DEFENCE

Indian Air Force inducts new light

combat helicopter Prachanda
 The Indian Airforce
History
The Indian Airforce was established as an auxiliary air force
of the Royal Air Force of Britain on 8th October,1932.

On 1 April 1933, the first squadron of the Indian Air Force

(IAF) ‘No. 1 Squadron’ was commissioned with four
Westland Wapiti biplanes and five pilots.
In March 1945, acknowledging the IAF’s achievements
and contributions in the Second World War, the
service was honoured by the bestowal of the title
‘Royal’ on its title by British monarch King George VI.

In 1950, the Royal Indian Air Force became the Indian

Air Force.
On 1 April 1954, Air Marshal Subroto Mukherji
took over as the first Indian Chief of Air Staff .
 Motto of the Indian Airforce
Touch the sky with Glory नभः स्पृशं दीप्तम्

The Motto has been taken from

eleventh chapter of the Gita, the
Discourse given by Lord Krishna to
Arjuna on the battlefield of
Kurukshetra during the Great War
of Mahabharata.
 Role of the Indian Air Force
It's Primary Mission is to secure Indian Airspace and to
conduct aerial warfare during armed conflict.
The Indian Air Force not only safeguards Indian
territory and national interests from all threats but also
provides support during natural calamities in the
country.
Headquarters: New Delhi
 Commanders
The President of India is the Supreme Commander of
the Indian Armed Forces.
Lt General Anil Chauhan is the current Chief of
Defence Staff of India.
The current Chief of the Air Staff is Air Chief Marshal
Vivek Ram Chaudhari
The current Vice Chief of the Air Staff is Air Marshal
Sandeep Singh.
 The Indian Air Force is divided into five operational
Commands and two functional commands.

Eastern Air Command (EAC) Shillong, Meghalaya

Western Air Command (WAC) New Delhi

Central Air Command (CAC) Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh

South Western Air Command (SWAC) Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Southern Air Command (SAC) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Training Command (TC) Bengaluru, Karnataka
Maintenance Command (MC)+Nagpur, Maharashtra
 Garud Commando Force
The Garud commandos are the special forces of the
Indian Air Force (IAF). Their tasks include counter-
terrorism, hostage rescue, providing security to IAF's
vulnerably located assets and various air force-specific
special operations.
Display teams
The Surya Kiran
Aerobatic Team Sarang is the
(SKAT) is an
Helicopter Display
aerobatics
Team of the Indian
demonstration
team of the Indian Air Force. The
Air Force (formed team was formed
in 1996). in October 2003
 Army Navy Air Force

General Admiral Air Chief Marshal

Lieutenant General Vice Admiral Air Marshal

Major General Rear Admiral Air Vice Marshal

Brigadier Commodore Air Commodore

Colonel Captain Group Captain

Lieutenant Colonel Commander Wing Commander

Major Lieutenant Commander Squadron Leader

Captain Lieutenant Flight Lieutenant

Lieutenant Sub Lieutenant Flying Officer

The equivalent ranks of JCO’s in Army, Navy and Air Force
Names of training institutes/ Academies
Air Force Academy, Dundigal , Hyderabad

Helicopter Training School, Hakimpet

Basic Flying Training School, Allahabad

Navigation Training School, Begumpet

Fixed Wing Training Flying, Yelahanka, Bengaluru

Air Force Technical College, Bengaluru

Air Force School of Physical Fitness, Belgaum

Garud Regimental Training Centre, Chandinagar

 Aircrafts Inventory
Fighter Aircrafts

Dassault Rafale Sukhoi Su-30

(France ) (Russia)
Multirole Multirole

HAL Tejas MiG -29

(India) (Russia)
Multirole Multirole
Mirage 2000 SEPACAT Jaguar
(France) (United Kingdom)
Multirole Ground Attack
 MiG - 21
(Soviet Union)
Interceptor
 Boeing 707 Boeing 737
(United States) (United States)
Surveillance Surveillance
 Global 5000 Gulfstream G100
(United States) (Israel)
 Transport

Ilyushin II -76 Boeing C-17

(Soviet Union) (United States)

C 130 J Super Hercules Antonov An 32

(United States) (Ukraine)

Dornier 228 Embraer Legacy 600

(Germany) (Brazil)

 Helicopters

HAL Prachand HAL Rudra

(India) (India)
AH -64 Apache Mil Mi -24
(United States) (Russia)
Mil Mi 17 CH 47 Chinook
(Russia) (United States)
 HAL Chetak

HAL Dhruv HAL Cheetah

 Trainer Aircraft

Pilatus PC 7 HAL Kiran

(Switzerland) (India)
 MiG 21
MiG 29
Mirage 2000

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

IAI Heron
BAE Hawk
IAI Searcher
(United Kingdom)
DRDO Lakshya
 Name of the
Between
Exercise

Khanjar India and Krygyzstan

Sampriti -X India and Bangladesh

Ex-Dharma Guardian India and Japan

Ex-Dustlik India and Uzbekistan

Exercise Lamitiye India and Seychelles

Varuna India and France

Ex Khaan Quest Multinational peacekeeping exercise

Eastern Bridge India and Oman

SLINEX India and Srilanka

MitraShakti India and Srilanka

Exercise Shakti India and France

Surya Kiran India and Nepal

Exercise Konkan India and United Kingdom

AUSINDEX India and Australia

Which missile is Short Range Surface to Surface
missile?

