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_nPrism Books, Kadavanthra
041 _aEnglish
082 _a358.4
_bARI/AI
100 _aArjit Ghosh
245 _aAIR WARRIORS
_b: True Stories of Valour And Courage From Indian Air Force
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260 _aHaryana
_bPenguin Veer
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500 _aA newly independent country acquires its first heavy bomber from an Aircraft Graveyard and flies it for two decades! A young Flight Lieutenant flies a daring dawn attack on a heavily defended Pakistani Airfield in the 1965 War and returns safely. Only to perish in a crash a week later. Two wartime foes, one of whom shoots down the other in air combat, meet later as friends in life. These and other compelling human-interest stories form the backbone of Air Warriors, an anthology of untold stories from the Indian Air Force. From the fascinating story of the inception of the Thunderbolts to how fifty-seven people were flown out from Car Nicobar after the 2004 Tsunami in a single Avro rescue mission authorised to fly only twenty-five passengers, the book is told from the viewpoint of the actual protagonists against the backdrop of day-to-day life in the Indian Air Force.
505 _a1. Aces High - The Pioneers and The birth of Air Force (1917-1960) 2. Bomber That Flew in from Aircraft Graveyard (1948-1969) 3. IAF in the year 1962 War (1962) 4. Foes Turned Friends and High Flying Enemy (1965) 5. Hitting Sargodha and the Search for Flight Lieutenant Tapn Chaudhuri (1965) 6. Notes from War Dairy of Fighter Controller (1971) 7. Forming of Thunderbolts (1981-1982) 8. IAF in Kargil Operations (1999) 9. Maldives Ahoy (2004) 10. Born and Raised in IAF (1986-2010)
650 _aPublic Administration
650 _aMilitary Science
650 _aAir forces and other advanced weaponry
650 _aAir Forces
650 _aFighters & Interceptors
650 _aIndian Air Force Warriors
650 _aKargil War
650 _aIndian Air Force Life
650 _aOperation Vijay
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