New weapon systems wing-How Air Force’s branches expanded and evolved from RAF to IAF


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In his address at the Air Force Day parade saturday, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari announced the setting up of a new branch in the officer cadre for the first time since Independence, though a major reorganisation of the branch system was last done in 1971. This new branch represents a much-needed reform. But let us first return to 1932, 90 years to the date, when the IAF was formed. If you queued up to join the Indian Air Force as an officer in its year of inception, you would have been offered just one...