IAF helicopter Apache helicopter makes emergency landing in Ladakh
11 months, 3 weeks ago

IAF helicopter Apache helicopter makes emergency landing in Ladakh

Hindustan Times  

An Indian Air Force's Apache helicopter made an emergency landing in Ladakh and sustained damage due to undulating terrain and high altitude, the IAF said on Thursday. IAF helicopters conduct trials on national highway The incident took place days after the IAF Chinook, Mi-17 and ALH helicopters landed on a stretch of the national highway linking Kashmir with the rest of the country as part of an Emergency Landing Facility drill, the first such exercise in Jammu and Kashmir. According to officials, two US-manufactured Chinook, one Russian-made Mi-17 and two Advance Light helicopters landed on the Wanpoh-Sangam stretch of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in the early hours of Tuesday. Emergency landing strip in J-K Work on the 3.5-km emergency landing strip was started in 2020 and completed late last year as part of a programme initiated by the IAF along with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for the creation of ELFs at different locations across the country.

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IAF helicopter makes emergency landing in KGF
6 months ago

IAF helicopter makes emergency landing in KGF

New Indian Express  

KOLAR: A Chetak helicopter belonging to the Indian Air Force, which was on its way from Yelahanka Air Force Station, Bengaluru, to Thambaram Air Force Station, Chennai, made an emergency landing, reportedly due to technical problems, in Doddur Karpanahalli of KGF taluk. Speaking to TNIE, KGF Superintendent of Police KM Shantharaju said that locals who were in their fields informed …

Uttarakhand: Helicopter makes emergency landing due to technical snag in Kedarnath | WATCH
10 months ago

Uttarakhand: Helicopter makes emergency landing due to technical snag in Kedarnath | WATCH

India TV News  

Kedarnath Yatra: A helicopter carrying seven people, including the pilot, made an emergency landing in Uttarakhand's Kedarnath early on Friday due to a technical snag. It developed a technical snag in its rear motor, prompting the pilot to make an emergency landing a few metres from the helipad in Kedarnath, he said citing preliminary reports. FIR against issuance of fake …

IAF Choppers Join Rescue Op In Maharashtra's Yavatmal As Locals Stranded Due To Flood — WATCH
1 year, 8 months ago

IAF Choppers Join Rescue Op In Maharashtra's Yavatmal As Locals Stranded Due To Flood — WATCH

ABP News  

The Indian Air Force as well as the State Disaster Response Force is engaged in rescue work in a village in Mahagaon tehsil of eastern Maharashtra's Yavatmal district on Saturday evening. Two helicopters of the Indian Air Force reached the spot to take part in the rescue operation, news agency PTI reported officials as saying. #WATCH | Maharashtra: Rescue operation …

IAF's Apache helicopter makes emergency landing in MP's Bhind
1 year, 10 months ago

IAF's Apache helicopter makes emergency landing in MP's Bhind

India TV News  

Air Force's Apache helicopter on Monday made an emergency landing in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind. "An Apache AH-64 helicopter of the IAF carried out a precautionary landing near Bhind, during routine operational training. Earlier in March, three-member crew was rescued by a naval patrol aircraft after an Indian Navy Advanced Light Helicopter on a routine sortie made an emergency landing off …

Army ALH Dhruv helicopter crashed in J&K
1 year, 10 months ago

Army ALH Dhruv helicopter crashed in J&K

Live Mint  

An Army ALH Dhruv Helicopter carrying two personnel crashed near Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday. The crashed ALH Dhruv helicopter was on an operational mission in the Kishtwar region of Jammu and Kashmir. The Army aviation Corps' helicopter made a precautionary landing on the banks of Marua river in the Kishtwar region of Jammu and Kashmir due to technical …

Rajasthan: IAF helicopter makes emergency landing in Jodhpur after glitch
2 years ago

Rajasthan: IAF helicopter makes emergency landing in Jodhpur after glitch

India TV News  

Rajasthan: An India Air Force Mi-17 helicopter with 20 airmen made an emergency landing in the Lohawat area of Jodhpur. The helicopter made a precautionary landing due to some technical glitch on Sunday afternoon. According to Badri Prasad, Circle Inspector, Lohawat Police Station, two MI-17 helicopters of the Indian Air Force had taken off from the Jodhpur air force station …

IAF helicopter makes emergency landing in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district; crew safe
2 years, 7 months ago

IAF helicopter makes emergency landing in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district; crew safe

