Indian Air Force
India offers to buy over 200 fighter jets if produced locally
29 Oct 2016
Reports quoting Air Force officials said a deal for 200 single-engine planes produced in India - which could rise to 300 as the IAF fully phases out aging Soviet-era aircraft - could be worth anything from $13 to $15 billion
India seeking to tie up drone deal with US before Obama goes
05 Oct 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's "America First" foreign policy statements have raised questions in India and other Asian nations about a US pullback from Asia
India, France finally ink deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets
23 Sep 2016
The contract signed by defence minister Manohar Parrikar and his French counterpart Jean Yves LeDrian ‘marks the natural culmination of the relationship initiated in 1953 when India became Dassault Aviation’s first export customer’, the company said
Cabinet clears decks for buying 36 Rafale fighter planes
22 Sep 2016
The deal will generate business worth at least €3 billion for Indian companies through offsets, both big and small, and generating hundreds of jobs in India
India set to sign $8.8-bn deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets
16 Sep 2016
The $8.84 billion deal that incorporates a 50 per cent offset clause, could fetch orders worth around $4 billion for Indian companies, generating thousands of jobs
IAF operationalises Pasighat advanced landing ground in Arunachal Pradesh
20 Aug 2016
The IAF has operationalised the upgraded advanced landing ground at Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh, across the border from China, further boosting its operational reach from the North East region
Lockheed Martin offers to shift F-16 production line to India
05 Aug 2016
Lockheed Martin has offered to shift its production line for F16s to India on condition that the Indian Air Force brings in enough orders to sustain production of the aircraft
No trace of missing IAF plane; Isro satellites to join search
25 Jul 2016
The hunt for the Indian Air Force plane that went missing in stormy monsoon weather over the Bay of Bengal on Friday with 29 people on board entered its fourth day on Monday
IAF plane with 29 on board missing en route to Andamans
23 Jul 2016
A full scale search and rescue operation is on for the AN-32 aircraft which has gone missing en route to Port Blair with 29 armed forces personnel including six crew members on board
Light combat aircraft Tejas joins the IAF
01 Jul 2016
India’s indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas has been inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) with the first two aircraft joining the `Flying Daggers’ squadron today
HAL’s trainer aircraft makes maiden flight
17 Jun 2016
The new trainer aircraft will train IAF personnel in basic flying, aerobatics, instrument flying, navigation, night-flying and close formation flights
HAL’s trainer aircraft makes maiden flight
17 Jun 2016
The new trainer aircraft will train IAF personnel in basic flying, aerobatics, instrument flying, navigation, night-flying and close formation flights
HAL’s trainer aircraft makes maiden flight
17 Jun 2016
The new trainer aircraft will train IAF personnel in basic flying, aerobatics, instrument flying, navigation, night-flying and close formation flights
HAL’s trainer aircraft makes maiden flight
17 Jun 2016
The new trainer aircraft will train IAF personnel in basic flying, aerobatics, instrument flying, navigation, night-flying and close formation flights
HAL’s trainer aircraft makes maiden flight
17 Jun 2016
The new trainer aircraft will train IAF personnel in basic flying, aerobatics, instrument flying, navigation, night-flying and close formation flights
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