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Air Force Facts
Looking at their uniform, at least once the
thought of joining the military comes to our mind and we are filled with pride.
Their stories, battles, facts and bravery are the reason make us both sad and
happy at the same time. Someone signs up for fighting for you, protecting you
so you can live safely and half of the country doesn't even know about them and
that is just plain sad. It's important to know about these brave souls. And be
thankful that forced recruitment never happened. Otherwise everyone would have
been cribbing.
There have been facts about the Air Force that
are mind-blowing and sometimes the conditions so harsh that it is very
difficult to believe. You may know about them or not. But if you don't, you
should now at least.
1. Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited initiated the LCA programme in 1983 to develop replacement
aircraft against the ageing MiG-21. After Initial Operation Clearance (IOC)
status, Tejas is officially inducted for Final Operation Clearance (FOC) on 10
January 2014. IAF plans to order ten squadrons and other equipment as well for
the development of the equipment.
2. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) HAL was
formed way back in 1948, a year after the country's independence and currently
it is the largest defence firm in the public sector. Even after being
technologically inferior to Pakistan Air Force.
3. Padmavati Bandopadhayay The first woman Air
Marshall of the Indian Air Force, she is the second woman in IAF to be promoted
to a three-star rank. She was awarded the Vishist Seva Mandal (VSM) for her
conduct during Indo-Pak War 1971 and has shown courage many times.
4. Marshall of the Indian Air Force: The
honorary rank of the Marshal of the Indian Air Force is the highest achievable
rank there is among the ranks in Air Force. This rank is equivalent to the rank
of Field Marshal of the Indian Army. Only one person till date has been able to
achieve this rank and the officer is Arjan Singh, who was promoted to a
five-star rank.
5. Indian Air Force is the fourth largest and
professionally acclaimed strategic Air Force in the world and operates around
33 squadrons. We did come a very long way.
An
Indian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30 © Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP
6. Garud Commando Force: This special
operation unit consists of approximately 1500 personnel. The unit derbies its
name from Garuda, the divine mythical bird in Hindu Mythology. It's tasked with
the protection of critical installations and Frey take control under
hostilities.
7. Officer Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon is the
only IAF officer who has been awarded the Param Vir Chakra, in recognition of
lone defence of Srinagar Air Base against PAF during Indo-Pak war 1971.
8. Siachen
Glacier: The highest battlefield in the world, at 22,000 ft
above the sea level, it is the highest Air Force station of IAF.
9. Change of the roundel: The logo on the
planes and flag have changed four times since 1933.
10. World record of highest landing By
performing the highest landing of C-130J at Daulat Beg Oldi (Ladakh) at the
height of 16614 feet, IAF created a world record.
11. Largest transport aircraft Operating C-17
Globemaster 3, C-130J Super Hercules, and 2-76, IAF became the only airforce to
do this job.
12. AFNet: The Air Force network, a
state-of-the-art, fully secure and reliable network and gigabyte information
grid is well managed by IAF.
13. Biggest civilian rescue by helicopters
Operation Rahat was the biggest civilian rescue operation in the world carried
out by any Air Force with the use of helicopters.
14. Sukhoi-Su 30 MKI Aircraft The now
frontline aircraft of the country, this was acquired from Russia in 1996. Even
with suspicions around the deal, govt. handled everything brilliantly.
Indian
Air Force SU 30-MKI Fighter Pilots
15. Sir Thomas Walker
Elmhirst This Air Marshall is the prime reason that IAF is an independent
service under no control of the army.
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