New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Air Force Station Yelahanka (AFSY) is located on the NH-7 from Bangalore to Bellary/ Hyderabad. The airfield has had an association of over 75 years with military Aviation in Ind... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- The victorious career of the visiting hockey players was checked when the New Zealand representatives gained a narrow decision from their redoubtable opponents. Having come so fa... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- "How could we be so naive as to allow a major military victory to flounder...50 years after the victory, we lost the very same nation we helped create?" This question has haunted... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- We were received at Lahore station by Air Force personnel and taken to the I.T.W (Initial Training Wing) at Walton. We were accommodated in the hostel of a school or a college. T... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- On arrival, we found our way from Howrah station to the Flying club. We were shocked to see that we were to live in tents. We had our daily meals at the club. There were 2 or 3 o... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- At the end of every year, it is customary to take stock of achievements and failures gone by. A yearly balance sheet is a relatively simple matter but how does one go about it wh... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- When AOC, AF Station Gorakhpur in 1989, I was sent on a short course on Systems Analyses at Metcalfe House in old Delhi. I found this course very informative and useful because i... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- In 1987, Marconi Elliot of the UK informed Air Headquarters that they had fitted a nav/attack system in MiG-21Ms of the Egyptian Air Force (EAF). The system consisted of a Head U... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- In 1973 the Soviet Union offered an improved version of the MiG-21, the MiG-21M, which in the IAF was known as the Type 96. This version had an AI radar (the RP- 21M) and a twin ... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- The earliest mark of the MiG-21 (NATO Code Fishbed) to enter the IAF's inventory in 1963 was the MiG-21F-13, also referred to as the Type 74. It could carry 2 x K-13 Infra Red (I... Read More