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Anticipating the enormity of the situation in Ukraine as around 14,000 Indian nationals are still in the war-torn country, the government officials said that the IAF is ready with an evacuation plan.

The official statement of IAF stated, "The DC of Chikkaballapur contacted Air Force Station Yelahanka with an SOS message about a young trekker stuck in Bramhagiri Rocks in Nandi Hills after slipping and falling 300 feet below."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said last month that the S-400 missile defence deal between India and Russia has a very important meaning for the Indian defence capability and it is being implemented despite the US attempting to "undermine" the cooperation.

Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari said on Saturday that complete disengagement at the Line of Actual Control with China has not taken place so the force continues to remain deployed at forward locations.

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Air Force (IAF) flight-tested the indigenously designed and developed Helicopter launched Stand-off Anti-tank (SANT) Missile from Pokhran ranges on December 11, 2021.

CDS General Bipin Rawat and 12 others passed away in an unfortunate chopper crash in Tamil Nadu on Dec 8, 2021.

As a mark of tribute to CDS General Bipin Rawat, an artist from Amroha in UP made an 8-ft-tall charcoal painting of the great soldier. Watch this video.

A new video has emerged which shows the Mi-17 chopper carrying CDS Bipin Rawat and 13 others before it crashed near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. The video was shared by locals present near the accident spot.

"I had the privilege of meeting with him earlier this year and viewed him as a valued partner and friend of the United States," Austin said.

One such incident happened 58 years ago on November 22, 1963 in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, in which Lieutenant General Daulat Singh and Lieutenant General Bikram Singh were victims.

A military helicopter carrying Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat and 13 other Defence officials crashed in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor on Wednesday.

The flight of the bomb and the performance was monitored by a number of range sensors including the Electro Optical Tracking System (EOTS), telemetry, and radar deployed by the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur in Odisha.

These visuals show the Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel rescuing villagers at Pilhibit in Uttar Pradesh. Many villages were inundated, leaving villagers stranded and helpless. Later, IAF helicopters reached the area and air-lifted the villagers.

These stunning visuals show the Indian Air Force's full dress rehearsal Parade at Hindon Air Base in Ghaziabad ahead of the 89th Anniversary Celebration of the IAF on October 8.

He also said that IAF is capable of dealing with a two-front war with China and Pakistan, but "the matter of concern is dissemination of western tactics and weapons from Pakistan to China".