The Indian Air Force on Friday inducted the most-modern Mi-17V5 helicopter, its latest buy from Russia, to ramp up the ferrying of troops and supplies to remote and mountainous areas.

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ndia will on Friday induct the modern Mi-17V5 helicopter, its latest buy from Russia, into the air force to ferry troops and supplies to remote borders and mountain areas.

The helicopters, 80 of whic

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on W airlifted 313 people of Kargil district who were stranded at Leh and Srinagar as the AN32 courier service to Kargil could not operate for the last two weeks due to incl

A. Kiran Trainer Aircraft of IAF on Tuesday crashed on the outskirts of the city during a routine training sortie, but both the pilots ejected to safety.

The two-seater aircraft, which left the Air F

This is how India's biggest defence deal - a $10.4-billion tender for 126 combat aircraft - panned out:

* 2000: Indian Air Force (IAF) conveys to defence ministry its interest in acquiring medium mul

An Indian Air Force (IAF) transport aircraft made a forced landing in Assam following a technical snag. No one was hurt in the incident that took place while checking its airworthiness.

The AN-32 pla

A week after a Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter plane crashed leading to grounding of the fleet, IAF chief N.A.K. Browne on Wednesday took an hour-long sortie in the aircraft here, in an exercise aimed at resto

A frontline Sukhoi jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Pune on Tuesday but pilots bailed out to safety, an officer said.

The crash of the Sukhoi-30 MKI combat jet occurred around 1.30pm.

The Indian Air Force will hold its biggest ever wargame by deploying all its frontline aircraft, including the Su-30MKI, Jaguar, Mirage 2000 and AWACS, at its exercise codenamed 'Operation Livewire'.

Wary of China's military infrastructure and capabilities build up in Tibet, India will on Friday 'fully re-activate' an advanced landing ground (ALG) at Vijayanagar in Arunachal Pradesh.

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