Rafale would would increase India's air defence deterrence levels: IAF Chief

The Indian Air Force carried out a major readiness exercise last night over Punjab and Jammu in which a large number of fighter aircraft participated. During the exercise, Indian Air Force (IAF) jets, including frontline aircraft, flew at supersonic speeds in the border districts including Amritsar in Punjab, sources said here.

IAF carries out major readiness exercise along Pak border

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varathaman's debriefing is now complete, Indian Air Force sources said on Thursday. The news agency ANI quoted the sources as saying Abhinandan will now go on sick leave for a few weeks on the advice of doctors at the army's Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi.

Wing Commander Abhinandan's debriefing complete, he will now go on sick leave: IAF sources

The Indian Air Force on Friday trolled Pakistan with a poem suggesting that its Mirage 2000 fighter jets had to cross over into Pakistan as Islamabad had crossed its limits by attacking CRPF personnel in Pulwama.

Indian Air Force tweets poem on cross border air strike, trolls Pakistan

The Indian Air Force on Thursday released a statement maintaining the force's "high state of preparedness" to tackle any threat posed to nation's security. In the statement, the IAF noted that it is ready to "proactively engage any perceived threat in the present security scenario".

IAF says in 'high state of preparedness' to tackle any threat to national security

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday lauded the Indian Air Force's air strike on the Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Balakot, Pakistan and slammed the opposition for raising questions over the operation.

IAF pilots weren't supposed to land and count number of terrorists killed in Balakot: Rajnath Singh

The Indian Air Force on Wednesday tweeted out reiterating that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is not present across social media platforms. The tweet also brought to light the existence of six fake social media accounts in Captain Varthaman's name.

Abhinandan Varthaman doesn't have social media accounts: IAF clarifies in tweet, cautious against misinformation

The Indian Air Force said Tuesday that Pakistan did not shoot down one of their Sukhois on the morning of February 27. Fighter planes of the Indian and Pakistani air forces had engaged in a dogfight on the 27th, a day after India's air strike on the Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Balakot in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Pakistan did not shoot down one of our Sukhois: India

I would, before advancing to the core arguments of this essay, like to state that I, by and through conscious choice, stay away from and avoid writing on India and Pakistan, their adversarial relationship, the nature of their issues and problems, primarily because of the boringly predictable nature of this particular conflict dyad, its ups and downs, gyrations and various crises.

India-Pakistan standoff and the pity of war

Abhinandan's moustache takes internet by storm

IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman reaches India

French govt reiterates solidarity with India, welcomes IAF pilot's release

After three days in custody, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman crossed the Wagah-Attari border late on Friday night and entered India amid heavy security. A large crowd had gathered to welcome Wg Cdr Abhinandan home as tensions at the border abated with the appearence of the Air Force pilot on Friday night.

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman returns to India from Pakistan

The Indian response to the Pulwama terror attacks, when Indian Air Force (IAF) Mirage jets pounded Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror camps at Balakot (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province) Pakistan and probably other JeM camps at Muzaffarabad and Chakothi in Pak occupied Kashmir (PoK) causing considerable damage, killing about 300 terrorists including their top Commanders, was carefully calibrated.

Pulwama terror attack: India's response was carefully calibrated

Former cricketer Virender Sehwag hailed the arrival of Indian Air Force pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman to India. Varthaman has arrived his home country, India via the Attari-Wagah border amid tight security and he was handed over to Indian officials.

Virender Sehwag, Ravichandran Ashwin hail Abhinandan Varthaman's 'grit and courage'

For India to arise, for Bharat to be resurgent, Kashmir must be reintegrated into India. It is a question of national security, national identity and throwing off outside interference.

Why India's new assertive Kashmir policy is essential

Prime Minister Imran Khan told the National Assembly today that the Pakistan government would be releasing the captured pilot tomorrow. The development comes after a media report said foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was willing to consider returning the Indian pilot if it led to "de-escalation".

As a peace gesture we are releasing captured Indian pilot, says Pak PM Imran Khan

After India declared that one of its pilots was "missing in action", the ministry of foreign affairs(MEA) summoned the Pakistani deputy high commissioner Syed Haider Shah even as tensions escalated at the border on Wednesday.

Ensure no harm comes to Indian defence personnel, expect his safe return: India to Pak

As a peace gesture we are releasing captured Indian pilot tomorrow, says Pak PM Imran Khan Prime Minister Imran Khan told the National Assembly today that the Pakistan government would be releasing the captured pilot tomorrow.

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In the backdrop of Pakistan’s intrusion into the Indian air space on Wednesday, the Indian Army has decided to shift the headquarters of Mountain Strike Corps from Ranchi to Panagarh in West Bengal to keep a close watch on China.

To keep eye on China, Indian Army shifts Mountain Strike Corps’ headquarters from Jharkhand to West Bengal

India has dished out to Pakistan what it had been asking for years. Pakistan had been testing India’s patience by carrying out dastardly attacks through its band of home-grown terrorists in Kashmir and other parts of the country.

Balakot operation: India serves it right and tight to Pakistan

India on Wednesday summoned Pakistan's deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah after Pakistan Air Force jets entered Indian airspace in Nowshera in Jammu and Kashmir, a day after the Indian Air Force(IAF) carried out air strikes in Balakot across the Line of Control(LoC).

Amid tensions at the border, India summons Pakistan deputy High Commissioner

Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday praised the pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) following reports that they crossed the Line of Control (LoC) with their fighter jets and destroyed terrorist camps in Pakistan.

Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal praise IAF for crossing LoC and destroying terror camps

In first cross-border airstrike in 5 decades IAF destroys JeM camps across LoC

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