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Air Marshal Shashi Ramdas remembers... ....My Flying Guru: Group Captain N N Ubgade

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- It had been my dream, since I was a youngster, to fly fighter aircraft. But I was an engineer, with a BE (Mech & Elec) Hons degree, and didn't have the slightest idea of how I co... Read More


Message to the Editor and readers from Air Marshal Shashi Ramdas

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Dear Editor, Reference our telecon recently regarding articles for your "VAYU" magazine. I had said I would email you some information about myself, my earlier association with y... Read More


AFS Yelahanka, where the biennial Aero India international air shows have been held since the 1990s, is nearing its Platinum Jubilee since its establishment in the 1940s. Joseph Antony recalls its chequered history.

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Air Force Station Yelahanka (AFSY) is located on the NH-7 from Bangalore to Bellary/ Hyderabad. The airfield has had an association of over 75 years with military Aviation in Ind... Read More


Indian Army vs New Zealand The first hockey test match: 26 June 1926

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- The victorious career of the visiting hockey players was checked when the New Zealand representatives gained a narrow decision from their redoubtable opponents. Having come so fa... Read More


Lieutenant General (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain says... ....Don't lose a victory

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- "How could we be so naive as to allow a major military victory to flounder...50 years after the victory, we lost the very same nation we helped create?" This question has haunted... Read More


ITW Walton

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- We were received at Lahore station by Air Force personnel and taken to the I.T.W (Initial Training Wing) at Walton. We were accommodated in the hostel of a school or a college. T... Read More


Onward to Bengal Flying Club

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- On arrival, we found our way from Howrah station to the Flying club. We were shocked to see that we were to live in tents. We had our daily meals at the club. There were 2 or 3 o... Read More


My IAF Training Days 1941 By Air Marshal AR Pandit PVSM AVSM DFC

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- At the end of every year, it is customary to take stock of achievements and failures gone by. A yearly balance sheet is a relatively simple matter but how does one go about it wh... Read More


The need for comprehensive upgrade

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- When AOC, AF Station Gorakhpur in 1989, I was sent on a short course on Systems Analyses at Metcalfe House in old Delhi. I found this course very informative and useful because i... Read More


Evaluation in Egypt

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- In 1987, Marconi Elliot of the UK informed Air Headquarters that they had fitted a nav/attack system in MiG-21Ms of the Egyptian Air Force (EAF). The system consisted of a Head U... Read More