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Bharat Rakshak was started in April 1997 by bringing together the individual websites of Indian Defence enthusiasts. [1] The website was officially launched on 1 July 1997 by Seetal Patel and Rupak Chattopadhyay.
This is an organized list of all of the active aircraft squadrons that currently exist in the Indian Air Force.Squadrons might have changed names and designations many times over the years, so they are listed by their current designation.
Name Origin Primary role(s) Year introduced Year retired # used Notes Pre World War II Westland Wapiti: United Kingdom: Liaison: 1933 1942 28 [1]World War II
Wing Commander Vinod Kumar Neb VrC and Bar was a retired Officer and fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force and a hero of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and Indo- Pakistan War of 1971. [1]
Squadron Learder Amar jit Singh Sandhu receiving the Vayu Sena medal from the head of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh In 1964, Sandhu was a flight lieutenant who was awarded the Vayu Sena Medal for carrying out a deadstick forced landing in March 1964 after his Gnat aircraft experienced an engine flame out, followed by a total electrical failure, which made it almost ...
No. 6 Squadron is one of the ten senior squadrons of the Indian Air Force.Formed prior to independence, its varied roles have included air-sea rescue, counter-air, fighter-reconnaissance, maritime reconnaissance, maritime strike, target towing and transport.
Some of its fishers have moved twice since the late ’90s, according to Bharat Patel, general secretary of the local fishers’ organization MASS (Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan, or Association for the Struggle for Fishworkers’ Rights). First they were displaced by the construction of India’s largest private port.
No 1 RIAF Squadron was established at Drigh Road, Karachi on 1 April 1933, with four Westland Wapitis and five pilots: the sixth was deemed too short. [1] [2] [3] The pilots included Subroto Mukerjee.