GUARDIANS OF THE SKIES “THE INDIAN-AIR FORCCE"
BORN OF INDIAN AIR FORCE
THE INDIAN AIR FORCE, ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL FORCES IN THE WORLD,HAS DISPLAYED EXCELLENCE SINCE ITS EXISTENCE OF 85 YEARS.MANY WILL BE SHOCKED TO KNOW THAT IT DIDN’T ACTUALLY START AS THE INIAN FORCE.IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN TH YEAR 1932 AS THE ROYAL AIR FORCE,AS AN AUXILIARY UNIT TO THE BRITISH ROYAL AIR FORCE.THE DATE THE FIRST SQUADRON IAF SQUADRON NUMBER 1 COMMISSIONED ON THE 1STOF APRIL 1932 WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE WESTLAND WAPITI BIPLANES.ALTHOUGH THE PLANES WILL NOT LOOK HARMFUL AT ALL NOW,JUST REMEMBER WHAT PEOPLE OFTEN SAY ABOUT NOT JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER! THE WAPITI PROVED TO BE A LANDMARK IN THE HISTORY OF MANY AIR FORCES AROUND THE WORLD AS A VERY BASIC INTRODUCTRY AIRCRAFT.AND THUS THE INNDIAN AIR FORCE WAS BORN.
WHAT IS INDIAN AIR FORCE?
SINCE INDEPENDENCE,THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE FORCE ITSELF HASEN;T SEEMED TO SLOW DOWN.IT PLAYED A VERY INSTRUMENTAL ROLE BY TRANSPORTING TROOPS TO THE FORTLINE DURING THE KASHMEIR CRISIS IMMEDIATELY THE INDEPENDENCE.THE FIRST MAJOR MISSION THAT THE IAF INVOLVED IN WAS THE CONGO CRISIS AND THEN THE ANNEXATION OF GOA.WHEN BELGIUM 75 YEAR ON CORGOENDED PRECIPITIOUSLY,IT SENT THE COUNTRY INTO A REBILLION.BEING THE ABID SUPPORTER OF THE UN PEACEKEEPING FORCES,THE IAF ACTIVATED ITS NUMBER 5 SQUADRON EQUIPPED WITH THE ENGLISH MADE ELECTRIS CANBERRA.THE IAF WAS IMMENSELY SUCCESSFUL IN ITS MISSION IN THE CONGO BY DESTROYING THE REBEL AIR FORCE AND PROVIDING THE UN THE ONLY LONG-RANGE AIR SUPPORT THEY HAD.
CONCLUSION
THEY ALWAYS PROTECTED US.WE SHOULD SALUTE THEM. A BIG SALUTE!!!!
THANK YOU !!!!
By
SNEHA SURESH
Grade 7C
Orchids The International School Vivekananda.
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