

A total of 148 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will demonstrate their capabilities at Exercise Vayu Shakti that will take place at Pokharan range in Jaisalmer on March 7

US sanctions on Russia won't affect IAF significantly, says Vice Chief

The Indian Air Force (IAF) will not be significantly impacted by the US sanctions on Russia and India's relations with both the countries remain strong, Vice Chief Air Marshal Sandeep Singh said

Ukraine crisis: PM Modi asks Air Force to evacuate stranded Indians

Leveraging the capacities of the IAF will ensure that more people can be evacuated in a shorter time frame

Ukraine crisis: PM Modi asks Air Force to evacuate stranded Indians

The IAF is likely to deploy several C-17 aircraft as part of Operation Ganga from Tuesday

MBDA to display world-beating missiles at Defexpo 2022

The IAF has repeatedly returned to MBDA for both its air-to-air and air-to-ground missile requirements

IAF decides not to send aircraft to multilateral air exercise in UK

The exercise 'Cobra Warrior' is scheduled to take place from March 6-27 at Waddington in the United Kingdom.

International debut for Tejas fighters in tactical combat flying

HAL officials say they would have preferred to offer customers the sophisticated Mark 1A version of the Tejas, which has mid-air refuelling, AESA radar, and the ability to fire BVR missiles

Indian Air Force to send 5 Tejas jets for multilateral air exercise in UK

IAF will participate in a three-week multilateral air exercise at Waddington in the UK from March 6 with a fleet of five Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA).

Tejas at Singapore Airshow 2022: Sale calls for full court diplomacy

While industry watchers rate the Tejas Mark 1A highly, there is concern over haste with which Indian team was despatched to Singapore; and a feeling that New Delhi is participating without clear aims

How capable are IAF's multirole Rafale fighter jets?

Rafale jets soared high in the Delhi sky when they made their debut in the Republic Day flypast this year. Let's answer all your questions about the 36 French-made fighter jets of the Indian Airforce

Defence allocation sees moderate rise, IAF gets largest capital boost

In the Budget FY23, the government has allocated Rs 5.25 trillion.

LIVE: Kerala logs nearly 50,000 new Covid cases; 48,905 in Karnataka

On Tuesday, the state had recorded 55,475 fresh cases, the highest ever single day spike in the infection since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020