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Meet Squadron Leader Rijul Sharma, Who Risked His Life To Save A Crashing Plane

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Squadron Leader Rijul Sharma

Suppose you a test pilot and are flying an air test sortie at a supersonic speed at a height of 10 km just when the canopy of the plane you are flying shatters. You are authorised to eject. What would you do?

 

Since authorised to eject, most of us would eject ourselves from the broken plane. But not Squadron Leader Rijul Sharma, who displayed exemplary courage and saved the plane worth crores from being damaged apart from saving critical oil installations and steering the plane away from populated areas.

Sqn Ldr Rijul Sharma
Sqn Ldr Rijul Sharma, VM

On 1st June 2016, Squadron Leader Rijul Sharma was authorised to fly an Air Test sortie on MiG-29 at Supersonic Speeds at a height of 10 km. While conducting this test in Supersonic Flying corridor; 110 km away from the base at a speed of 1.1 Mach (around 1200-1300 kmph), the canopy perspex of the aircraft shattered.

Just for our perspective, the maximum speed commercial planes can attain is just 800-900 kmph as when compared to the supersonic speed the officer was flying in.

This resulted in explosive decompression and perspex pieces hitting the officer on his right shoulder. In the absence of canopy; he was exposed to extremely low temperatures of minus 28oC and very severe wind blast owing to very high speed.

Just FYI, human exposure to such low temperatures, aero-medical problems of decompression sickness and few seconds to useful consciousness due to Hypoxia required prompt actions on the part of the pilot.

Weighing against the option of ejecting and displaying the courage of an exceptional order, Sqn Ldr Rijul Sharma decided to recover the aircraft.

In the process, he totally disregarded his critical shoulder injury and the discomfort posed by high speed, high altitude and low temperatures. To avoid the effects of aeromedical problems he quickly descended to 3 km and simultaneously reduced speed for effective control of the aircraft.unnamed 1 1

Displaying concern to other lives and national assets he avoided flying close to oil installations and populated areas which were en-route. Notwithstanding the reduced frontal visibility, very high cockpit noise level and heavy aircraft weight, he skillfully handled the damaged aircraft and executed a safe emergency landing, without any further damage to the aircraft. His actions in handling such a critical emergency, not only saved his own life and the aircraft but also prevented possible catastrophic damage to en-route strategically important and vital petro­chemical installations and populated areas.unnamed 1

Squadron Leader Rijul Sharma lived to accept the Vayu Sena Medal awarded to him for Gallantry.

The Process of Building an IAF Pilot

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The Process of Building an IAF Pilot

The Indian Air Force has the task to secure the airspace of the nation and monitoring the activities going around. The soldiers of the Air Force are trained enough to carry out relative tasks in decided manner. Every department has specific duties to perform and all the departments and operating bodies work together in maintained coordination to reach to perform any task. Talking about the duties of the fighter pilots, they have to stay active and ready to take action with high accuracy. It is easy to be a pilot, but it is a tough job to be a fighter pilot. The fighter pilots are trained in a separate and different manner. The Indian Air Force has selected 3 women officers to turn them into a fighter pilot, which was a great step in the history of Indian Defense.  The sequence of building a pilot in Indian Air Force is described below.

 

First Step

The selection procedure of a fighter pilot is very long and precise. The Indian Air Force has laid down some entries to induct pilots. The entries are

  • NDA – NDA exam is for 10+2 appearing and passed candidates, who have maths and physics as permanent subjects. They have to score minimum 60% marks in 10+2 to be eligible for applying for the Air Force in NDA.
  • CDS – CDS is another entry for the graduates, which gives chance to candidates to join the Indian Air Force as pilot. The candidates must have scored 60% marks in graduation and must have Maths and Physics in 10+2.
  • AFCAT – AFCAT is the exam conducted by the Air Force authorities, which is held for recruiting officers from various departments of Indian Air Force. It also gives opportunity to graduates to join IAF as pilot.
  • NCC – Candidates having Air Wing Senior Division ’C’ Certificate can apply for the direct entry that is released to recruit pilots of the Indian Air Force.

Second Step – The candidates who have either passed the qualifying exams, or have been shortlisted in the direct entries, will be called for the interview at any of the SSB centers establishments in Mysore, Gandhinagar, Dehradun and Varanasi.

The candidates called for the interview at SSBs will have to go through stage 1 (screening) and stage 2 (Interview, Psychology and GTO). The candidates, who clear the stage 1 will go to the next stage and those, who fail to cross the stage 1 will be set free to go back. Screened in candidates will be analysed and accessed in next stage. After recommendation at SSB, the candidates are sent for the medical check-up and PABT test which they have to pass in order to become a pilot.

