Bengaluru, June 22 -- The Indian Air Force will host the 7th edition of the Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament 2026, with a significantly enhanced prize pool, 16 participating teams, and high-level military leadership engagement, reaffirming its commitment to sport as a tool for discipline, cohesion and operational spirit among air warriors.
The tournament, instituted in 2018 in memory of Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh, DFC, stands as a continuing tribute to one of the Indian Air Force's most iconic leaders and the only officer to be conferred the five-star rank of Marshal of the Air Force.
Born on April 15, 1919, at Layalpur in Punjab (now Faisalabad in Pakistan), Arjan Singh was commissioned as a Pilot...