New Delhi: Amid a heightened threat perception, the Indian Air Force is planning to deploy fighter aircraft squadrons in southern parts of the country to tackle threats from non-state actors and to se

New Delhi: Aiming to prevent any 9/11-type attack in the country, the Indian Air Force is planning deploying detachments of fighter aircraft close to major cities to thwart any such attempts of terro

Oct. 4: The Indian Air Force and Army have been entrusted with the task of guarding the Commonwealth Games from aerial threats but their air defence systems have become obsolete due to long delays in

With an aim of increasing its lethal power, India's tri-services strike force is planning to acquire 40 fighter planes capable of delivering nuclear weapons.

The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) has s

Aiming to strengthen its medium-lift helicopter fleet, the IAF is planning to procure 59 more Mi-17 IV choppers in addition to the 80 ordered earlier from Russia. The 80 choppers ordered in 2008 will

The Indian Air Force (IAF) will receive the first two C-130J special operations aircraft from the United States in February 2011 and the remaining four ordered by the end of the year.

The Chief of Ai

The Indian Air Force (IAF) might have laid down 643 parameters while evaluating the six fighters in contention for its $10 billion order for 126 medium multi-role combat jets (MMRCAs) but the eventual

The toll in the devastating flash floods caused by Friday's cloudburst in Leh town of Jammu and Kashmir has risen to 165, even as 81 foreign tourists were rescued by the Indian Air Force from Zanskar

An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter made an emergency landing near the fields of Chinder village in Haryana's Fatehabad district on Sunday due to a technical snag in the engine, police said. There we

The Indian defence authorities, led by the minister of state for Defence, Mr M.M. Pallam Raju, are looking to see the international response to some of the latest multi-role combat aircraft on display