Then a final merit list is prepared which gives out the names of the candidates who have finally made it to the Indian Air Force. The candidates are further called for training at Dundigal for initial training.

Third Step

The training of the pilots is further divided in three stages, where the toughness increased proportionally. The cadets are totally trained from flying a fighter jet to handling it at every possible situation.

  • 1st Stage – At this stage, the cadets are given basic details and information about the aircraft. This training stage lasts for 6 months and cadets have to experience 55 hours flight in this stage. The cadets get the chance to fly Pilatus PS-7 to get the overview of handling skills of the fighter plane.
  • 2nd Stage – It is also known as intermediate training and last for a period of 6 months. Here the hours of flight, the aircraft and the knowledge level is increased. The candidates have to perform well to go thought this stage. The cadets are provided Kiran mark-III aircraft and they have to cover 87 hours of compulsory flight hours. Cadets are trained to perform actions in the air, taught about the maneuver and perfect handling of the aircraft and other new technologies and techniques.
  • 3rd Stage – It is the last stage of 12 months in which, the cadets are trained in hawk advance training aircraft, which is sufficient to teach them the all fighting tactics. The training is made tough with time and they are also given training on Jaguar, Mig, and other aircrafts.

Conclusion – After completion of these stages, the cadets are given the license and they are deployed in respective squadrons. It costs 13-15 crores to train a pilot, which is a huge amount. The judgement level, controlling and handling skills and endurance make a fighter pilot a bold soul. The selection and training of an Indian Air Force is a crucial process where the selectors have to select the right for this right job. The training process makes the pilots bold and tough to deter the enemies at the blaze speed.

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Cadet Vipin Semwal’s Gift to His Parents

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Cadet Vipin Semwal’s Gift to His Parents

Parents are the incarnation of God for a child and they are the actual base of the success a person. A child always walks on the parents dictated by the parents and whatever he does in his life has huge relation with the parents’ efforts. A cadet from IMA, gave a remembering gift to his parents on their 25th marriage anniversary by passing out from IMA and coming out as an officer.

Vipin Semwal gave a fantastic anniversary gift to his parents by becoming an officer in the Indian Army.  He was also given the title of mister IMA. Vipin is the first person, who became an officer from 12 villages of Patti Banker. He got inclined toward the Indian army after he saw his two uncles serving in the army, which ignited the josh in him. After completing his schooling from All Saint’s Convent School, he opted B.Tech as his career, which he started from Graphic Era Hill University. After completing his graduation, he chose to join the Armed Forces and applied for CDS examination. He clear the examination and got a recommendation in SSB which directed him to the new way of life at IMA.

His efforts led him to the IMA, where he stepped toward the glory and made his parents proud. He gave the best gift to his parents on their silver jubilee by getting the stars on his shoulders. He gave gift to his mother by taking oath to serve his mother nation. The parents are filled with pride when they saw Vipin in the uniform. The effort of Vipin worth his destination and he made his achievement memorable. Several other motivating stories emerge in every Passing out Parade that motivates the young aspirants and pushes them to give their best and opt this stream as their career and make life more exciting and daring.

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At Least 10 Soldiers Martyred Over Past 2 Days in Kashmir Avalanches

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Just a day after an Army officer and a soldier were among the people martyred in avalanches in Kashmir’s Bandipora and Ganderbal districts, the death toll rose to 10 soldiers following more avalanches in the valley.

As per the Army, ten soldiers were killed as two avalanches hit Gurez Sector of Kashmir. Earlier, the Army has refused to disclose the number of missing soldiers. The police informed that the men belonged to 51 Rashtriya Rifles.

The first avalanche hit an army camp in Gurez sector of Bandipora district. Several soldiers were trapped in that area near the Line of Control.

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An Avalanche in Action

The rescue operations rescued 7 soldiers including a JCO. 4 soldiers of a patrolling party are missing in another avalanche in the same sector.

This took the toll to 10 missing bodies being retrieved and 7 rescued. Braving inhospitable weather conditions, further coordinated rescue operations are in progress.

Rescue teams are working to detect at least four missing soldiers, feared trapped under several feet of snow and rock debris. But the progress is slow because of the harsh weather and terrain.

Gurez is a mountainous region with a small valley across the Razdan Pass, the only road connecting with Kashmir Valley at the height of 11,672 feet. The Gurez valley, bordering Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), remains cut off due to heavy snowfall since the first week of January.

