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*The only naval ship to be acquired from USA
Ans : INS Jalashwa
*Indian Navy commissioned INS Sardar Patel Naval Base in Porbandar (9h May 2015, Gujarat)
*First indigenously built Scorpene class submarine launched on 6th April 2015 .
Ans : INS Kalvari
INDIAN AIRFORCE
* Royal Indian Airforce was established on
Ans : 8th October 1932.
*Royal Indian Airforce was renamed into Indian Airforce on
Ans : 26th January 1950.
* Indian Airforce has seven commands
*The first & only Marshal of Indian Air Force
Ans : Arjan Singh
*Southern Air command was established on
Ans : 19th July 1984
*Headquarters of Southern Air command is at
Ans : Thiruvananthapuram
*The Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi inaugurated the Headquarters of Southern Air command at Belhaven Palace, Thiruvananthapuram.
*Highest rank attainable in the Indian Airforce
Ans : Marshal
*The head of Indian Air Force Chief of the Air Staff Indian Airforce Museum is situated at
Ans : Palam Airforce Station (New Delhi)
*India’s first Overseas Military base is located at
Ans : Farkhor (Tajikistan)
*The aerobatics demonstration team of the Indian Air Force formed in 1996
Ans : ‘SuryaKiran’
Motto
* Motto of Indian Airforce
Ans : ‘Touch the Sky with Glory' (The motto is taken from Bhagavath Gita)
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*India’s advanced light weight fighter plane
Ans : Thejas
*India’s first indigenously built light multi utitlity aircraft
Ans : Saras
*Fighter plane borrowed by India from France
Ans : Mirage 2000
*Fighter planes borrowed by India from Israel
Ans : Falcon
*Fighter planes borrowed by India from Russia
Ans : Mig, Sukhoi - 30
*The Remote operated robot developed by DRDO for locating, handling and destroying hazardous objects safetly
Ans : Daksh
Indian Presidents in Fighter Planes
*First woman President to fly in a fighter aircraft
Ans : Pratibha Patil (Sukhoi 30 MKI)
*First Indian President to fly in a 'fighter aircraft
Ans : A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (Sukhoi 30 MKI)
*The Commanding Officer of air fighter in which A.P.J. Abdul Kalam flew
Ans : Wing Commander Ajay Rathore
*The first Indian President to sail in a submarine
Ans : Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
