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performing the highest landing of a C-130J at the Daulat Beg Oldi
airstrip in Ladakh at the height of 16,614 feet (5,065 metres). The

medium-lift aircraft will be used to deliver troops, supplies and improve

communication networks. The aircraft belonged to the Veiled Vipers
squadron based at Hindon Air Force Station.

99. On 13 July 2014, two MiG-21s were sent from Jodhpur Air Base to

investigate a Turkish Airlines aircraft over Jaisalmer when it repeated an
identification code provided by another commercial passenger plane that

had entered Indian airspace before it. The flights were on their way to

Mumbai and Delhi, and the planes were later allowed to proceed after
their credentials were verified.

100. On 25 July 2014, an advanced landing helicopter crashed in a field near
Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh, on its way to Allahabad from Bareilly. At least

7 people were killed as a result. On 28 March 2014, C-130J-30 KC-3803
crashed near Gwalior, India, killing all 5 personnel aboard. The aircraft

was conducting low-level penetration training by flying at around 300 ft

when it ran into wake turbulence from another aircraft in the formation,
which caused it to crash.

101. On 2 January 2016, the Pathankot Air Force Station was attacked by

terrorists resulting in seven casualties.

102. On 22 November 2017 at 10:40 am, the IAF became the first air force in

the world to successfully fire an air-launched 2.8 Mach surface attack
BrahMos missile.

Motto of the Indian Air Force

103. Touch the sky with glory — ‘Nabha Sparsham Deeptam’.

Branches

104. The Air Force has the following branches:

Flying Engineering-Technical Ground Duties
Branch branch Branch