Indian Air Force
IAF inducts first batch of Sukhoi-30MKI fighters at AFS Tezpur
13 Jun 2009
Providing a major boost to its defences along the Sino-Indian border in the country’s north-east, four frontline Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30 MKI combat jets landed at Air Force Station Tezpur in Assam on Friday.
Air Marshal AK Gogoi is new DG Operations, IAF
02 Jun 2009
IAF inducts Phalcon AWACS into service
28 May 2009
India issues $2 billion RFPs for heavy-lift, gunship helicopters
27 May 2009
India has issued a global tender for the supply of 37 heavy-lift and gunship helicopters for the Indian Air Force (IAF), estimated to be worth atleast $2 billion.
First IAF AWACS lands at Jamnagar
25 May 2009
Pilots of the first AWACS squadron of the Indian Air Force flew in the first of three Israeli Phalcon AWACS at the air force station Jamnagar this afternoon. The arrival marks the induction of a potent force multiplier in the Indian sub-continent region.
IAF's first Phalcon AWACS arrive today
25 May 2009
Indian Air Force pilots will fly in the first of three Israeli Phalcon AWACS on Monday, marking the induction of a potent force multiplier in the Indian sub-continent region.
AeroIndia 2009: Delivery of IAF's Phalcon AWACS delayed till March
14 Feb 2009
Contrary to news that the Indian Air Force (IAF) had taken delivery of its first AWACS aircraft it now transpires that the force will take delivery of the Israeli Phalcon airborne early warning system only by March-end.
AeroIndia 2009: Lockheed Martin deploys four F-16s at Air Show
10 Feb 2009
US aviation and aerospace major Lockheed Martin has flown in four F-16 Fighting Falcon multi-role fighters for the AeroIndia 2009 Air Show being held here at the Yelahanka Air base.
Lockheed signs MoUs with 30 Indian cos; says Navy interested in F-35 JSF
05 Feb 2009
Lockheed Martin has said that the Indian Navy has expressed an interest in the F-35B short take-off and vetical landing joint strike fighter. It said that its F-16IN offering for teh MMRCA bid was the key to all such technologies.
AeroIndia 2009: LCA Tejas to be inducted with international engines
04 Feb 2009
India's indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft Tejas programme will meet its December 2010 force induction deadline with imported engines even as the Kaveri engine programme is upgraded to meet future fighter aircraft programme requirements.
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