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21 Seconds - Flame out at LOW LEVEL

War and Peace - 1962 -71

21 seconds in time can fly fast without anyone noticing it, but as this supersonic jet pilot can testify, it can appear to be a lifetime - and a lot can happen in those short 21 seconds!

Last Updated on Monday, 03 March 2014 17:31 Read more...

Wing Commmander Alfred Anthony (2824/GD(P))

The Royal Indian Air Force in the Second World War

Flight Cadet under Training

Alfred Anthony joined up to serve in the Indian Air Force at the height of World War Two. He was part of the 21st Pilots Course that commenced its training at Initial Training Wing, Poona in July 1943. After completing the initial training Alfred arrived at the No.1 Elementary Flying Training School at Begumpet on 31 October 1943. Three months of flying training on the De Havilland Tigermoth followed before Alfred was commissioned in the Indian Air Force on 31 January 1944 with service number IND/2824. He was just 26 at that time.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 February 2014 02:32 Read more...

IAF Databases - Crowd Sourcing COs list

BR History Projects

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The webmasters of the BR Site invite anyone to contribute information on COs and Commanders for their database section. Read on...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 January 2014 23:06 Read more...

Obituary: Air Marshal Partha Kumar Dey AVSM PVSM

Tributes

Air Marshal Partha Kumar Dey AVSM PVSM (30 March 1934 - 10 January 2014)

Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 January 2014 03:22 Read more...

Airborne to Chairborne : Memoirs of a War Veteran

Reviews

Reviewed by Jagan Pillarisetti

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The Ladder of His Life : Biography of Air Chief Marshal Idris Latif

Reviews

Reviewed by Brig Tony Sarao

Last Updated on Monday, 03 March 2014 17:32 Read more...

"I Join the RIAF"

"I join the RIAF" - The journey of Naresh Kumar Midha is a lovely recruitment brochure was bought out sometime after September 1949 (Before the RIAF dropped its "Royal" prefix in Jan 1950) . The brochure provides the story of Naresh Kumar Midha (later Air Commodore (Retd)) who was commissioned on 3 September 1949. The brochure is 24 pages (including the covers) and is illustrated throughout.

Last Updated on Saturday, 08 February 2014 21:12 Read more...

Summer of 1999 : View from 5th Floor Air HQ

Kargil War 1999

Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur (Retd) was the Staff Officer to Air Chief Marshal A Y Tipnis, CAS during the Kargil Operations. He shares his unique experiences of the events that unfolded into the sharp and decisive acts undertaken by the Indian Air Force in the Kargil fighting of 1999.