indian air force is ranked fourth in the world.
indian air force is ranked fourth in the world.
rank of indian air force in the world?
fourth
integrated space cell, under the integrated defense staff headquarters of the indian ministry of defense, has been set up to utilize more effectively the country's space-based assets for military purposes and to look into threats to these assets. this command will leverage space technology including satellites. unlike an aerospace command, where the air force controls most of its activities, the integrated space cell envisages cooperation and coordination between the three services as well as civilian agencies dealing with space. with 14 satellites, including gsat-7a for the exclusive military use and the rest as dual use satellites, india has the fourth largest number of satellites active in the sky which includes satellites for the exclusive use of indian air force and indian navy respectively. gsat-7a, an advanced military communications satellite exclusively for the indian air force, is similar to indian navy's gsat-7, and gsat-7a will enhance network-centric warfare capabilities of the indian air force by interlinking different ground radar stations, ground airbase and airborne early warning and control (awacs) aircraft such as beriev a-50 phalcon and drdo aew&cs. gsat-7a will also be used by indian army's aviation corps for its helicopters and uav's operations. in 2013, isro launched gsat-7 for the exclusive use of the indian navy to monitor the indian ocean region (ior) with the satellite's 2,000 nautical mile 'footprint' and real-time input capabilities to indian warships, submarines and maritime aircraft. to boost the network-centric operations of the iaf, isro launched gsat-7a on 19 december 2018. the risat series of radar-imaging earth observation satellites is also meant for military use. isro launched emisat on april 1, 2019. emisat is a electronic intelligence (elint) satellite which has a weight of 436-kg. it will help improve the situational awareness of the indian armed forces by providing information and location of hostile radars.
indian space research organisation
in the indian air force, the chief of air staff (cas) (currently acm birender singh dhanoa) holds the rank of air chief marshal. the position of the cas was upgraded from air marshal to air chief marshal in 1966. the first iaf officer to hold this rank was air chief marshal arjan singh (later promoted to the five-star rank of marshal of the indian air force) who was promoted to the rank in 1966 while he served as the cas. post 1966, all the indian air chiefs have held the rank. as of 2014, 19 indian chiefs of the air staff have held the rank. in the indian air force the honorary promotion of arjan singh to marshal of the indian air force in 2002 resulted in indian air chief marshals no longer being the most senior iaf officers until singh's death in 2017.
air chief marshal