Names of five airmen killed: Wing Commander Prashant Joshi, Wing Commander Rajji Nair, Squadron Leader K Mishra, Squadron Leader A Yadav (Navigator) and WO K P Singh (flight engineer).
Wing Commander Prashant Joshi was going to take charge as a Commanding Officer in the next ten days.
His wife Anita was also a pilot in IAF, and she had taken retirement and joined Kingfisher Airlines.
She lived with Prashant Joshi at Hindon airbase, but had gone to her in-laws house in Pune due to pregnancy in the last two months.
Wing Commander Rajji Nair also lives in Hindon air base with his wife and a son.