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Indian Air Force
Motto: Nabha Sparsham Deeptam
Touch the Sky with Glory
Headquarters
New Delhi
History and Traditions
History of the Indian Air Force
Establishment October 08, 1932
Personnel
Marshal of the Indian Air Force
Chief of the Air Staff
Indian Air Force ranks and insignia
Aircraft
Aircraft of the IAF
Installations
Bases

The Garud Commando Force is the special forces unit of the Indian Air Force. The Indian Air Force (Devanāgarī भारतीय वायु सेना IAST Bhartiya Vāyu Senā is the air arm of the Armed Forces of India and has the A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Nabha Sparsham Deeptam ( Sanskrit: नभः स्पर्शं दीप्तम nəbʰəh spərɕəm d̪iːpt̪əm New Delhi (नई दिल्ली ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ نئی دلی is the Capital city of India. The history of the Indian Air Force began with its establishment in 1932 and continues up to the present day Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh, DFC (15 April 1919- is the only officer of the Indian Air Force to be promoted to Five star rank The head of the Indian Air Force is known as the Chief of the Air Staff (currently Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major The following graphs presents the officer ranks of the Indian Air Force. The Indian Air Force, often abbreviated as the IAF, is the world's fourth largest air force after those of the United States Russia and China and operates more than 1430 combat The Indian Air Force currently operates seven Air Commands. Each Command is headed by a Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the rank of Air Marshal. The Special Forces of India are Indian Military units that have a training specializing in Special operations. The Indian Air Force (Devanāgarī भारतीय वायु सेना IAST Bhartiya Vāyu Senā is the air arm of the Armed Forces of India and has the It was formed in 2003 and has a strength of 1000-1500 personnel.

Indian Air force has started its elite force for the protection of its vital squadrons and aircraft all over the world, presently the GARUDs are deployed in Congo peace keeping operations. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to As the training centre is near Delhi, optees are trained with paratroopers of Indian army.

The unit derives it's name from that of Garuda, a divine bird-like creature of Hindu Mythology. GARUDA is India's Grid Computing initiative connecting 17 cities across the country A Hindu ( Devanagari: हिन्दू is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, Philosophical The word mythology (from the Greek grc μυθολογία mythología, meaning "a story-telling a legendary lore"

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