Indian Air Force

India admits friendly fire downed Mi-17 helicopter in Kashmir

The Indian Air Force admitted that it shot down one of its own Mi-17 helicopters during clashes with Pakistan in February over Kashmir

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Indian Air Force MiG-21 trainer jet crashes near Gwalior airbase

An Indian Air Force MiG-21 trainer jet crashed in the Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh on approach to land at Gwalior airbase

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India finds wreckage of missing IAF An-32 plane

Indian authorities spotted the wreckage of a missing An-32 with 13 air force personnel aboard after days of searching a remote mountainous region close to China

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India Air Force An-32 disappears with 13 on board

An Indian military aircraft with 13 people on board went missing after takeoff in the northeast of the country, the defense ministry said

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India test-fires BrahMos high-speed cruise missile from Su-30 fighter jet

India said its BrahMos cruise missile passed another key test when it hit a land target after being fired from an Su-30 fighter jet

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Bird strike likely caused Indian MiG-21 fighter jet crash near Pakistan, defense ministry says

An Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison fighter jet crashed in desert in western Rajasthan state, close to the border with Pakistan

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Indian Air Force pilot returns from Pakistan as violence rages in Kashmir

An Indian Air Force pilot detained in Pakistan after being shot down in an aerial engagement with Pakistan Air Force aircraft returned to India

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Pakistan will release Indian pilot in ‘peace gesture,’ Khan says

Pakistan will release an Indian pilot captured after he was shot down in a rare engagement between the neighbors in Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan said

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Pakistan ‘shot down’ 2 Indian Air Force planes in Kashmir, military says

Pakistan shot down two Indian Air Force planes in its airspace in Kashmir, the military said, adding that one Indian pilot had been captured

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India claims ‘large number’ of JeM militants killed in Pakistan airstrike

An Indian airstrike on a militant camp in killed "a very large number" of JeM fighters preparing to attack India, a foreign ministry official said

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