The mission was carried out by the Indian Air Force (IAF) at a time when China was expanding its presence in the Indian Ocean, which is generally regarded as the Indian Navy's backyard.
Authorities said that the pilot saw a technical fault in the chopper, and chose to make an emergency landing.
AFCAT Recruitment 2023: Eligible candidates can apply for AFCAT Recruitment 02/2023 through the official website of IAF at careerindianairforce.cdac.in or afcat.cdac.in.
Shivangi Singh hit headlines after becoming Indian Air Force’s first woman pilot to fly the Rafale fighter aircraft and she also took part in the Indian Air Force tableau at the Republic Day parade.
Indian Air Force (IAF) C17 had taken off from Chandigarh for maintenance sortie to Leh. After reaching there, it got stuck on the runway due to some technical error in the aircraft.
According to Airbus on Monday, the tactical aircraft flew for three hours from Seville on May 5 and landed at 14:45 local time.
An Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter aircraft during a routine training sortie crashed near Bahalol Nagar of Pilibanga in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh village on Monday morning.
An Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter aircraft during a routine training sortie crashed near Bahalol Nagar of Pilibanga in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh village on Monday morning.
Super Fast International: For the first time, the Indian Air Force is participating in the France-Greece exercise.
India launched 'Operation Kaveri' earlier this week to bring back the stranded Indians from Sudan.
An Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent which will participate in Exercise Orion at Mont-de-Marsan, an Air Force base of the French Air and Space Force (FASF), halted in Egypt. This would be the first overseas exercise for the IAF’s Rafale aircraft.
The matter came to light after an IAF representative told the parliamentary committee that due to the Ukraine war a “major delivery” from Moscow “is not going to take place.”
Air Force veteran Wing Cmdr JM Nath had flown into Aksai Chin and Tibet and returned with valuable inputs on the ground situation and enemy troop activities there, both before and during the Indo-China war.
Rajasthan: An IAF helicopter made a precautionary landing in Rajasthan's Jodhpur due to some technical glitch.
Cheetahs at Kuno National Park: Cheetahs from South Africa released into MP's Kuno National Park after South Africa last month signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the re-introduction of Cheetahs in India to establish a viable cheetah population in the Asian country.
Aero India 2023 is expected to have multiple fighter jets on display.
Indian Air Force news: India’s one of the first three lady fighter pilots Squadron Leader Avni Chaturvedi will be leaving for Japan shortly for participating in the exercise. Squadron Leader Chaturvedi is a Su-30MKI pilot.
Brahmos missile news: With this, the IAF has achieved a significant capability boost to carry out precision strikes from SU-30MKI aircraft against land/sea targets over very long ranges.
While Indian Army with platforms and equipment such as futuristic infantry combat vehicles, light tanks and mounted gun system providing a quantum jump to Indian Army's operational preparedness.
India-China border face-off: The exercise is taking place at a time when a face-off between Indian and Chinese troops at the Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh took place on December 9 (Friday) along the Line of Actual Control preceded by attempts to violate air space on many occasions.
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