Articles in Book Excerpt: Indian Air Force in Wars
1971 Air War: Battle for Air Supremacy
By: Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Air Force in Wars | Date: 15 Nov , 2017
The IAF had initially deployed 10 squadrons in the East; four squadrons for air defence and six squadrons in strike role capacity. This against one squadron of F-86 of the PAF, although some...
Birth of the Indian Air Force (IAF)
By: Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Air Force in Wars | Date: 08 Oct , 2017
“Preparation for war is an expansive, burdensome business, yet there is one important part of it that costs little – STUDY.” — Field Marshal Slim The IAF was...
1971 War: Military Aims and Objectives
By: Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Air Force in Wars | Date: 29 Oct , 2016
“1965 and 1971 Wars were a lesson in how wars should not be fought… the sooner people disabused themselves of the impression that the 1965 War ended in a victory for Pakistan the...
Evolution of Air Power Thought in India
By: Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Air Force in Wars | Date: 20 Feb , 2016
Strength reinforced by stratagem will surely do much. What, indeed, cannot be accomplished by a combination of my physical strength, Krishna’s wisdom and Arjun’s dexterity? — Bhima in...