10 Things Everyone Can Learn From A Soldier

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There would barely be any heart that won’t swell with pride and patriotism on spotting an olive green, or a person sporting crisp combat. In the current scenario where we are divided in our thoughts on everything, thankfully there are a few things that still unite us, our national anthem, national flag, and country being the top amongst them. Undoubtedly our soldiers fighting through adverse situations inspire us in every way. There are thousand big and small things which we can learn from our soldiers, let us look into some of them, which we all can learn and take in our life:

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  1. Celebrate Life: It is hard to have such an unpredictable life and yet living fullest of it. They all are aware of the randomness, they are unaware of their tomorrow, yet they live to the fullest (read somewhere that very few know how it feels to be 19 and write your own will). See them any time of the day, see them in any hard task they will be doing everything with so much enthusiasm, as if they are celebrating it. So the biggest thing we can learn from them is to celebrate life.
  2. We just breath positivity: As if they are given classes for it. As if they are taught how to remain positive under any scenarios. I mean come-on, it is a rare sight, such optimism where we can barely go through a Monday in our lives! From covert operation to the mission of making their girl say yes, they will be so damn positive in everything!
  3. There is never a dull moment: Maybe their jokes are military centric, maybe sometimes the jokes are really bad (I mean REALLY bad), but they certainly know how to turn a tense situation to a rather light one. Bomb diffuser? Maybe 😉
  4. Tick Tock, let’s be punctual flock: Who else will know the importance of a second more than a person for whom it can be a life altering scenario. A second can make and break situations, and thus you can never find a soldier being late (if you do, they need more ragda in academy definitely!) Patti parades, punishments, cabin cupboard, just a few means of inculcating punctuality. So stop following the ILS (Indian Late Syndrome) and be there, on good time.
  5. Priorities, I hear Sleep: Yes, they can sleep anywhere, with open eyes, now don’t take away this quality and become lazy. Let us see it from other angle. They have their priorities sorted out. Country first, Sleep next (Adam, I forgot Adam)! This tells us that rest is important as well, for proper functioning. So no need to binge watch a series when you have office the next day (Sleep deprivation is killing CEO’s, no kidding).
  6. Fit body, Thug life: We often ignore our fitness, and tell ourselves lies. Starting gym from 1st of next month, and eating healthy from Monday being the topmost. For military ,fitness is very senti, sadly for all sectors of other jobs it isn’t. Trust me if you want time, you can find it. All it will take is getting up half an hour than usual, and running for 20 minutes, or swapping diet coke with fresh juice.
  7. Brothers in Arms, above everything: Great examples of friendships can be quoted from our soldiers. We can take away this feeling of camaraderie as probably the greatest learning from them. Maybe it is the training, or maybe it is the feeling when your life depends on someone else, but the sights of bromance here is supreme to any friendship existing. When we struggle to stay in touch with our old friends, their friendship is something which can inspire us probably to finally call our long lost friend.
  8. Keep it simple, silly: We are so convoluted in our life these days. We want this, and maybe that. Maybe this car, no maybe that phone. Did I say they have their priorities sorted? Country, sleep, food(yes adam fit morale high). White shirt and blue jeans for kinda formal places, black polos for everywhere else. Casio watch, Bullet (Harley’s maybe), aviators (Old Monk for regulars, single malt for specials). Good to go!
  9. Perfection, isn’t just another word: Ever left something midway, ever did something with half heart? They do everything with so much devotion. Right from flying the same sortie every day, to fitting the gun barrels, PT’s, mandir parade, arranging ladies meet, choosing curtains for senior’s wife, tambola, everything! It is like they put in their heart in everything they do.
  10. LOVE: With thousands of intricate definitions of love, if you want to understand this dense concept, just look at a soldier. You’ll get your answer of what is love, when he adorns that uniform, each morning, one after the other, leaving the yesterday in the past. No matter if it was his daughter’s birthday yesterday, no matter if his sister got married, no matter if a loved one died, no matter if the operation for which he is going doesn’t guarantee his life, no matter if he has not seen his family in a year, no matter if he is uncertain whether he’ll be able to see them ever again. He will still wear that uniform every day, with pride, put those stars with a shine in his eye, and you’ll know what love means 

Jai Hind

Indian Air Force Meteorology Branch Application Open. Apply Now!

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Indian Air Force Meteorology Branch Application Open. Apply Now!

