December 2023

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is undergoing a significant transformation as it seeks to become the Indian Air and Space Force (IASF) and expand its capabilities in the aerospace domain.

Space Aircraft and Military Satellites.

With a new doctrine focused on the effective utilization of the air and space continuum, the IAF aims to fully exploit the potential of space beyond its current focus on intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, communication, and navigation capabilities

January 2025

Defence Space Agency

First Space exercise - November 2024 ![obsidian|250][IMG_20250316_222531_536.jpg] “India's defence forces are planning to build an integrated satellite communication grid comprising spacecraft in different orbits and data relay systems as space emerges as a new domain of warfare.” — Air Vice Marshal Pawan Kumar, DG, Defence Space Agency.

July 2025

MiG 21 set to retire

• After a six+ decades , the Russian origin MiG 21 Bison fighter jets, are set to retire in september, 2025 with farewell in Chandigarh airbase.
• It will be replaced by indigenous built Tejas Mk 1A fighter aircraft.
• MiG was first purchased in 1963, a single engine super sonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft.
• Played key roles in 1965, 1971 Indo Pakistan wars, 1999 Kargil wars, Balakot air strike in 2019 and the Operation Sindoor in 2025.
• India procured more than 700 aircrafts, majority of which were built domestically by HAL.
• It have also been involved in severe accidents, leading to deaths of 170 pilots and 40 civilians, and once referred as "Flying Coffin"
• After its retirement, the strength of Air Force, will drop to 29 squadrons.