Indian Air Force - News Folder - November 2004

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JTull · Post by **JTull** » 02 Nov 2004 02:23

'Pak too small for India to be bothered with': Air Chief

Pradeep · Post by **Pradeep** » 02 Nov 2004 12:05

TOI: Mig-21 Crashes near Bikaner

ameya · Post by **ameya** » 02 Nov 2004 15:16

NDTV: MiG-21 Crashes near Bikaner

amol · Post by **amol** » 02 Nov 2004 22:26

IAF chopper breaks world record

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 03 Nov 2004 03:47

Aircraft mishaps and training

chilarai · Post by **chilarai** » 05 Nov 2004 12:24

IAF aircraft 'unloads' near refinery

Vick · Post by **Vick** » 06 Nov 2004 00:53

Air Force proposes aeronautical engg college in Bangalore

JaiS · Post by **JaiS** » 06 Nov 2004 17:28

Enhancing professionalism top priority: Air Chief

Court raps Centre, Delhi government over abattoir shifting

Air-Vice Marshal denied extension, goes to court

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 07 Nov 2004 19:59

Indian and French aerobatic teams create magic at Hindon.

JTull · Post by **JTull** » 08 Nov 2004 01:06

Colour and precision mark Indo-French air display

JaiS · Post by **JaiS** » 08 Nov 2004 18:58

Courts says air force officers denied promotion

JTull · Post by **JTull** » 09 Nov 2004 02:32

Indian Air Force plane has narrow escape

vishal · Post by **vishal** » 09 Nov 2004 13:27

HC indicts Air Force Chief for 'malafide exercise of power'

VickersB · Post by **VickersB** » 09 Nov 2004 20:27

India's first woman pilot beaten up by nephew

mody · Post by **mody** » 09 Nov 2004 23:22

Yahoo News: Mirage 2000 crashes near Gwalior

ameya · Post by **ameya** » 10 Nov 2004 08:56

NDTV: Mirage 2000 crashes near Gwalior

ameya · Post by **ameya** » 10 Nov 2004 08:59

Mirage goes down again, No.4 in last two months

ameya · Post by **ameya** » 10 Nov 2004 09:00

Another Indian military jet crashes

JaiS · Post by **JaiS** » 10 Nov 2004 18:21

Pilot of Mirage killed

Third French Mirage jet crashes in India

Crashed Mirage pilot's body found near Gwalior

Govt to move SC in IAF promotions case

Govt to move SLP in SC on Air Marshals appointment issue

Air Force to implement High Court order after "careful study"

HC quashes promotion of four Air Marshals

Mirage goes down

JTull · Post by **JTull** » 11 Nov 2004 03:11

Mirage crash: IAF unfazed

Air Force concerned about Mirage crashes

Top guns down, Air Force in a mirage

JaiS · Post by **JaiS** » 11 Nov 2004 15:07

Mirage 2000 crashes surprising and alarming: Air Force

SC upholds dismissal of Corporal for grounding 14 aircraft

AmanC · Post by **AmanC** » 11 Nov 2004 17:00

Camels to have their own Squadron Museum
[Hindustan Times, 11 November 2004]

By Man Aman Singh Chhina

Chandigarh-based No.48 Squadron of the Indian Air Force has hit upon a novel idea to commemorate its 45th Raising Day on November 15th. Thanks to the efforts of the Squadron's Commanding Officer Group Captain Rajeev Sachdeva, the 'Camels', as the Squadron is popularly known, will join the select units having a Squadron Museum exclusively dedicated to themselves. Group Captain Sachdeva and his team have been making tireless efforts for the past one year or so in getting together the Squadron history and memorabilia so that the museum could be finally opened this year. Air Officer Commanding 12 Wing Air Commodore S.S. Tilloo will do the honours while first Commanding Officer of the Squadron Group Captain Jaspal Singh will be the guest of honour.

Also present on the occasion will be around 25 former Squadron flyers, along with their spouses, who are now settled in and around Chandigarh after retirement. Group Captain Jaspal raised the Squadron in Srinagar on 15 November 1959. However, it was in February 1960 that the Camels received their first aircraft, the erstwhile warhorse of transport fleet – Packet. Group Captain Sachdeva said the history of the Squadron and mementoes were scattered around and the end result was achieved by taking help from various quarters, including Air Headquarters. "We have also managed to collect photographs of at least 70% former Commanding Officers of the Squadron and these will adorn the museum walls," he said.

One of the events on the day of the inauguration, which would bring back memories for the veteran flyers of the Squadron, will be a pre-flight breakfast on the Squadron premises, says Group Captain Sachdeva. All Air Force pilots have this meal before they undertake the first sortie of the day and, invariably, it is quite rich in its contents. No.48 Squadron is nowadays equipped with AN-32 transport aircraft and is one of the frontline transport squadrons providing supplies and ferrying troops to the Army units deployed in Ladakh. In winters, when the road link with Ladakh is snapped due to heavy snowfall, the transport squadron based in Chandigarh plays a pivotal role in ensuring that the chain of supply is not broken.