The Indian Air Force calls for male and female candidates for the Meteorological department under non-technical Ground Duty. The opportunity is served to the post graduate candidates having degree in certain subjects. The entry is direct entry and is for both male and female candidates. Certain eligibility parameters have been framed for the entry, which are as follows.

Batch and Course number

  • Permanent Commission – 202/18G/ PC/M is only for male candidates. The candidate can serve in the organization till the age of superannuation.
  • Short Service Commission – 202/18G/ SSC/M & W is for both male and female candidates. The candidates have to serve 10 years in the organization and then 4 years extension will be given to them on the basis of their willingness, eligibility for certain services and vacancies.

 Education Qualification – The candidates having a post graduate degree in any subject of Science stream / Mathematics / Statistics / Geography / Computer Applications / Environmental Science / Applied Physics / Oceanography / Meteorology / Agricultural Meteorology / Ecology & Environment / geophysics / Environmental Biology having minimum 50% marks in aggregate in post-graduation. The candidates must have Maths and Physics in graduation with minimum55% marks in both the subjects. Final year candidates can also apply for it only if they fulfill following conditions:-

  • They must not have any backlogs and must have scored 50% marks in aggregate till their last semester.
  • They have to produce their Provisional Certificate or Degree Certificate before 15 November 2017.

 Age Limit – The age of the candidate must fall between 2 January 1992 to 1 January 1998 including both the mentioned dates.

How To Apply –

  • Visit careerairforce.nic.in
  • Click of candidate login
  • Register yourself, fill up the details and upload the photo and signatures of mentioned dimensions and size.
  • Check the application form correctly and submit the application form.
  • Take a printout of it for future use.

Selection Procedure

  • The eligible candidates, who successfully apply for the entry, will be called for the testing at any of the AFSB situated in Mysore, Dehradun, Gandhinagar, Varanasi an Kanchanapara (for airmen).
  • The candidates will have to undergo stage 1 (screening) and stage 2 (Psychology, GTO, Interview) testing.
  • Those who clear stage 1, will be staying for stage 2 testing for next 5 days and those who could not make it in stage 1 will be set free to go back.
  • Candidates who will get recommendation in stage 2 will be sent for documentation.
  • The medical examination will be conducted at AFCME, New Delhi or IAM Bengaluru as per the recommendation at AFSB centers.

 Medical Standards

  • The candidates, who have refractive error in eye sight beyond the range of hypermetropia +3.5 D, myopia -3.5 D and astigmatism ±2.5D are not eligible.
  • The minimum height as per the eligibility criteria for men is 5cms. While for women, the height is 152 cms. For candidates belonging to north eastern states, Gorkhas, Garwalis or Kumauns, the acceptable height can be 5 cms less. For candidates belonging to Lakshadweep, the minimum height will be 2 cms less than the above mentioned height for men.
  • The weight has to be proportionate to the height as per the medical standards of the Indian Air Force.

 Dates Of Submission Of Application Form – The eligible candidates can apply for the entry and submit their forms in between 21 January – 17 February 2017.

Points to Remember

  • Candidate must keep their e-mail Id active throughout the selection process.
  • Candidates under the age of 25 should not be married. Married candidates above 25 years are allowed, but they will not be provided any married accommodation during training period.
  • Candidate having any criminal record, debarred by Ministry of Defense from holding any type of commission or suspended from any defense academies on disciplinary basis will not be eligible for the entry.
  • PAN card is mandatory for joining the Air Force Academy and the candidate must produce legitimate proof declaring the name and date of birth.

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19 Soldiers Who Took Part in Surgical Strikes Awarded Gallantry Medals

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19 soldiers of the special forces’ units of 4 and 9 Para, who were a part of the surgical strike across LoC last year, have been awarded gallantry medals. The awards include a Kirti Chakra while their commanding officers have been given Yudh Seva Medal.

The strikes were widely hailed by as a strong retaliation, and the Army’s new chief General Bipin Rawat has said it is prepared to use the tactic again if needed.Source: India Today

Major Rohit Suri of 4 Para, who led one of the teams across the LoC targeting terrorists’ launch pads, was awarded the Kirti Chakra, second highest peacetime gallantry award, on the eve of the Republic Day.

Colonel Kapil Yadav, Commanding Officer of 9 Para and Colonel Harpreet Sandhu, Commanding Officer of Para 4 were honoured with the Yudh Sewa Medal (YSM) which is one of India’s military decorations awarded to mark distinguished service during war time is awarded for a high degree of distinguished service in an operational content, including times of war, conflict, or hostilities and may also be awarded posthumously.

