Out of the blue

Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy was a young fighter pilot with No.23 Squadron flying Gnats during…

Baptism by sparks, fire and bailout

  Wg Cdr A K "Lui" Gupta, 13072 F(P) joined the caterpillar club on his very…

Engine Flame Out!

Then Flight Lieutenant K Nachiketa who was the only POW of the Kargil war, narrates his…

With a Damaged Tail Plane over DZ at Tangail

Group Captain Patri Jayarao (7708 F(P)) , a Transport veteran of the 1971 war was commissioned on 28 Oct…

Plane Tails From The IAF : The Pathankot Raid Of Dec 10

The PAF raids Pathankot again! The attack is immortalised in a dramatic painting - but the…

Chapter 2 : Accord, Airlift and Discord

The days that followed the supply drop saw the cessation of the blockade on Jaffna ,…

The Thunderbolts

The following write-up on the history of the Thunderbolts was scripted with help of Air Mshl…

Trailing Terns’ Path

Title: Trailing Terns’ Path Authors: Wg Cdr Rajeeve Lochan, Wg Cdr Kamal Deep, Softcover: 198 Pages – Page…

The National Cadet Corps and the IAF

In this research piece by Anchit Gupta , the author untangles the history of the Indian…

A few anxious moments – a Gooney Bird story

 The C-47 is a reliable work-horse that served for nearly four decades in the Indian Air…