Four Sukhoi fighter jets stationed at Tezpur

August 3rd, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least five militants were killed Monday when Pakistani fighter jets bombed Taliban hideouts in the northwestern part of the country, a media report said. Fighter jets bombed rebel hideouts in Doog Darra town near the restive Swat Valley following intelligence reports that a large number of militants had gathered in the area, military spokesman Major Nasir Ali Khan said.

July 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Defence Minister A K Antony on Wednesday said that the Indian Air Force (IAF) would have 230 Russian-made Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft by 2015. Replying to supplementaries in the Rajya Sabha, Antony said: "Since 1996, the IAF has procured 98 Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft.

July 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Defence Minister A K Antony today said the government is planning to increase the number of Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft in Indian Air Force to 230 by 2015. Antony informed the Rajya Sabha that since 1996 the Air Force has procured 98 Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets.

June 18th, 2009 New Delhi June 18(ANI): Yet another Mig 21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Chabua in Assam. The pilot is said to be safe.ccording to an Indian Air Force communiqué, the fighter jet that took off from the Chabua airbase, around 1400 hrs, for a routine training- flying mission, crashed immediately after take off near the airbase after it experienced a technical snag.

May 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Commenting on the accident of a Mig-21 'Bison' plane on Wednesday, Air Chief Marshal Fali H Major today said that the Indian Air Force is deeply concerned about the loss of life or loss of fighter jets during accidents. " Its is more of a worry for the IAF than anybody else, and we are extremely worried.

May 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Learning a lesson from its unpreparedness to deal with the terror attack on Mumbai last year, the Indian government is setting up an operational base close to the capital where special forces, including the elite National Security Guard (NSG), will be based. The base is being established at a cost of $4 million at the Indian Air Force (IAF) station in Hindon near Ghaziabad and will also house fighter jets and military transport planes.

April 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The nominations of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Assam's Dhubri constituency Nilimoi Pradhani and Asom United Democratic Front (AUDF) contestant from Tezpur Laxmi Orang were rejected Monday on technical grounds. Pradhani's nomination was rejected during scrutiny by the returning officer as he did not fill up the mandatory A and B forms along with his nomination papers.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Air Force (IAF) will Friday bid adieu to its MiG-23 'swing wing' ground attack fighter jets after nearly 30 years in service. The MiG-23 BN aircraft, which were bought from the erstwhile Soviet Union to counter Pakistan's then newly acquired F-16 jets, will take to the sky for its last sortie from the Halwara airbase in Punjab Friday.

February 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - state-owned aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has sharply ramped up its manufacturing capacities and is set to deliver 350 combat jets, trainers and helicopters worth Rs.500 billion ($10 billion) to the Indian armed forces by 2012, its chairman Ashok Baweja said here Thursday. 'The orders pertain to the manufacture of 350 aircraft and helicopters to be delivered by 2012,' Baweja said at a press conference here.

February 11th, 2009 BANGALORE - The Indian Air Force (IAF) will restructure its inventory to ensure better maintenance and to achieve its sanctioned strength of 39.5 fighter squadrons by 2015, a top military commander said Thursday. 'We have a large inventory of platforms and maintaining (this) is a huge problem.

February 8th, 2009 BANGALORE - Amidst the thunderous din of the modern-day supersonic fighter jets at Aero India 2009 beginning here Wednesday, aviation enthusiasts will also be able to savour a slice from the glorious past of the Indian Air Force (IAF). On show at the static display would be two of the IAF's phased-out trainers - the De Havilland DH82 Tigermoth and Harvard aircraft.

February 5th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Voices of dissent are coming thick and fast even as top leaders of the Assam's main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) publicly maintain that the seat-sharing agreement between the two parties to fight the parliamentary elections is smooth. There is a bitter tug-of-war going on between the AGP and BJP for at least two parliamentary seats with both parties keen to field candidates.

January 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A massive ground-to-air security apparatus, comprising fighter jets, anti-aircraft guns and thousands of security personnel, will be placed in and around Delhi during the Republic Day parade to thwart any untoward incident. 'Three fighter jets are being stationed at Air Force Station, Hindon (near Delhi), for the Republic Day parade.

January 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Seventy-five years after its formation, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has finally broken the gender barrier with a young woman reaching out to the skies as its first woman flying officer. Kavita Barala logs in another first this Jan 26 when, in a moment for posterity, she salutes India's first woman president Pratibha Patil.

January 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi-30MKI combat jets have been sent to Russia for a retrofit that would enable them launch the aerial version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile that India and Russia have jointly developed, an official said. 'The aerial version of the BrahMos missiles will be delivered from the Su-30MKI platform.