Flying Officer V.K. Neb and Flight Lieutenant D.N. Rathore of 27 Sqn ( IAF ) were on Combat Air Patrol (CAP) Station just south of Ludhiana town at 10,000 feet on Sept 6th, 1965.
Neb was still undergoing his operational training on the Hunter and had never fired the 30mm Adens on the Hunter. He...
These pictures are from a house warming function in Koppal, Bellary district, Karnataka State, India.
Please notice the same expression and posture of the mother , sitting on the sofa.
The wife in the photos died in a road accident many years ago.
The family did not want to miss her on this...
Exactly this day in 1999, Pakistan Navy's Breguet Atlantique "Flight Atlantic-91" operated by the 29 Squadron [S/N=90, C/N=33] was shot down by a MiG 21 Bis flown by the Late Squadron Leader Bundela.
THE SAD IRONY OF THIS FORUM & PERHAPS PAKISTAN TOO :
Nobody knows their names on...
Amazing article about special operations Chinook pilot Chief Warrant Officer 5 Douglas Englen .
Let no apologists for the PAF and the military rulers of Pakistan claim that the US and Pakistan worked together and that permission was given for this operation.
4 helicopters flew well inside...
An amazing example of accurate Air interdiction (AI), also known as deep air support (DAS), without any collateral damage is seen in this archival foortage from exactly 48 years ago to this day !
You spot a M24 Chaffee tank and many Type 59 tanks destroyed surgically.
Credit to Associated...
The Volkswagen POLO was being driven at a speed of 104 kmph way above the permissible limit of 40 kmph
Couple of takeaways : A well built car plus airbags can really make a difference.
Second, when your time has come, its over. Like the woman killed standing on the road.
ANother angle :
Captured Patton tank of the Pakistani Army treated as a bed by an Indian Leopard :-) . History DOES repeat itself.
Happened in the School of Artillary , Deolali, Maharashtra.
Does everyone know why the Gun of this tank ( like the 97 other captured Patton tanks displayed in the public gardens and...
Gen Ranbir Singh survived a severe crash just a couple of days ago. Armchair / wheelchair experts in this forum and others were swearing that all 6 passengers including Gen.Singh had to have died.
Please see these pics from Diwali celebrations yesterday. Weep if you have to.
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The United States military has conducted a special operations raid targeting one of its most high-value targets, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), Newsweek has learned. President Donald Trump approved the mission nearly a week before it took place...