India TV News  

Highlights The Indian Air Force chopper had developed a technical snag The helicopter landed at a farm field in Hanumangarh Visuals from the site showed locals gathered around the chopper as it landed in the field IAF helicopter emergency landing: A helicopter of the Indian Air Force made an emergency landing in Rajasthan on Tuesday. Station House Officer of Sangaria …

National highway in Jalore doubles up as Air Force emergency landing base, work on over 20 strips to start soon
3 years, 6 months ago

National highway in Jalore doubles up as Air Force emergency landing base, work on over 20 strips to start soon

India Today  

Forty kilometres from the border with Pakistan, Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jets -- transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force -- landed on a national highway that doubles up as an emergency landing field. Defence minister Rajnath Singh and Minister and Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari landed on this highway in a C130 J transport aircraft for the inauguration …

Video: IAF's Su-30MKI, Apache attack helicopter carry out air operations near Indo-China border
4 years, 8 months ago

Video: IAF's Su-30MKI, Apache attack helicopter carry out air operations near Indo-China border

India TV News  

The Indian Air Force on Saturday carried out air operations at a forward base near India-China border. Visuals on ANI showed Su-30MKI fighter aircraft and Apache attack helicopter moving in and out of the airbase near the border with China. The American-origin attack chopper along with its heavy-lift counterpart Chinook have played an important role in the area after the …

IAF Cheetah helicopter makes emergency landing on expressway in Baghpat, UP
4 years, 11 months ago

IAF Cheetah helicopter makes emergency landing on expressway in Baghpat, UP

India TV News  

An Indian Air Force Cheetah helicopter made an emergency landing Thursday on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh. The Cheetah Helicopter is a high-performance helicopter designed for operation over a very wide range of weight, centre of gravity and altitude conditions. Prior to that, in October 2019, a helicopter of the Indian Army carrying then chief …

IAF to induct 8 Apache attack helicopters today at Pathankot
5 years, 6 months ago

IAF to induct 8 Apache attack helicopters today at Pathankot

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force will add the much-needed lethal punch to its attack capabilities with the induction of eight US-made Apache AH-64E helicopters on Tuesday. The Apache helicopters will be the second US-built helicopters to join the Indian air force fleet. IAF inducted Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters on 25 March. The Apaches are likely to be stationed …

Watch: IAF’s Apache helicopter being unpacked at Hindan Air Force Station
5 years, 6 months ago

Watch: IAF’s Apache helicopter being unpacked at Hindan Air Force Station

Live Mint  

Indian Air Force will finally get its latest induction; the AH-64E Apache helicopters. Boeing, the US-based manufacturer of Apache helicopters, had delivered the first batch of four choppers on 27 July at the Hindan Air Base in Ghaziabad. The AH-64E Apache for the Indian Air Force completed successful first flights in July 2018. The first batch of Indian Air Force …

Apache attack helicopters to be inducted into IAF at Pathankot on 3 September
5 years, 7 months ago

Apache attack helicopters to be inducted into IAF at Pathankot on 3 September

Live Mint  

The US-made Apache AH-64E attack helicopters will be inducted into the Indian Air Force at Pathankot in Punjab on September 3, an official said on Friday. The IAF is organising an induction ceremony of Apache AH-64E helicopters at the Pathankot air force station on September 3, Defence Spokesman Lt Col Devender Anand said. The delivery of the first batch of …

Apache attack helicopters to be inducted into IAF at Pathankot on September 3
5 years, 7 months ago

Apache attack helicopters to be inducted into IAF at Pathankot on September 3

India TV News  

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will induct US-made Apache AH-64E attack helicopters into the Indian Air Force at Pathankot in Punjab on September 3, an official said on Friday. The IAF is organising an induction ceremony of Apache AH-64E helicopters at the Pathankot air force station on September 3, Defence Spokesman Lt Col Devender Anand said. The delivery of the first …

IAF deploys two helicopters in Bihar’s Darbhanga to provide relief to flood-affected victims
5 years, 8 months ago

IAF deploys two helicopters in Bihar’s Darbhanga to provide relief to flood-affected victims

Firstpost  

The Indian Air Force has pressed into service two helicopters to provide succour to flood-affected victims in Darbhanga, Sitamarhi and Madhubani districts of Bihar. Darbhanga: The Indian Air Force has pressed into service two helicopters to provide succour to flood-affected victims in Darbhanga, Sitamarhi and Madhubani districts of Bihar. The helicopters, which have been stationed at Darbhanga, were deployed by …

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