2007
Dec 2007
 Gallantry Award Update: Citations for Gallantry Awards for the period 1961-1965 can now be found online. nearly 100+ original citations from the Gazette updated.
1962 War Related - Maha Vir Chakra | Vir Chakra Vayu Sena Medal Citations (incl 62 war related) 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 |
 No.2 Squadron - Portraits from Gp Capt R M Engineer's Collection - the Officers who made up the squadron in the years 1952-55 |
 Fire Power Display 2007 at Pokhran - exclusive photo report from the PRO SWAC. |
 No.2 Squadron - Vampires from Gp Capt R M Engineer's Collection - The De Havilland Vampire FB52s of the unit. |
 Official PR Images and recent events Updated with several photographs of IAF related events from the year 2007 |
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 No.2 Squadron - Album 3 with varous other group photos from Gp Capt R M Engineer's Collection |
Other Updated Pages » Cheetah Mountain Rescue » Sarang Dhruvs » Philately - IAF 75Years Minisheet Stamp |
Nov 2007
 The career of an ex-Flying Officer, now Capt M Balan - who joined up during the Second World War is told in two parts. Part 1: A Flying Start - Training to be a Pilot |
 PHOTO ALBUM No.4 Squadron in Japan (1946-47) - The Personnel from the collection of Capt M Balan |
 Wg Cdr "Horace" Sahgal - A Profile by Sushil Talwar and Rana Chhina |
 Part II of Capt Balan's career in the RIAF - With the Oorials in Japan chronicles the saga of No.4 Squadron's stint with the BCOF |
 PHOTO ALBUM II - No.4 Squadron in Japan (1946-47) - The Aircraft from the collection of Capt M Balan |
 AVM Arvind Dalaya's Instructional Duties Photo Album from the 50s |
Oct 2007 75 Years of the Indian Air Force!
 The Man who flew too much - 1 - the flying career of Air Marshal Prithi Singh |
 RIAF Water Colours by Capt H H Sheldon the official war artist. |
 Air Battle over Dacca - Harish Masand's air combat on Dec 4 |
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 The Man who flew too much - II - the flying career of Air Marshal Prithi Singh |
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 Hunter of No.37 Squadron from the 1971 War |
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 The WW2 RIAF Officers Database is now 90% complete! |
 Sqn Ldr AS Williams sortie to Tsangdhar - 1962 War |
Other Updated Pages » RAF24 » OD Agnihotri » OD Agnihotri Akyab » AR Pandit I |
Group Captain B S Raje Photo Albums 1 Sept 2007
 Night Intruder : A tribute to the Canberra Wg Cdr Tootsie Ghosh's tribute to the twin engined bomber. |
 Flight Crew Memorial, AFA, Dundigal commemorates aircrew killed during flying training . |
 New Images: Six new Canberra images and Five HF-24 Marut images added |
 Tribute to OJ D'Sena a course mate pays a tribute to a friend, colleague and an officer. |
 MiG-23MF arrives at the IAF Museum in Palam |
Other Updated Pages »Officers Database now at 6048 records! » Air Chiefs Page » PC Lal |
August 2007
 Air Marshal Aspy Engineer's Memoirs - in his own words - ten pages of hand written memories spanning three decades. |
 Air India's Boeing 777 arrives! escorted by two Sukhoi-30s - Exclusive Pictures |
 New Images uploaded: Mi-8, Boeing BBJ , Prentices Ouragans and Mysteres |
 Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri's Profile in our Air Chief's Section now online! |
 Independence Day Awards - 1 Shaurya Chakra and six VM Gallantry Awards |
Other Updated Pages »Thomas Elmhirst CAS Page »Aspy Engineer CAS Page »Officers Database Updated (5831 records) »Unit CO DB Updated |
July 2007
 The Messerschmitt HA-300 and the Indian Connection by Gp Capt Kapil Bhargava |
 Indradhanush - The eurospotter photos! Photos from European Contributors |
