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India’s Tejas Becomes Malaysia’s First Choice For Its New Fighter Jets; Rejects Russian, Chinese And Korean Jets

Vikas DeshwalJuly 8, 20220

India's Tejas light combat aircraft has appeared as the first option for Southeast Malaysia to replace its fading fleet of fighter jets. The Chairman and MD of HAL, R Madhavan, said to the reporters that Malaysia has smalled down on the LAC Tejas notwithstanding the tough competition from China's JF-17 jet, South Korea's FA-50, and Malaysia has narrowed down on the Indian aircraft notwithstanding the stiff competition from Russia's Mig-35 as well as Yak-130, China's JF-17 jet and South Korea's FA 50. India has provided to put up an MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) facility in Malaysia for its Russian-origin Su-30 fighter fleet as it is facing difficulties in getting spares for the aircraft from Moscow, given western sanctions against Russia. India's Outstanding Weapon: LAC Tejas

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Why To Celebrate Chetak, Cheetah Helicopter In Services? Army Wives Raise Concerns

Pooja YadavApril 4, 20220

Wives of Army officers have claimed serious concerns over 42 Chetak and Cheetah helicopters that have crashed between 2001 and 2014, killing around 80 officers. Whereas, the defence ministry has planned a grand show to celebrate the services of Chetak. One set of people who will definitely not be applauding the upcoming April 2 jubilee salutations commemorating the commissioning of Chetak light utility helicopters into the Indian Air Force in 1962 is going to be the military Wives Agitation Group. .According to the government’s Press Information Bureau, the congratulatory event at Air Force Station Hakimpet in Hyderabad later on, to memorialise Chetak’s induction into service six decades earlier, is going to be presided over by defence minister Rajnath Singh and attended by Air C...

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Shivangi Singh: India’s First Woman Rafale Pilot, Part Of IAF Tableau In R-Day

Sonia SolankiJanuary 27, 20220

Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh is India's first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot. This year, she was part of the Indian Air Force (IAF) tableau at the 73rd Republic Day. This year’s IAF tableau theme was based on ‘Indian Air Force transforming for the future'. The tableau boasted the indigenously developed light combat helicopter (LCH) and 3-D surveillance radar Aslesha MK-1. Along with this, the tableau featured the scaled-down models of Rafale fighter jets, MiG-21 aircraft and India’s first native developed aircraft named Gnat. Shivangi Singh And Rafale, Pride Of Nation Shivangi Singh was born on March 15, 1995, and hails from Varanasi. She joined IAF in 2017 and was commissioned in the IAF’s second batch of women fighter pilots. She has been flying the MiG-21 Bison aircra...

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Supreme Court Said, “Women Should Get Permanent Commission In The Army”

Nitesh PratapOctober 26, 20210

39 women have got a big victory from the Supreme Court regarding permanent commission in the Indian Army. The Supreme Court says that the Central Government should bring an order to give permanent commission to these women officers at the earliest. In fact, under the long-standing system, women could only serve for 14 years. Due to this, they were denied pension and other financial benefits. Also, they used to reach the rank of lieutenant colonel at most before retirement, but now under permanent commission a woman officer will continue to hold the post till she retires. They will also get pension and all allowances in permanent commission. It is noteworthy that under the Short Service Commission, women can give their services only for 10 or 14 years. After that she retires. In the...