Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Indian air force:

The Indian Air Force is what it is today because of one thing only - the imagination, courage, loyalty and great quality of the first little pioneer band of Indian officers and airmen, for they were the salt of the earth. They have built up a great fighting service and I am proud to have been associated with this wonderful achievement, if only for a little while.
The IAF also flew deep into Pakistani territory to target Pakistan's airfields and missile launch centre. On these missions, sporadic air-combats occurred between IAF and PAF fighters. One Gnat was shot down on September 12, followed by a Sabre on September 14. One Hunter and one Sabre were shot down in an air combat on September 16, and three Sabres were downed by Gnats on September 18 and 19th.
The last air combat of the war happened on September 20, when two IAF Hunters were shot down in exchange for one PAF Sabre. On the same day a F-104 intercepted a Canberra bomber on its way back from Sargodha and shot it down. On September 21, IAF Canberras carried out a deep strike daylight sortie into Pakistan and destroyed the PAF Radar at Badin using rockets. The Ceasefire was declared on the night of Sept 22.
Similar interactions will also be encouraged between small and medium enterprises from home and abroad. Efforts are also being made to give exposure to students of technical and engineering colleges to encourage them to be part of the country's aim of becoming a design hub in aerospace technologies in the foreseeable future," the official added. The central government will spend nearly Rs.200 million to augment the infrastructure in and around the Air Force Station Yelahanka

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