Did you know IAF's motto is taken from Bhagavad Gita; 10 Facts about Indian Air Force-

The Indian Air Force started with only 25 soldiers, today has more than one and a half lakh of them. Here are some more interesting facts about the Indian Air Force on the occasion of IAF Day

NewsBharati 08-Oct-2022 09:48:59 AM

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Indian Air Force is celebrating its 90th Foundation Day today. The Indian Air Force started with only 25 soldiers, today has more than one and a half lakh of them. In all the wars India has fought to date, the Indian Air Force has played an important role. Here are some more interesting facts about the Indian Air Force:

1. With around 1, 70,000 personnel and 1,500 aircraft, the Indian Air Force is the seventh-strongest and fourth-largest air force in the world

IAF has shown its strength in four wars with Pakistan and one with China

The Roundel Logo on the IAF planes and flag has been changed four times since 1933

Its motto "Nabha Sparsham Deeptham", which means 'touch the sky with glory', is taken from the eleventh chapter of Bhagavad Gita. It comprises the discourse given by Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra

Farkhor Airbase located near Tajikistan is India's first ond only military base in a foreign land

6. IAF created world record by performing the highest landing of a C-130J at the Daulat Beg Oldi airstrip in Ladakh at the height of 16,614 feet

7. Nirmal Jit Sekhon is the only IAF officer to have been honoured with the Param Vir Chakra for his bravery in the 1971 India-Pakistan war

8. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay was the first woman Air Marshal and first woman officer to become a specialist in aviation medicine

IAF has the largest air base in Asia. It has over 60 air bases all over India

10. The highest Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force is at 22,000 ft (or 6,706 m), Siachen Glacier AFS

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