IAF enhancing capabilities amid growing challenges: Bhadauria
Quote: Tech to play major role
Rapid infusion of niche technology and combat power in every facet of our operations has never been as intense as it is now: RKS Bhadauria, IAF chief
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, June 19
The Indian Air Force is undergoing monumental transformation with rapid infusion of niche technology and combat power in every facet due to rapidly evolving security challenges, said the IAF Chief, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria while addressing the combined graduation parade at the Air Force Academy in Hyderabad.
He said the past few decades had clearly established the critical role of air power in achieving victory in any conflict. “It is in this backdrop that the IAF’s ongoing capability enhancement assumes tremendous significance,” the IAF Chief said.
He said the officers passing out today were fortunate to be joining the IAF at this juncture. “The pilots will get to fly fighters carrying an array of potent weapons. The transport and helicopter fleets are well-equipped with state-of-the-art machinery and are capable of contributing equally effectively in war,” he said.
The engineers, he said, would need to master the largest networked aircraft maintenance management system in the world that IAF had established. “Flight controllers will have to adapt to vectoring fighters in large formations using digitised and networked systems,” Bhadauria said.
