Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asserted that she was promised a smooth re-election in the January 7 polls if she consented to allow a "foreign country" to construct an airbase within Bangladeshi territory.
The AJT Hawk is primarily an Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) that takes rookie IAF pilots through their second stage of training before they advance to fighter jets.
Drones are prohibited around the Ambala Air Force Station. Further investigations are underway.
Multiple rockets were fired at the Bagram Airfield, a major US airbase in Afghanistan's Parwan province, on Saturday, officials said, adding that there were no immediate reports of damages or casualties.
Indian Air Force's Chinook helicopter carried out night sortie from Leh airbase in Ladakh on October 10.
Ambala Police made special announcement in the area to prevent people from going at their rooftops and making videos and clicking pictures of Rafale aircraft when the fighter jets make their landing at Ambala airbase.
Air Marshal (Retd) Raghunath Nambiar on the first batch of Rafale jets coming to India said it wouldn't have been possible without Prime Minister Narendra Modi's fortunate step. "The PM, to put it in simple words, cut the clutter.
Air Marshal (Retd) Raghunath Nambiar called Rafale as the 'best aircraft' in the sky. He said the jet stands head against Chengdu J-20 if compared.
It was earlier reported that first four helicopters would arrive on a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III Transport Aircraft at Pathankot following which they will be assembled there. But, no official confirmation came from the Defence Ministry or the IAF regarding the place and time of delivery. The first AH-64E was officially handed over to the IAF during a ceremony at Boeing’s production Center in Mesa, Arizona, on May 10.
In a statement, the US Central Command categorically termed it "false". "The Balad Air Base operations continue as normal. There are no plans, at this time, to evacuate any personnel from Balad," it said.
Security forces are on high alert in and around these bases. It may be recalled that on 2 January 2016, terrorists attacked the Pathankot Air Force Station, part of the Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force.
The Syrian air defences have "confronted" the attack on Sunday against the air base in the eastern countryside of Homs, SANA news agency reported.
According to preliminary information, the incident could have been caused by a technical malfunction, the ministry said.
The Indian Air Force today added muscle to its capabilities in the eastern region amid the ongoing standoff with China in the Doklam region. The IAF is learnt to have commissioned Air Force Station Arjan Singh in Panagarh
San Antanio: The fatal shooting of two people at an Air Force base in Texas appears to be a murder-suicide, authorities said today. Two bodies were found inside a room of a building at Joint
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Pathankot: The operation to fully sanitise the Pathankot Air base, which was attacked by six terrorists last Saturday, is "close to completion" with the personnel of NSG, Army and Garud commandos of IAF undertaking the
New Delhi: About 300 ‘black cat' commandos of the elite counter-terror force, NSG, deployed an assortment of most sophisticated assault weapons and “buster” ammunition tools to neutralise the terrorists who had sneaked into the Air
New Delhi: Before the six suspected Pakistani terrorists carried out the attack on the Pathankot air base that left seven security personnel dead and several injured, they had abducted the Superintendent of Police of Gurdaspur
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