The award is the wartime equivalent of the Vishisht Seva Medal, which is a decoration for peace time distinguished service.

Further another five army commandos from the Para regiments are also honoured with the Shaurya Chakra while 13 got Sena Medal (Gallantry).

Havildar Prem Bahadur Resmi Magar of the Gorkha Rifles got the Kirti Chakra posthumously.

Also, Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi and Lt Gen P M Hariz, who were superseded by Gen Bipin Rawat in the race for Army chief, were awarded Param Vishisht Seva Medal.

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List of Army Soldiers Who Were Awarded Gallantry Awards in 2017

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The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has approved the gallantry award of 2 Kirti Chakras and 10 Shaurya Chakras to the Indian Army personnel on the occasion of Republic Day 2017 and has been included in the list of citations.

While 19 jawans who took part in surgical strikes are being decorated with gallantry awards, many others are receiving various honours for their distinguished service.

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Gallantry Awardees Army 2017

Here is a complete list of awards, medals and honours in Indian Army’s name, in a pdf:

Click here to read the complete list: Army Gallantry Awardees RD 2017

Republic Day Parade 2017 Programme, Summed Up in 18 Points

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The Nation’s military prowess and achievements in different fields will be showcased before the public at the Rajpath when the country celebrates its 68th Republic Day tomorrow.

The parade ceremony will commence at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate where the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will lead the nation in paying homage to the martyrs by laying a wreath.

The programme of this year’s parade is:

  1. A 149-member UAE Presidential Guard, the Air Force, the Navy and Army contingent led by a UAE band consisting of 35 musicians marching on Rajpath and presenting a ceremonial salute to the President of India. The UAE military contingent is led by Lt Col Abood Musabeh Abood Musabeh Alghfeli.
  2. This year’s parade will also see some of the firsts to its credit. For the first time, a contingent of the National Security Guard (NSG) popularly known as the Black Cat Commandos will march-past the Rajpath.
  3. The parade will also see the fly-past of three LCA Tejas Aircraft flying at a height of 300 m from the ground in ‘Vic’ formation and the Airborne Early Warning & Control System (AEW&C), both for the first time.
  4. Sticking to the 67 years tradition of the Republic Day Celebration, the colourful BSF Camel Regiment led by Deputy Commandant Kuldeep Serve will take part.
  5. The Indian Army’s missile firing capability, T-90 ‘Bhishma’ tank, Infantry Combat Vehicle BMP-2K, Mobile Autonomous Launcher of the BrahMos Missile System, Weapon Locating Radar ‘Swathi’, Akash Weapon System, CBRN Reconnaissance Vehicle and Dhanush Gun System will be the main draw in the mechanised columns.
  6. An Indian Air Force Tableau will roll down the Rajpath with the theme “Air Dominance Through Network Centric Operations”. The Tableau will display the scaled down models of Su-30 MKI, Mirage-2000, AWACS, UAV, Apache and Communication Sattelite.
  7. This year the Indian Navy’s Tableau will have the theme ‘Indian Navy – Professional Force-Anchoring Stability, Security and National Prosperity’. The tableau showcases the lethal Marine Commandos proceeding for action, the indigenously built Kolkata Class Destroyer and the Kalvari Class next-generation attack submarines. The tableaux will also display a model of the P-8I Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
  8. As per tradition, after unfurling the National Flag, the national anthem will be played with a 21-gun salute. The parade will then commence and the President will take the salute.
  9. This year’s Chief Guest in the parade will be His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces. The parade will be commanded by Lt. General Manoj Mukund Naravane, General Officer Commanding, Delhi Area. Major General Rajesh Sahai, Chief of Staff, Headquarter Delhi Area will be the parade Second-in-Command.
  10. Param Vir Chakra winners will follow the Deputy Parade Commander on Jeeps.
  11. The marching contingents of Army will include horse-mounted columns of the 61st Cavalry, the Mechanised Infantry Regiment, the Bihar Regiment, the 39 Gorkha Training Centre, 58 Gorkha Training Centre, the Madras Engineering Group and Centre and 103 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) Sikh LI.
  12. The marching contingent of Navy comprising 144 young sailors will be led by Lieutenant Aparna Nair, while the Indian Air Force contingent comprising 144 men will be led by Squadron Leader Attal Singh Sekhon.
  13. The Paramilitary and other auxiliary civil forces will include the Border Security Force Camel Contingent, Indian Coast Guard, Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Delhi Police, National Cadet Corps and National Service Scheme.
  14. Tableaux from 17 States and UT, 6 Central Ministries and Departments will present the varied historical, art and cultural heritage of the country.
  15. 21 of the 25 children selected for the National Bravery Award–2016 will also participate in the parade. Four children have got the award posthumously.
  16. In the children’s pageant section, about 600 boys and girls are drawn from three schools in Delhi and a group of school children from South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur will perform colourful dances on varied themes.
  17. The splendid driving skills of ‘Dare Devils’– the motorcycle display team of Corps of Military Police will be a major attraction of the parade. They will perform different stunts like Salute to President, Ladder, Double Bar, Lotus, Christmas Tree, Aircraft, Sudarshan Chakra, Flower Pot, Pyramid and Wheeling on moving motorcycles.
  18. The grand finale of the parade will be a spectacular flypast by the IAF. The flypast will commence with the ‘Chakra’ formation, comprising three Mi-35 helicopters in ‘Vic’ formation, followed by the ‘Hercules’ formation comprising three C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in ‘Vic’ formation. Trailing them will be the ‘Netra’ which is an Airborne Early Warning and Control System Aircraft also known as “Eye in the Sky”. It will be followed by the ‘Globe formation’ comprising one C-17 Globemaster flanked by two Su-30 MKIs. Next in line will be the fighters, where five Jaguars will fly in Arrowhead formation, another five MiG-29 Air Superiority Fighters will fly in Fulcrum style. Then the breath-taking ‘Trishul’ formation comprising three Su-30 MKIs of No. 24 Squadron would fly over the Rajpath, and once in front of the saluting dais, the Su-30 MKI aircraft will split upwards, making a Trishul in the sky. The flypast will conclude with another Su-30 MKI carrying out a ‘Vertical Charlie’ manoeuvre over the saluting dais.

