Sarla Yadav and Shruti Yadav personify the Generation Next Indian women who have consciously chosen to pursue a career in the armed forces, saying they are proud to wear the uniform.
The duo, who are not related, are flight lieutenants in the Indian Air Force (IAF) and are among the 15 women who serve at this sprawling frontline air base in north India that has a little over 100 officers in totality.
"We're thoroughly enjoying our jobs," they said in unison.
Commodore Kishore Onkar Thakare has taken command of INS Shivaji, the premier engineering training establishment of the Indian Navy located at Lonavla. Thakare took charge from his predecessor Commodore S.M. Luktuke at a ceremonial parade held in INS Shivaji on September 28.
Thakare is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy (NDA) Pune, the Naval Engineering College, INS Shivaji, the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, and the College of Defence Management in Hyderabad.
Commissioned into the Indian Navy in January 1979, Thakare specialised in marine engineering and in the submarine arm. He underwent submarine training at Germany and commissioned two SSK submarines, including the first Indian-built submarine.
The Indian Navy on Monday added a Russian made maritime reconnaissance aircraft TU-142 and an indigenously developed Environmental Survey Vehicle (ESV).
The TU-142 �Bear� aircraft, which is larger than the Airbus in size and weight, made its maiden landing at a naval base in Visakhapatnam, the headquarters of the Eastern Naval Command.
The aircraft is the naval version of Tupolev TU-95 that played a crucial role for Russians during the Cold War, and India has currently eight such aircraft which are being used for maritime patrol.
In addition to it, Indian Navy has three Russian made Ilyushin Il-38 aircraft for maritime patrol and twenty Dornier Do 228 aircraft that are used as transport utilities.
Turkey's planned purchase of four long-range air and missile defense systems has reportedly divided the Tactical Air Force Command over the type of missiles to be purchased.
Though the preference of the new Air Force Commander Gen. Aydoğan Babaoğlu regarding the type of missile defense systems to be acquired is not yet clear, his senior commanders are said to have been divided over the selection of either Russian S-400 missiles or US Lockheed Martin and Raytheon-made Patriot missiles.
Indian Army sets up a new army aviation base at Manasbal, 35 kms from summer capital Srinagar.
An Indian army spokesman, Col A K Mathur, said that this state-of-art aviation base will house the multi-role Advanced Light Helicopter (DHRUV) indigenously manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore.
During the inaugural ceremony today, a team of DHRUV helicopters led by the Commanding Officer of the squadron Col Rakesh Kapoor, gave a scintillating display
An Environmental Survey Vehicle (ESV), developed by the DRDO, was formally handed over to the Indian Navy here today. Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister and DRDO Chief Shri M. Natarajan handed over the ESV to Vice Admiral Nirmal Verma, Vice Chief of Naval Staff, at a function held at DRDO Bhawan.
Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur has designed and developed this ESV for Indian Navy. ESV is a radiological laboratory on wheels and is equipped with the state-of-art instruments. It is capable of estimating radioactivity in field conditions in solid, liquids and air. The qualitative and quantitative assay will be helpful to certify the
In an era of beyond visual range (BVR) and fire-and-forget missiles, the art of aerial combat -- dogfights in military parlance -- will forever be relevant, says an ace Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot who commands a squadron of the cutting edge technology Sukhoi Su-30MKI combat jets at this sprawling frontline airbase in north India.
'It's been proved time and again that no matter what the technology at your command, the man in the machine is paramount. Thus, the art of aerial dogfights will forever be relevant,' Wing Commander N.N. Sinha maintained.
The Indian Navy's largest aircraft Tupolev TU-142, also called Bear-F, landed on the Naval Air Station INS Dega's extended runway here on Monday morning to test its suitability for operation of Naval aircraft.
It marked a major achievement of enhancing the operational capabilities of Eastern Naval Command (ENC) at INS Dega and providing greater flexibility to Naval air operations.
China’s military planners think that the addition of India’s substantial military muscle could create a “second front” across the Himalayas, in the event of a conflict between the US and the PRC over Taiwan, and that the Indian Air Force is ideally positioned because of its proficiency with the same advanced Russian equipment that China deploys.
It is not only Pakistan and since 2005 Bangladesh that is being gifted nuclear teeth courtesy Beijing. In the case of Myanmar, a country that has even less industry to power than North Korea, and which is moreover blessed with abundant oil and gas deposits, nearly a thousand nuclear scientists and technicians have gone to Russia for training, of which 280 are full-fledged nuclear scientists.
The first six Indian Air Force (IAF) flying instructors have successfully completed their ‘Convex Flying Programme’ on the BAE Systems Hawk 132 aircraft.
Once the first Hawks have been delivered to the Indian Air Force later this year, these instructors will develop the new advanced fast jet training system and begin training students who will be the IAF’s next generation frontline pilots.
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