Iaf Pilot
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IAF Jaguar jet crash: Flight Lieutenant Siddharth Yadav cremated with full military honours
India | Apr 04, 2025, 02:26 PM ISTFlight Lieutenant Siddharth Yadav belonged to a family of ex-servicemen, with his father Sushil having served in the IAF and his grandfather and great-grandfather also having served in the Army.
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J&K: MiG-29 fighter jets squadron deployed at Srinagar to counter enemy threat
Jammu and Kashmir | Aug 12, 2023, 01:23 PM ISTThe MiG 29s enjoy various advantages over the MiG-21s, which had the option to effectively guard the area of their responsibility in the Kashmir valley for a long time and furthermore figured out how to strike down a F-16 in every 2019 post-Balakot air strike on Pakistani terrorist camps.
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Breaking Glass Ceiling: Rafale's squadron Golden Arrows to get first woman fighter pilot soon
India | Sep 21, 2020, 02:53 PM ISTA woman fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force will soon join the Golden Arrows squadron operating the newly-inducted Rafale fighter jets, official sources said on Monday. The woman pilot is undergoing training to fly Rafale aircraft, they said.
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IAF's Jaguar suffers bird hit, lands safely in Ambala
News | Jun 28, 2019, 09:20 PM ISTAn Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguar aircraft suffered a bird hit in Ambala on Thursday morning. The pilot of the fighter jet jettisoned fuel tanks after one of the engines of the aircraft failed.
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IAF hero Abhinandan may take some time to hit the skies again. Here's why
India | Mar 03, 2019, 08:44 PM ISTVarthaman, who became the face of the tense military confrontation between India and Pakistan, conveyed to the IAF brass that he wants to return to the cockpit as soon as possible.
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Wing Commander Abhinandan says he underwent mental harassment in Pakistan
India | Mar 02, 2019, 09:04 PM ISTAbhinandan Varthaman was captured by Pakistani authorities on February 27 after an air combat between the air forces of the two countries, a day after New Delhi had conducted counter-terror operations in Pakistan's Balakot.
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Abhinandan is finally home, India heaves sigh of relief
India | Mar 02, 2019, 12:05 AM ISTThe long drawn day which swung between hope and despair ended with joy as Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman walked back into India with his head held high. The smiling face of the IAF pilot, who returned to India after almost 60 hours in Pak captivity, was a huge sigh of relief for the nation, that awaited his arrival with bated breath.
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Who was the woman walking with IAF Pilot Abhinandan at Wagah border
India | Mar 04, 2019, 06:12 PM ISTNo, she was not his wife or family. She is Dr Fariha Bugti, Director India in Pakistan's Foreign Office.
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#BharatKaAbhinandan: Wing Commander Abhinandan finally returns to India
India | Mar 01, 2019, 09:33 PM ISTThe Pakistan government on Thursday decided to release him as "a first step" to open negotiations with India to de-escalate tension after a terror attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed left 40 CRPF personnel dead.
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Waiting for Abhinandan Varthaman: Information scarce, speculation endless
India | Mar 01, 2019, 08:13 PM ISTThe day slipped into sunset and then night but the wait for Wing Commander Varthaman, who was captured by Pakistan on Wednesday and was released on Friday, continued.
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Every Indian is proud of Abhinandan: PM Modi
India | Mar 01, 2019, 05:30 PM ISTModi also hit out at the previous Congress-led UPA government for allegedly “blocking,” surgical strikes post 26/11 Mumbai attacks in 2008.
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IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan leaves for Wagah Border
India | Mar 01, 2019, 04:46 PM ISTThe Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot left Lahore in a convoy comprising vehicles of the Pakistani government officials.
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Sidhu welcomes announcement to release IAF pilot, bats for dialogue
National | Feb 28, 2019, 09:42 PM IST"Every noble act makes a way for itself... your goodwill gesture is ‘a cup of joy' for a billion people, a nation rejoices...I am overjoyed for his parents and loved ones," Sidhu tweeted on Thursday.
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Credible evidence that we destroyed target in strike on JeM camp, sharing it is on senior leadership: IAF
India | Feb 28, 2019, 08:17 PM ISTRevealing the details of the IAF strike on Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Pakistan's Khyber Pashtun region on February 26, the Air Vice Marshal said that there was credible evidence that we destroyed target in strike on JeM camp.
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Wing Commander Abhinandan to walk back to India through Wagah border today
India | Feb 28, 2019, 11:59 PM ISTOn his return journey, the second-generation IAF pilot will be accompanied by India's air attache to Pakistan Group Captain JD Kurian, sources have said.
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IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan's family serving India for generations
India | Feb 28, 2019, 05:36 PM ISTIn the evening India erupted in joy when Pakistan Prime Minster Imran Khan announced that Abhinandan will be released on Friday as a "gesture of peace".
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We want IAF pilot back immediately, no need for consular access: India tells Pakistan
India | Feb 28, 2019, 04:07 PM ISTThey asserted that there was no question of any deal on the return of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.
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Swara Bhasker slams Veena Malik for posting insensitive, distasteful tweet against IAF pilot Abhinandan
Celebrities | Feb 28, 2019, 01:02 PM ISTWhile people are praying for the safe return of IAF pilot Abhinandan, Veena Malik took to Twitter to write outrageously on the matter.
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India-Pakistan tension: How things unfolded in last two days
India | Feb 28, 2019, 12:07 AM ISTThe two days of India- Pakistan power play and the official position till now.