This is article is written for
the students of the Warriors Defence Academy
as well as other students aspiring for a career in the Indian Air Force.
ASPIRANTS FOR THE INDIAN AIR FORCE:
Working in the Air Force is
certainly the best and most prestigious career available to aspiring young
candidates in our country. You can join IAF via NDA, CDS(organized by UPSC) or
AFCAT (organized by Air Force). For more
details regarding the procedure you can visit www.warriorsdefenceacademy.co.
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We began 7 years before in
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clear SSB as well. We have Ex GTO Officer Colonel Pankaj Mehra Sir in our
Academy to guide SSB for NDA /CDS/AFCAT aspirants . He was posted as GTO
Officer in 22nd SSB Board Bhopal and 19th SSB Board Allahabad.
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FACTS
ABOUT THE AIRFORCE:
1. The
first aviation force in the world was the Aviation
Militaire of the French Army formed in 1910, which eventually became
L'Armée de l'Air.
2. The British Royal Air Force was the first
independent air force in the world.The RAF was founded on 1 April 1918 by
amalgamation the British Army's Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air
Service.
3. Germany
was the first country to organize regular air attacks on enemy infrastructure
with the Luftstreitkräfte. In World War I, it used its zeppelins (airships) to
drop bombs on British cities.
4. Air
forces typically consist of a combination of fighters, bombers, helicopters,
transport planes and other aircraft.
5. The
Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces and was
officially established on 8 October 1932 as an auxiliary air force of the British
Empire.
6. Apart
from the four wars with Pakistan and one with China other major operations
undertaken by the IAF include Operation Vijay, Operation Meghdoot, Operation
Cactus and Operation Poomalai.
7. The
fighter plane “supermarine spitfire” designed by R J Mitchell, chief designer
at Super marine Aviation Works, along with Hurricane fighters in the RAF saved
Britain in the battle of Britain against the onslaught of German Air Force
Luftwaffe and probably the world in World War Two.
8. The
German Airforce Luftwaffe along with its three army groups attacked Soviet
Union on 22nd of June, 1941. The Soviet records claim that German
Air Force destroyed 2000 aircrafts of the Red Air Force(Soviet Union) within
three days!
9. Manfred
Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), also known as
the "Red Baron", was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during
World War I. He is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially
credited with 80 air combat victories.
10. In
Six Days War, 1967 IAF (Israeli Air Force) carried out a pre-emptive airstrike
against the Egyptian Air Force and destroyed nearly all of the aircrafts in
Egyptian Air Force for the loss of 19 of its aircrafts.
11. In
the 1971 Indo- Pakistan War, Pakistan carried airstrikes with 50 planes and
attacked eleven airfields in North Western India. The IAF(Indian Air Force) in
response flew more than 4,000 sorties(an attack made by troops coming out from
a position of defence) and PAF(Pakistan Air Force ) assumed a defensive posture
for the rest of the war.
12. Between
1964 and 1973, the U.S. dropped two million tons of bombs on Laos, nearly equal
to the 2.1 million tons of bombs the U.S. dropped on Europe and Asia during all
of World War II, making Laos the most heavily bombed country in history
relative to the size of its population.
13. The
Korean War was the first war in which jet aircraft played the central role in
air combat. The Korean War marked a major milestone for rotorcraft, featuring
the first large-scale deployment of helicopters for medical evacuation.
14. In
Algerian War (1954-1962) between the France and its colony Algeria, French
forces utilized the helicopter for the first time in a ground attack role in
order to pursue and destroy fleeing FLN (National Liberation Front) guerrilla
units.
15. A
paratrooper is a military parachutist—someone trained to parachute into an
operation, and usually functioning as part of an airborne force. In World War 2
German used paratroopers in attacking Greece with considerable losses. In 1940,
in the battle of France, German Paratroopers landed in the Fort Eben-Emael
(Strongest fort in Belgium) and it helped Germany defeat France and lower
countries.
16. In
the year 1942, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour, Lieutenant Colonel
James "Jimmy" Doolittle of the United States Army Air Forces led and
Planned the “Dolittle Raid.” Sixteen bombers(aircrafts that drop bombs over
military installations and Industrial centres) were launched without fighter
escort from the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Hornet and did little material
damage to Japan but boosted public morale in United States and dispelled the
notion of Japan`s invulnerability. At that time the fighter and bomber planes
did not had such long range flying capability hence they had to be carried by aircraft carriers.
17. In Kargil War, the IAF launched operation
Safed Sagar and achieved complete air dominance. The IAF pilots were strictly
ordered not to cross LOC at any cost to avoid escalation. Yet they targeted the
enemy positions so effectively that they were completely cut off from their
base camps and not able to evacuate injured soldiers. The mirage 2000 aircraft
was known to be the aircraft that turned the tide of the war.
