family members in case of the recipient's death). The history of present-day Indiangallantryawards can be traced back to the rule of the East India Company...
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, when eleven were given to the IndianAirForce. Provision was made for the awardof a bar for a second awardof the Maha Vir Chakra...
'Victory'), which was the codename of the Indian military operation in the region. The IndianAirForce acted jointly with the Indian Army to flush out the Pakistan...
internal threats. It is a major component of national power, alongside the Indian Navy and the IndianAirForce. The army has been involved in four wars...
highest peacetime gallantryaward. Of them, one is from the AirForce and the remainder are from the Army. Eleven officers received the award posthumously...
United States Air Force, United States Navy, or the United States Marine Corps. Before the founding of the United States AirForce Academy in 1955, the...
(1923–1965):, Indian Army officer and commanding officer of the Poona Horse, winnerof the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest award for gallantryAir Chief Marshal...
Navy from Surgeon Lieutenant to Surgeon Vice Admiral and in the IndianAirForce as an Air Marshal. Sarin was born into a naval family. Her father was a...
November 22, 1942) is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States AirForce (USAF) officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, in which...
under-represented in the Indian Armed Forces, as compared to Hindus and Sikhs, several Indian military Muslim personnel have earned gallantryawards and high ranks...
service] [AirForce] [Coast Guard], distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty...
being outnumbered by the advancing Indian Army, the Pakistan Army called-in the Pakistan AirForce to repel the Indian attack on the base. Expecting another...
(1923–1965):, Indian Army officer and commanding officer of the Poona Horse, winnerof the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest award for gallantryAir Chief Marshal...
recognition of "an act or acts of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land" to all members of the British Armed Forces of any rank...
contrast to the rising cost and size of typical combat aircraft, it was procured as a trainer aircraft for the Royal AirForce (RAF) as well as by export customers...
elephants or vehicles. 18 to 24 different regiments of the Indian Army in addition to the Navy, and AirForce (total nearly 55)) with their bands march past...
posthumously) for acts of bravery and gallantry in combat. Most awards were granted after the end of the Civil War with two late awards to Andrew Jackson Smith...