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Vimarsha: Talk by Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VM, ADC, on ‘Role of Indian Air Force in the Changing Security Environment’,

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) invited Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VM, ADC, Chief of Air Staff, for a public discourse on “The Role of Indian Air Force (IAF) in the Changing Security Environment” The talk was org....

May 21, 2018 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian Air Force , Security Environment , BS Dhanoa , Gagan Shakti

Significance of Exercise ‘Gagan Shakti-2018’

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out a massive pan-India Exercise ‘Gagan Shakti 2018’ from 08-22 Apr 2018 involving practically the entire operational and logistic component of the IAF. What is the significance of the exercise? India faces f....

May 07, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Exercise Gagan Shakti , Indian Air Force

Changing Contours of Air Threat and its Implications in our Scenario

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

“Air power may either end war or end civilisation”.¹ - Winston Churchill, House of Commons, 1933 Since the raison d’etre for the existence of air defence, be it on land, sea or in the air, is to counter the air threat from....

November 03, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Air defence , Indian Air Force , Air Threat