Month: December 2021

DECISION DILEMMA : TO EJECT OR TO GLIDE AND LAND

DECISION DILEMMA : TO EJECT OR TO GLIDE AND LAND

AN UNSUNG HERO: FLYING OFFICER RAJESH ‘LALOOLEE’ LAL Risk Taking is an extremely important character trait for the men in
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EXERCISE SAHAYATA 2016 – STREAMLINING DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS

EXERCISE SAHAYATA 2016 – STREAMLINING DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS

Indian Disaster Response has improved in the last few years, but there is always a scope for improvement. To that
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2005 IN CARNIC – REBUILDING AN AIRBASE

2005 IN CARNIC – REBUILDING AN AIRBASE

The Car Nicobar Airbase of the Indian Air Force (IAF) was swept away in the tsunami on 26 December 2004.
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ESCAPE FROM ‘PRISONER OF WAR’ (POW) CAMP

ESCAPE FROM ‘PRISONER OF WAR’ (POW) CAMP

This is the hair-raising story of the attempted escape by pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) from a PoW
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THE WAVE & ITS WAKE  LARGER  IMPLICATIONS OF THE DECEMBER 2004 TSUNAMI

THE WAVE & ITS WAKE LARGER IMPLICATIONS OF THE DECEMBER 2004 TSUNAMI

The December 2004 Tsunami affected a great number of countries and resulted in large scale international cooperation in Humanitarian Assistance
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INDIA’S DISASTER RESPONSE SYSTEMS – BETTER PREPARED, BETTER SYNERGY

INDIA’S DISASTER RESPONSE SYSTEMS – BETTER PREPARED, BETTER SYNERGY

Collapsed houses in Kathmandu Valley after the Nepal Earthquake. A macro view of India’s refined disaster management structures, and the
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AIR TRANSPORTATION – THE CRUCIAL ASSET FOR RESCUE AND RELIEF

AIR TRANSPORTATION – THE CRUCIAL ASSET FOR RESCUE AND RELIEF

Our countrymen have often witnessed our Air Force aircraft evacuating our citizens from distress zones, from flood-affected areas, ferrying supplies
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