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— Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari, Indian Air Force Chief

SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 02-10

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Issue Features

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    Fighter Force - Rebuild & Rejuvenate
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V. K. Bhatia

    While the IAF is on the path of decline in numbers of fighter aircraft, China and Pakistan are on an upswing of force accretion and modernisation

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    Jointness is the Way of the Future
    By SP's Team

    Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik, in the concluding portion of his interaction with SP’s Aviation Senior Visiting Editor Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia,

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    Helicopter Fleet - Exploring New Horizons
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

    After a prolonged period of inexplicable slumber, the IAF has apparently got the ‘wake-up’ call and initiated a slew of measures to modernise and augment different categories of its helicopter fleets

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    HAL’s R&D Centers have significant work to do

    HAL Chairman Ashok Nayak, speaking at the Air Chief Marshal LM Katre Memorial Lecture on January 22, outlined the ambitious projects...

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    Transport Fleet - Heavy-Lift Hopefuls
    By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa

    If the 1980s witnessed a quantum leap in the IAF’s air transport capabilities, the coming decade could be even more significant.

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    Technology - Usher Aerial Vigilance
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.N. Gokhale

    Inching closer to the centennial year of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in 2018, several countries have already launched programmes for futuristic platforms.

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    Trainer Fleet - Woefully Inadequate
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

    As operational capability is founded on the attributes of the trainer fleet, it is imperative that the IAF allocate due priority to this segment of infrastructure

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    Time to make Hay
    By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa

    Encouraged by the throngs of travellers, half a dozen prospective regional carriers are planning to begin operations in the first half of this year

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    Intense Scrutiny, Invasive Technology
    By Our Staff Correspondent

    Airport security measures must be pro-active and must anticipate every possible move the “terrorist” could make—if airports and passengers are to be kept secure. The question is how?

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    Ferdinand Graf Von Zeppelin (1838 – 1917)
    By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa

    Zeppelin established an airship factory using his own money and, by 1898, with a team of 30 workers, assembled his first airship, the Luftschiff Zeppelin 1.