The preliminary investigations indicate that a cocktail of chemicals including RDX may have been used by the Pakistan-based terrorists to drop two bombs via drones at the Indian Air Force (IAF) airbase in Jammu.
Three suspected drones were spotted again at three different locations in Jammu on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
On the operationalisation plan, you are aware, we are fully operational.. so, in terms of time, we will be absolutely on time," he told reporters after reviewing the Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) at the Air Force Academy in Dundigal.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is undergoing a monumental transformation with rapid infusion of technologies due to rapidly evolving security challenges, said RKS Bhadauria
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday joined a fire fighting operation to control a massive forest fire in Ghordi block in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
An Indian Air Force pilot died after a MiG-21 fighter aircraft crashed near Moga in Punjab.
Amid the devastating COVID-19 crisis in the country, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has transported as many as 180 empty cryogenic oxygen containers and other relief material like oxygen cylinders, oxygen plant equipment, essential medicines and hospital equipment. The Airlift of the IAF's RAMT (Rapid Action Medical Team) and medical officers and personnel of the Indian Navy has also been undertaken.
India had signed an inter-governmental agreement with France in September 2016 for the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets at a cost of around Rs 58,000 crore.
As many as 3,57,229 new COVID-19 cases, 3,20,289 discharges and 3,449 deaths were reported in the country on Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry informed. The total cases stand at 2,02,82,833, while 1,66,13,292 recoveries have been reported so far. The death toll stands at 2,22,408.
India is struggling with the second wave of the novel coronavirus infection as hospitals in several states are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) airlifted nine cryogenic oxygen containers from Dubai and Singapore, bringing them to the Panagarh air base in West Bengal, according to an official statement issued on April 28.
Amid the horrific condition of COVID-19 pandemic and shortage of oxygen in the country, UAE has extended assistance to India in its fight against the raging pandemic. Adani Group secured 12 ready-to-use cryogenic tanks to transport liquid oxygen in order to meet the need of COVID-19 patients.
Hospitals across the country are crumbling under pressure of oxygen shortage amid covid second wave. As the urgency for supply increases, oxygen is being transported by air, rail and road.The Indian Air Force and Indian Railways are chipping in to transport oxygen.
The oxygen containers were airlifted from Singapore by C17 heavy-lift aircraft of IAF.
IAF will airlift oxygen tankers and cylinders directly from Gujarat's Jamnagar to Indore. Several hospitals in Indore are facing acute shortage of medical oxygen amid spiralling Covid-19 cases.
Hinduja flagship firm Ashok Leyland on Friday said it has delivered the first lot of light bulletproof vehicles to the Indian Air Force in collaboration with Lockheed Martin.
To enhance its airbases' security, Indian Air Force has inducted 6-tonne Light Bullet Proof Vehicles.
The new additions would increase the number of these planes to 21 as already 11 of these planes are flying with the Ambala-based 17 Squadron.
Three pilots were injured after an aircraft crashed in Gandhi Nagar Police Station limits of Bhopal. The injured have been shifted to hospital, Arun Sharma, SHO, Gandhi Nagar informed on Saturday.
The Indian Air Force has said that a Group Captain was killed in an accident involving a MiG-21 Bison aircraft at an airbase in central India.
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