Her father, an Aviation Radio Officer, A M Da'Costa, happened to be on the ill-fated flight of the Beech 18 carrying the then Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Balwant Rai Mehta on 19th September 1965. Precy D'Costa was ten months old when the tragedy struck her family. The 1965 Beechcraft incident : A daughter's search for closure Most of the photographs seem to be from Nos 1, 6 and 7 Squadron Operations A publicity booklet from the Second World War with photographs and illustrations about the IAF on the Burma front. This is his story of how Central Air Command utilized the MiG-25 Foxbat in a photo recce role at a profile for which the aircraft was not designed for.Īn exclusive item from our archives. A veteran of two wars against Pakistan - he was one of the few senior ranking officers to fly operational missions during the Kargil Conflict in 1999. The extensive scope of redesign and re-engineering for these vessels has realised a multipurpose surface combatant of about 4,000 ton displacement (this increase being attributed to additional weapon systems and the replacement of light alloys with steel), tailored to meet the Indian Navy's specific mission and performance requirements.Īir Marshal Vinod Kumar "Jimmy" Bhatia, PVSM AVSM VrC Bar, 6497 F(P) was the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief during the Kargil conflict. The Talwar class has its origins in the Severnoye (Northern) Design Bureau that developed intothe Project 1135.6 vessel using an earlier Project 1135.1 design. INAS 311, commanded by Commander Sanjay Nandan, operates the Dornier 228 aircraft. INAS 311 was commissioned by the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Naval Command Vice Admiral Nirmal Verma on 12th May 2009 at INS Dega in Vishakapatnam. Edited by: Arjun Krishnan - Book Review by K. True legends.īook Review: A Sailor's Story, Vice Adml N KrishnanĪ Sailor's Story, by Vice Admiral N.Krishnan. This story is dedicated to Lt Gen Harbaksh Singh Padma Vibhushan, VrC, Padma Bhushan GOC-in-C Western Command 1965 and Lt Col Megh Singh Rathore VrC CO 9 PARA CDO BN. If you asked him to what Regiment he belonged, before 1980, he would say SECOND FIVE a diehard Second Fiver (Second Battalion the Fifth Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) till he was elected as Colonel of the Regiment in 1980. Zoru as he was called by his seniors and colleagues, we younger generation of the Regiment 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) used to quietly also refer to him as Zoru, but otherwise also as General Zoru Bakshi, completed a page of Braves of Indian Army. Indian Army Lost a Gallant Solider On 24th May 2018. Lt Gen Zorawar Chand Bakshi, PVSM, MVC, VrC, VSM (1921-2018)Ī tribute to Zoru Bakshi by Brigadier Rattan Kaul. Analysis of India's Ability to Fight a 2-front War