Indian Air Force Celebrates 80 Years of Excellence

Bangalore: The Indian Air force is set to colour the skies once again this year on the Indian Air force day on 8^th October 2012. It marks the 80th anniversary, established since 8^th Oct 1932.

The Indian Air force is the air arm of India Armed forces and combats in the aerial warfare, to protect the country in any external or internal threat as per the constitution. The Commander in Chief of the India Air Force is The President of India, at present which is Pranab Mukherjee.  

The present Air Commodore Sanjeev Kapoor addressed the media and said every year this day is celebrated with enthusiasm and fervor.

Kapoor said “On the occasion of its 80th anniversary, we are organizing various functions this week for our air warriors and their families. On the October 3, we organized a friendly exhibition match between 50 independent Para brigade army and air force”, reported by Newstrack India.

This day is marked by air display by diverse aircrafts, as a part of the Air Force Day Parade and Investiture Ceremony at Hindan Air force station. The rehearsals started from 1^st October 2012.

IAF officials confirmed that this year’s display will not have an aerobatic team, but said that other aircraft, including fighters and recently acquired transport aircraft, will perform a fly-past. Wazirpur bridge, Karwalnagar, Afjalpur, Hindan, Shamli , Jiwana , Chandinagar, Hindon, Hapur, Philkua, Ghaziabad, Hindan are the areas where the aircraft will fly at low levels.

The air display will begin with sky divers of Akash Ganga team bearing flag dropping out of AN-32 aircraft as per Defence Forum of India.