Defence from the Skies - Hardcover

I have wanted this Book for ever, i first saw it at a bookseller in Delhi and forgot to buy it in 1944 My Father (RAF)was promoted to Squadron Leader and left for Palel India and in 1946 he came home to England and Married my Mum. while there he made many good Friends Arjan Singh. and many more so My Girl Friend and soon to be Wife mailed me this fine book.from India it is very well written and the Photos are GREAT!!!!!! i am a scale Plastic Air Plane Maker of British and Commenwealth Airforces and The IAF and after taking on Pakiland air force and beating them i love reading this Book on their Airforce and storys of Her Men and Machines i put a plastic dust jacket cover to take care of it, if any one out there Loves The IAF and due to bills can afford only One really good Book buy this one. and you may well Love it as Much as I Do. I Want to Thank The Indian Air Force My Dad, Arjan Singh and My Future Wife Victoria and Last but Not Least Amazon for having it for sale through its Sellers. Thank You all --By Kurt G. Zeigler on August 9, 2013

Its an average attempt to write about the IAF history and all that gyaaan. It does not contain any pictures. The writer just goes ga-ga on IAF did this, IAF did that etc. etc. On the other hand, if you notice, Indian Army never really gave that kind of credit to IAF actions in any of the wars (excluding transport jobs) in comparison to the way IAF goes ga-ga. If you see 1965, when IAF was equipped as well as was tasked for action (unlike 1962, when they say government did't allowed them to do action), IAF suffered more losses that Pakistan, and were able to survive only because they had more planes than PAF. --Aditya Bansal Mar 19, 2015

Indian Air Force now completes 80 years since it was formed as an independent component of India s armed forces. Time and again, the air force has performed magnificently even against severe odds, and built up a professional reputation that is the envy of leading air forces of the word. This volume, as the Second Edition of the earlier volume published in 2007 has been extensively revised and updated. Air Forces are unique in the sense that they are the only national military institution exclusively devoted to military operations in the aerospace continuum. The Indian Air Force is no different. But their dominant role in modern warfare, the high costs of aerospace power, and a host of other factors demand closer attention to their role in modern defence and the protection of national interests. Air Forces don t win wars by themselves; and no one in the Indian Air Force has ever claimed it. But no war can be won without them. We learnt that seminal lesson the hard way when we did not use the potent force of the IAF s combat fleet in the Sino-Indian War of 1962. It is from this perspective that this study or rather an interpretative essay reflecting on the significant issues and events of the past 80 years approaches the challenges the Indian Air Force faces in the coming decades. IAF combat force levels have slumped while its commitments are rapidly growing in consonance with our expanding economic and political interests well beyond our territorial boundaries.