A. Astra
B. Agni V
C. Akash
D. Prithvi
Which missile is Air to Air missile?

A. Astra
B. Agni V
C. Akash
D. Prithvi
What is the motto of CRPF?

A. Peace Keeper to the Nation

B. Service, Security and Brotherhood
C. Sarvatra Sarvottam Suraksha
D. Service with a Smile
Defence Services Staff College is located in ?

A. Secunderabad
B. Wellington
C. Gulmarg
D. Gurgaon
Which Aircraft carrier was also known as Grand Old
Lady?
Which of the following are correctly matched?
1.Operation Cactus. - 1998
2.Operation Safed sagar. -1999
3.Operation Rahat. - 2014
4.Operation Ganga. - 2022
A. 1,2 only
B. 1 only
C.2,4 only
D. All of these
 Which statements are true
1. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses is in
Mhow
2. High Altitude Warfare School is in Gulmarg
3. Defence Institute of High Altitude Research is in
Leh
A.1and 3 only
B. 3 and 2only
C. 1 only
D. All of these
Which indigenous Diving Support Vessels have been
launched recently?
A. INS Nistar
B. INS Tiranga
C. INS Neha
D. INS Viraat
Ex Kakadu will be hosted by which country?
A. China
B. Australia
C. NATO
D. Russia
Parvat Prahar' Exercise has been conducted by which of
the following Indian Armed Force?
A. Defence Security Corps
B. Indian Army
C. Indian Navy
D. Indian Air Force
Indian Army contingent participated in exercise
Vostok-2022 in which country?

A. Canada
B. Russia
C. Germany
D. Ukraine
Udarshakti is a bilateral exercise which is being held
between India and which other country?
A. Malaysia
B. Singapore
C. Russia
D. Japan
Ex Vajra Prahar 2022 is a joint special forces exercise of
India with which country?
A. Sri Lanka
B. Singapore
C. Russia
D. United States
India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant
handed over to whom?
A. Indian Navy
B. Indian Air Force
C. Indian Coast Guard
D. Indian Army
What is 'Agni-4', which has been tested by India?
A. Inter-continental Ballistic Missile
B. Next-generation corvette (NGC)
C. Anti Submarine Missile
D. Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
Which was the first Indian satellite?

a) Aryabhatta
b) Bhaskara
c) Rohini
d) INSAT
What is the name of the joint military training exercise
between the Indian army and Uzbekistan ?

A. Garuda
B. Khanjar
C. Shared Destiny
D. Dustlik
Which of the following Aircraft is known as 'Vajra'?

A) Sukhoi Su-30
B) Mirage 2000
C)MiG 29
D) Antonov 32
Combat Army Aviation Training School is located
in?

A)Mhow
B) Vairengte
C) Nashik
D) Gulmarg
Equivalent rank of Group Captain of Indian Air
Force is

A) Lieutenant Colonel
B) Commodore
C) Colonel
D) Brigadier
Which of the following is correctly matched?
a) Pinaka - multibarrel rocket launcher
b) Mareech - Advance Torpedo Defence system
c) Nirbhay - Short Range cruise missile

A) a and b only
B) b and c only
C) a and c only
D) All of these
Rashtriya Indian Military College is located in

A) Shimla
B) Dehradun
C) Wellington
D) Pune
INS Gomti , which was decommissioned was a

A) Patrol vessel
B) frigate
C) Corvette
D) Destroyer
Which of the following is a Submarine launch Short range
Ballistic Missile ?

A) Niharika
B) Shourya
C) Dhanush
D) Sagarika
Which is India's First Indigenous fighter jet?

A. HAL Marut
B. Jaguar
C. BAE Hawk
D. MIG 27
Who is the First Woman Air Marshal to be Awarded
Padma Shri

A. Padma Bandopadhyay
B. Divya Ajith Kumar
C. Punita Arora
D. Anjana Bhaduria
This year’s annual Air Force Day parade and flypast
was held in

A.Ghaziabad
B. Bengaluru
C. Chennai
D. Chandigarh
Who is the known as missile woman of India?

A. Tessy Thomas
B. Ruchi Sanghvi
C. Priyamvada Natarajan
D. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
India's first Armed Nuclear Powered Submarine is

A) INS Virat
B) INS Arihant
C) INS Tihayu
D) INS Vikrant
'Operation Meghdoot' is related to

A) Kargil
B) Aksai Chin
C) Siachen Glacier
D) Siliguri
Which of the following is an Anti tank guided missile?

A) Akash
B) Nag
C) Maitri
D)Prithvi