Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary
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.” —…
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 on 1 Apr 1933, in…
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 optimum conditions, it is foreseeable…
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 when integrated in a manner…
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 100,000 troops and 5,700 tonnes…
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 and targeting is Intelligence”.…
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 effort is Integration. These fundamentals…
