Indian Air Force Day: The Indian Air Force was first established on 8th October 1932 as an auxiliary force to the British Air force, which was later honoured as an Indian fleet for the security of the nation.
Its first batch of aircraft came on 1st April 1933, with six RAF- trained officers. RAF training is a kind of basic training required for each individual officer in the army.
The first flight flew in the year 1938 to support the army operation mission against insurgent Bhittani tribesmen.
The very first aircraft which was taken in the Indian Air Force was the "Westland Wapiti IIA", where Wapiti refers to one of the largest species of Deer in North America.
Subroto Mukerjee was one of the Royal Air Force members who was later selected in the Indian Air Force and served the nation for a whole of 32 years of the time period.
He became the chief of Air staff in the year 1955 and served as a true flying officer who died a valiant death in an accident when he was going to Tokyo in 1960.
The aircraft is originated from the Russian jet Sukhoi and was built by Hindustan Aeronautics LTD (HAL).
It is a twinjet multi-role air superiority fighter which is a heavy aircraft for any environment and accessible for long distances.
Dassault Rafale is French multirole fighter aircraft manufactured by Dassault aviation. It has twin Snecma M88 engine. The Rafale was one of the six aircraft participating in the Indian MRCA competition for 126 multi-role fighters. Currently, Rafale is the most sophisticated and fierce jet of the Indian Air Force.
The aircraft MiG-29 is developed by the Soviet Union, Mikoyan-Gurevich's MiG-29 is a twin-engine aircraft. The first oversea client of this jet was India, which bought 66 of the aircraft for its fleet.
It is developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautical LTD, Hal Tejas is an Indian, single engine multirole jet.
The aircraft is developed jointly by UK and France. Jaguar is a twin-engine jet, especially for combat. The deal included an order of 40 aircraft and a license for making 120 more the HAL.
