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Pakistan puts mannequin of IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on display at Karachi war museum
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Pakistan has displayed a mannequin of Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman inside a war museum
MiG-21 trainer aircraft crashes in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior, both pilots ejected safely
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A Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Gwalior airbase, Madhya Pradesh on 25 September

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman to receive Vir Chakra on Independence Day; Yudh Seva Medal for Minty Agarwal
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Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer, is to be awarded the Vir Chakra for shooting down a Pakistani F-16 during a dogfight over the Line of Control (LoC) on 27 February
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman to be awarded Vir Chakra; five Mirage pilots, who carried out Balakot airstrikes, to be conferred Vayu Sena medal
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Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer, is likely to be awarded a Vir Chakra for shooting down a Pakistani F-16 during a dogfight over the Line of Control on 27 February,
Inducting Rafale jets on time would have further tilted results of Balakot air strikes in India’s favour, says Air Chief Marshal
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Technology was on India's side in the Balakot air strikes, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said, asserting that the results would have been further tilted in the country's favour if Rafale jets were inducted in time

Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami seeks Param Vir Chakra for IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman
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Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to confer Param Vir Chakra, the country's highest military honour, on IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman
IAF quality audit in 2013 blamed UPA, NDA govts of inaction to address issues of fund crunch, vintage aircraft
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The 2013 confidential quality audit report of the IAF clearly indicts the decision makers in the UPA and previous governments including NDA 1 headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Rafale row: Legal wrangles must not divert attention from shortage of aircraft, efforts to modernise IAF
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Rafale row: If India is again going to be mired in a scandal and finger-pointing, New Delhi will lose sight of its primary objective which is to modernise the Indian Air Force

Bengaluru hairstylist gives ‘Abhinandan haircut’ to 650 people free of cost; hopes to instill patriotism among youth
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Inspired by wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman's bravado, his haircut and the gunslinger moustache, a hair-designer gave over 650 people a similar look free of cost
IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman to return from Pakistan today: All you need to know about rights of a prisoner of war
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The capture and detainment of Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman by Pakistan on Wednesday is being perceived as a turning point in the rising hostilities between the neighbours in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack in February.