Air Force in India, set up on 8th October 1932, is one of the strong wings of the Indian Armed forces and is the fourth largest in the world It has served significantly in the wars India was involved and especially its contribution in the 1971 war with Pakistan deserves special acclamation. It earned the epithet ‘royal’ after its remarkable performance in the Second World War but the title was dropped after India became a [...]
Marshal Arjan Singh was the Chief of Air Staff when war broke out between India and Pakistan in 1965. Born on 15 April 1919, in Lyalpur, Pakistan, he was selected for the Empire Pilot training course at RAF Cranwell in 1938. After he was commissioned, he served in the North Western Frontier Province as a member of the No.1 IAF Squadron. During the Second World War, as Squadron Leader in 1944, Arjan Singh fought the [...]
