The concluding part of the life and career of Air Commodore Tapeswar Basu , covering his…
Category: History
History is the study of the past, it relates to past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of information about these events. History is about the truth, and it is about recording events and memories before they are consigned to be forgotten. Presented here in these sections is the History of the Indian Air Force. The unvarnished, un-revised version that is independent of jingoism and ultra-nationalism.
Tapeswar Basu: An Observer’s Journey Through WW2
The story of Tapeswar Basu's distinguished service in the Indian Air Force during World War II,…
Cecil Beaton’s visit to RAF Kohat
Twelve previously undiscussed photos from the Second World War, taken by the famous British photographer Cecil…
3 Squadron – 1942 – “CSI”
Investigating a photograph from an album of an RAF airman posted to India in 1942..
The first women officers of the IAF – 31 years on!
Its been just over thirty years since the Indian Air Force took the momentous decision to…
Pilot Officer Paljor Namgyal: The Crown Prince of Sikkim
by Tenzin C. Tashi, Sr Researcher, English Academic Section, NIT. On a small hillock within the…
Recovery of UN103 : Mission Accomplished
The Force landing 07 May 2000 was another eventful day in the still nascent stay of…
A legend’s last flight
Padmanabha Gautam was born in Madras on 23 Jul 1933. He joined the IAF on 01…
Sqn Ldr. Hemango Nath Chaudhuri
Sqn Ldr. Hemango Nath Chaudhuri – 1st Commanding Officer of 7 Squadron 1565 GD (P) Wing…
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