Fighter Jets  

Tejas is a fighter jet developed by India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). Tejas aircraft took its first flight in the year 2001. On 22 March 2016, it received the Initial Operational Clearance (IOC).

Tejas is India’s first indigenous fighter aircraft, made by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. Renowned as a light combat aircraft, Tejas attacks with speed and agility.

Prime Minster Narendra Modi flew in India’s fighter aircraft Tejas on Saturday. PM Modi congratulated DRDO and HAL, and Indian Air Force. He expressed that the experience of flying in Tejas was incredible.

The first squadron of Rafale was raised at Ambala in Haryana to deal with the adversary on the western front while Hasimara is being raised to counter the Chinese threat on the eastern front

The Rafale aircraft will cover a distance of nearly 7,000 km from France to India with air-to-air refuelling and a single stop at a French airbase in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Ex-IAF chief BS Dhanoa has blamed the previous UPA government for its inordinate delay in purchasing Rafale fighter jets,and suggested that had wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman flown a Rafale last year, things would have been different. 

Defence experts on Monday hailed the arrest of a JeM operative from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, terming it a big success for security forces in the Valley. India has received first tranche of details about financial accounts of its residents in Swiss banks under a new automatic exchange of information framework between the two countries, marking a significant milestone in the fight against black money suspected to be stashed abroad. Here's the latest news of the day from across the country on MyNation in 100 seconds.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh, will be on a three-day visit to France where he would receive the first of 36 Rafale fighter jets manufactured for India

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who will be awarded the Vir Chakra, along with pilots of the five Mirage-2000 fighter jets that took part in Balakot strikes are likely to receive top military awards.

Pakistan fully closed its airspace on February 26 after the Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets struck a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist training camp in Balakot following the Pulwama terror attack

The integration of the missiles with the jets aims at reinforcing the combat capability of the Indian Air Force (IAF)

Facing a dipping number of fighter jets in India, PM Modi signed an SOS deal. In 2016, an inter-governmental deal was signed with France to purchase "ready-made" 36 Rafale aircraft from Dassault aviation.