The Latest Breaking News from the Indian Air Force

Bengaluru-based space startup Pixxel has won a multi-crore grant from Innovations for Defence Excellence under the Ministry of Defence (iDEX) for the Mission DefSpace Challenge under iDEX Prime (Space), to manufacture miniaturized multi-payload satellites for the Indian Air Force.

Visit was in connection with the 40th Raising Day of the SAC on July 19

The LCA MK-II, a fifth generation fighter with more stealth features, and the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft, a fifth generation tactical deep-strike fighter, both of which are undergoing trials, will soon replace the existing ageing fleet such as the MiG, Mirage and Jaguar, says Kota Harinarayana

Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar Anand is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and was commissioned in the Administrative Branch of the Indian Air Force as an Air Traffic Controller on June 13, 1987. Read further on Dynamite News:

A Kiran trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed near Chamrajnagar, Karnataka on June 1, while on a routine training sortie.

The Rafale jets are India’s first major acquisition of fighter planes in 23 year after the Sukhoi jets were imported from Russia. Read More on The Hindu

Air Force Administrative College museum in Coimbatore documents rare photographs, books, and mementos

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has grounded its MiG-21 fighter fleet following the crash on May 8 in Rajasthan that killed three civilians on the ground, for checks as per the standard procedure, officials said.

Three civilians on the ground were killed after the wreckage of an Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-21 fighter jet, which crashed near Suratgarh in Rajasthan at about 09:45 hours, fell on a house on May 8. The pilot has ejected safely, sustaining minor injuries.