The ceremony will culminate with the national anthem and release of balloons. So, now you know the programme, you know when to stick to the TV to see you favourite marching contingent down the Rajpath.

Source: PIB

Tejas and AEW&C to Fly-Past in RD Parade 2017 For the First Time

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India’s LCA Tejas and Airborne Early Warning & Control System (AEW&C) will fly-past for the first time during the RD Parade 2017. This year, we also anticipate watching the 155 mm/52 Calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) and Arudhra- the Medium Power Radar, representing India’s stride in indigenous Defence Technologies

About Tejas:

Tejas - India's Light Combat Aircraft
Tejas – India’s Light Combat Aircraft

Tejas is a lightweight, smallest, supersonic, multirole aircraft. Currently, Tejas is 65% indigenous and developers are thinking to increase it to 75%. Tejas has been inducted into 45th Squadron of Indian Air Force. It is a move towards self-reliance in ‘Air Power’ requirement of the nation. Tejas is the pride of the country and a step towards “Make in India” initiative.

About AEW&CS:

Airborne Early Warning and Control System ( AEW&C)
Airborne Early Warning and Control System ( AEW&C)

The Airborne Early Warning & Control System (AEW&C) is an ‘Eye in the Sky’. AEW&C is another indigenous aircraft manufactured to check the air activities in critical areas nearing the Indian borders, specifically along Pakistan and China borders.

It is a force multiplier, developed by DRDO for IAF with Centre for Air Borne Systems (CABS) as the nodal agency. It helps in Air Defence operations and is capable of communicating using VHF, UHF, C-Band and SATCOM links for Network Centric Operations. Induction of AEW&C into services will make the country self-reliant and position India in top five countries having this capability.

About ATAGS:

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ATAGS Dhanush in Action

The Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) is an indigenous weapon system. ATAGS has excellent accuracy, consistency, mobility, reliability and automation and is capable of achieving 47 plus km range. The armament system of the ATAGS which comprises 52 calibre Gun Barrel with Breech Mechanism, Muzzle Brake and Recoil System has been designed and developed to fire the 155 mm calibre ammunitions held by Army with enhanced range, accuracy and precision as well as greater fire power. The system is configured with All Electric Drive technology for the first time in the world that will ensure maintenance free and reliable operation over longer periods of time.

About Arudhra:

Medium Power Radar – Arudhra is the first indigenous rotating active phased array multi-function radar with Digital Beam-forming technology. The radar covers 360 degrees in azimuth and is capable of performing volumetric surveillance to detect and track aerial targets up to 400 km in range and 30 km altitude. This radar can survive intense ECM environment and electromagnetic interference. It is integrated with a modern identification of Friend or Foe system to recognise enemy targets and is transportable by road, rail and Air.

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