Addressing a seminar, IAF chief called for focusing on operational logistics to deal with various security challenges and quoted famous military strategist Sun Tzu as saying very aptly that "the line between disorder and order lies in logistics."
The "live firing" of the missile was carried out in close coordination with the Indian Navy, the IAF said.
The Indian Air Force Sports Control Board (AFSCB) is going to organise the Arjan Singh Memorial Hockey tournament from April 18-22, which will witness participation from 11 teams from across the country.
Around 50 people were trapped on Sunday when some cable cars in a ropeway collided with each other at Trikut hills close to Baba Baidyanath Temple in Jharkhand's Deoghar district, officials said.
The Defence Ministry has also been briefed about the inquiry committee report and further action is expected in the next few weeks.
The fire was brought under control by nearly 80 percent till the evening. The flames are left on just one hillock now,” Rajasthan's Principal Secretary-Forest Sreya Guha said.
The first squadron deliveries of Russia's powerful S-400 air defence missile system are expected to be completed by the end of this year, with the unit being operationalised in the next few weeks.
The video of the chopper disappearing into the fog has since gone viral in the social media. The district police have collected the man's mobile phone and sent it to forensic lab in Coimbatore, as part of investigation in the case.
Mourning the death of General Rawat, Madhav said, "In his demise, the country has lost a great reformist leader of our armed forces."
The weapon, developed for the IAF, can neutralise targets in a range up to 10 km.
Kuldeep Singh's wife was all mum when her husband's body was brought. Soon after performing the last rites, she broke down and hugged her mother-in-law.
General Bipin Rawat Cremation: A huge crowd of people lined up on both sides of the dedicated road route to bid final goodbye to the top Army General.
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The black box, comprising the flight data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), of the ill-fated Mi-17V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Force was recovered from the crash site on Thursday.
CDS General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat, seven Indian Army officers and jawans and four Indian Air Force officers lost their lives in the military chopper crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the country's top military brass on Thursday paid homage to India's first Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika, Brig LS Lidder and 10 more defence personnel at the Palam air base after their bodies were brought to Delhi in a military aircraft. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, NSA Ajit Doval, Army Chief MM Naravane, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar, Air Chief Marshal AVR Chaudhari and Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar were among those who paid homage to the deceased at a sombre ceremony.
The flight data recorder of the IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter that crashed in a wooded, hilly area near Coonoor has been recovered.
The Mi-17V5 helicopter carrying Gen. Rawat, the 63-year-old tri-services chief who would have completed two years at the end of this month in the new post after serving as the Army chief, crashed killing 13 of the 14 people on board including his wife and 11 other armed forces personnel.
According to IAF, 13 out of 14 on-board have died in the incident. IAF Group Captain Varun Singh is the lone survivor with serious injuries.
The aircraft would now be upgraded to the latest standards as part of the Mirage upgrade programme going on in the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, the sources said.
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