Bharat Rakshak

There is a difference between getting Commissioned into and Commanding a unit. The Op was conducted by 1 Para. He was even there with 1 Para during Bluestar and IPKF. Couple of funny stories i have been told... Suggest you read the thread again....the period being referred to here is the late 90's ...

rohitvats wrote:BTW, the unit in the story is 1 Para SF.

Nope...it's 21 Para SF..that's the unit Col Crasto commanded
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http://www.linkedin.com/in/bhushan1829 - peeps posting about their paracdo/SG stints on linkedin. what has this world come to :) Hey what's wrong with that...folks got to move on with their lives once they quit the force. He is a highly decorated officer....who joined the Para SF very early,if I re...

Deepak Yadav was a family friend - he was a test piiot who went down in Kiran in the 1980s. If you are talking about him I would like to talk to you. No one wants accidents but after they occur there is a specific sequence of events that must take place before anyone can say what might have happene...

^^^ I was refering to the crash that happened,in 1980 in B'lore in which 2 HAL test pilots lost their lives.....that is a first hand account---I knew both of them. About the speculative stories bit on BRF.....agree,glad you raised this pont..... their are a lot of folks here who are either on steroi...

From the above it looks like,that Flt Lt Pandey,while attempting to turn....rolled over and was unable to recover...seems to be an error of judgement...... more experienced pilots re 2 test pilots in this case while practicing for a demo in a Kiran many years ago,died in a fatal crash in Bangalore....

Finally the press catches up and starts pointing at lack of trainers.Is that so? Lack of trainers takes toll on young pilots.Published: Friday, Aug 5, 2011, 8:30 IST A Jaguar fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed on Thursday in UP’s Gorakhpur, killing the pilot, Flight Lieutenant S...

I recall seeing tanks, probably T-55 regularly around panagarh station on the rail wagons. this was early 90's. any idea which unit ? part of an inf div's organic tank regiment ? The Tks were either to be collected or sent back by the units from the depot in Panagarh....71 AR and 63 Cav Indep Sqn ....

kiki ji, however vehemently you disagree with somebody please find a way to express that in polite terms, as you would in real life. also, it's a good idea to objectively mention how someone is wrong instead of using broad brush adjectives like BS and imagination. Copy that Sir....apologies rendere...

Viv,Sum,Gaur saab My sincere apologies if anyone of you has felt offended,cause that was definitely not the intent. Though wouldn’t it be a lot more intresting if we just stuck to facts,rather than try to create fiction…which seems the case in the post above….I was only pointing towards something wh...

Absolute BS :evil: .....you really let your imagination run wild mate ....it's pretty obvious you have no idea what you are talking about or for that matter how the armed forces function Gaur made it explicitly clear that he was relating what he learned from an SF officer and not posting informatio...

The numbers ordered (124) factors 17 tanks extra per regiment as reserves. Each Armored Regiment has 45 tanks. And an Armored Division has 6 Armored Regiments - that makes it 270 tanks. What IA has ordered is tanks for 4 Armored Regiments. My guess is that they'll convert the 140 (I) Armored Brigad...

my hisaab: 55 tanks = 1 regiment (though we allegedly operate some @ 40) 3 regiments = 1 armour div. so 248 tanks = 4 regiments + 28 reserve/training/protos = 1 armour div + 1 indep armour brigade. imo 248 more Mk1 should have been ordered, but can Avadi deliver on time for Mk2 to start IOC run in ...

Kapil wrote: I just came into this.

About 21, wasnt 21 the first unit to convert from being a regular Bn into a Para SF one?

Hmm well yes & no....it was the first non Para unit to convert to a SF unit... the first unit to convert was 1 Para which was raised as 1st Punjab

Had another interaction with a former PARA SF personnel whom I had mentioned earlier. Some interesting observations that I think are OK to share. Regarding 3 months probation: He said that it was enough. He says it is not as if the volunteer goes for 3 months probation and the training gets any les...

Gaur wrote:sum,
The post that you are referring to looks very dodgy to say the least. First of all, Est 22 is not "the special group of SFF". Est 22 is SFF.

Nope...SFF & Special Group come under Estb 22.....which is part of the Cabinet Secretariat
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Since everyone seems to have tired out of discussing SG, SFF, Vikas, Est 22, etc and being none the wiser, I strongly suggest that an RTI query be filed to get the clear picture. It will save a lot of heartburn we see on this thread. anyone taking this seriously is hereby condemned to endure Surya'...