Indian Air Force

The process of identifying the Chief of Defence Staff has been initiated and the name will be announced soon, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday.

Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane, the senior-most officer among the three services, has taken over as the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee.

The Indian Air Force informed about the passing away of the officer and offered condolences to the bereaved family.

Equipped with a state-of-the-art milimeter wave seeker, the SANT missile can neutralise targets in a range of up to 10 kilometres.

The Indian Army has set up a website (https://generalbipinrawattributes.in/) where people may pay their respects to the former Army Chief.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh informed parliament on Thursday that the IAF has launched a tri-service probe, which would be led by Air Marshal Manvendra Singh, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Training Command.

In a letter to the principal of the Army Public School in Chandimandir, Haryana, Group Captain Singh wrote to the children that not everyone would thrive in school and not everyone would be able to score in the 90s.

The chopper's Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder have also been recovered from the accident site.

A native of Ponnukkara in Kerala's Thrissur district, Indian Air Force's junior warrant officer Pradeep Arakkal lost his life in the Mi-17V5 chopper crash near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday (December 8). CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 10 others too died in this tragic incident.

Singh informed Parliament that the Indian Air Force has initiated a tri-service investigation into the military helicopter accident, which would be conducted by Air Marshal Manavendra Singh.