Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary

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    Birth of the Indian Air Force (IAF)

    “Preparation for war is an expansive, burdensome business, yet there is one important part of it that costs little – STUDY.”         ...
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    IAF: The Strategic Force of Choice

    IAF is a Strategic force today and has been so, for many decades. It started as a small force – a Flight of four aircraft...
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    Time Critical Targeting: UAVs

    The obvious advantage of stand-alone UAVs for TCT is the shortened sensor-to-shooter timeline since no dissemination of information is required from sensor to shooter. In...
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    Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in China

    China’s massive UAV developmental work has unhealthy implications for India. Soon Chinese capability will be of the latest standard and massive in size. If and...
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    Helicopter Operations in Sri Lanka

    The Mi-8 and the AN-32 were the main ‘workhorses’ in Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka. The Mi-8 fleet flew well over 35,000 sorties lifting over...
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    Jointmanship in the Military – II

    The Air War : Simply stated the air war is about destroying/defuntionalising selected targets. As has been summed up so succinctly – “Air power is targeting...
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    Jointmanship in the Military

    Victory in any event, be it a playful game or a bloodthirsty war, is a joint effort of all the members. How one orchestrates this...