 New Images uploaded: Hawk 136 |
 Agra in the 90s: A call to nostalgia by Vivek Ahuja with photographs from Wg Cdr P M Ahuja's collection |
 65th Pilots Course - Photos from Wg Cdr FJ Mehta. |
 Indian contingent at RIAT Fairford by Piyush Upadhyay |
June 2007
 Plane Tales from the IAF - The Pathankot raid of Dec 10 - by Air Marshal Keith Lewis |
 The Multi-role Fleet (or Multi-billions down the Ganga) The age old saga of the MRCA |
 New Images uploaded to Su-30MKI, Jaguars, Mi-25s, Tejas LSP1 |
 Indradhanush - Sukhoi-30s to the UK Photos by Kapil Chandni |
 DATABASE UPDATES! Beta IAF Unit CO Database online - for Squadrons and Commands |
 Mi-25s in Sri Lanka updated with new details - dates, places, names! |
 114 Helicopter Unit during the 1965 War from AVM A Dalaya's collection. |
 Mention-in-Despatch Awards of the 1947-48 Kashmir War updated. along with a clean up of MiDs of other wars |
 Photos on the IAF's Round The World Microlight Flight expedition |
May 2007
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 Farewell to the Canberra - After 50 years service, the legendary Canberra is retired in a ceremony at Agra. |
 Misc Images Uploaded in the Gallery - Caribou, An-12, Hawk A3480 Painting |
 Honey, I shrunk the funds - Air Marshal Raghavendran on his fight for funds at the MoD |
 BOOK! Sky Hawks The first ever book on Indian Aviatiors of the First World War - reviewed! |
 The first IAF Canberra model - by Polly Singh - built to commemorate the retirement of the grand old lady. |
The Battle Axes' formation team April 2007
 Air Chief Marshal FH Major takes over as the new CAS from Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi |
 How I crossed Swords with Chuck Yeager. - A young Naval Pilot flying an IAF aircraft destroys a USAF Queen air belonging to the legend. |
 Tenure with No.3 Squadron - AVM Dalaya's Collection. Several rare shots of Tempest fighters! |
| Updated Pages » Obituaries (W/C D Michael) » IAF Fleet Page » Squadrons » UAV Squadrons » Subsite: AVM Dalaya | ||
March 2007
 The MIGnificient Flying Machines - Indian Express correspondent Shiv Aroor covered the last days of the Foxbats. |
 BOOK! An Incredible War : IAF in Kashmir 1947-48 a new book by Air Marshal Bharat Kumar on the IAF - Reviewed by Phil Camp |
 Misc Images Uploaded in the Gallery - Mi-8s, Do-228, Sukhoi SB102, Chetak |
 The Best Years of my life - Sqn Ldr Duncan M Cruickshank writes about the sixties. |
 Photographs of 54 PC - from the collection of AVM Arvind Dalaya |
 Air to Air Missiles A new album Air to Air Missiles of the IAF. |
February 2007
 Aero India 2007 Covered in detail - More than 1500 photographs from multiple contributors now available on site.
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 Air to Ground Munitions A new album showcasing bombs, Air to Ground Missiles and other equipment of the IAF. |
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 Sukhoi-30 MKI HAL Tejas PV-3 HAL Dhruv HAL IJT DARIN II Jaguar |
Other Updated Pages » Awards Section » Squadrons |
Also see the special features on the exhibits, Walkarounds, Flying displays etcJanuary 2007
 Ahmedabad Display - 36 photos of the static and equipment display at Ahmedabad |
 The UK 24 - Pilots from 4 PC who went to UK in November 1940 - more than eight new images of the UK trainees. |
 Air Cmde Evans Lionel Birch - Photos, Documents from the family collection illustrate a career that spanned nearly three decades. |
 Republic Day 2007 Honours The IAF received 6 PVSMs, 12 AVSMs, 16VMs and 28 VSMs in this years Honours list. |
 Vimana Samachar - download select pages from one of the earliest aviation magazines in India |
