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Passing Out Parade At Officers Training Academy, Chennai
by Suman Sharma
A total of 215 gentlemen and 57 lady cadets including 01 foreign gentlemen cadet passed out from the portal of Officers Training Academy (OTA) here today, before they move on to join operational regiments across the length and breadth of the country. There were a total of 07 representation from Tamil Nadu out of which 03 are from Chennai.
The parade was reviewed by General Bikram Singh, Chief of the Army Staff. In his address the general officer highlighted the glorious achievements of the Armoured Forces and especially of the Indian Army. An Officer has to be vigilant and cautious while discharging his duty irrespective of terrain, climate and personal comfort. "Being a soldier means devoting yourselves to the Nation", says General to the passing out cadets.
General Bikram Singh awarded the Sword of Honour to Academy under Officer Chandra Mauli for his outstanding all rounder performance, Gold Medal to Battalion under Officer Seema Nayal and the Chief of Army Staff banner to the 'Basantar Company' for best all rounder company.
The spectacular parade was followed by a Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Martyrs Memorial and the Pipping Ceremony. The joyful eyes of the parents assembled near the pipping lawn to witness their children shouldering new responsibilities to guard the Nation were an amazing sight to watch.
The passing out parade (POP), as it is generally called, is the most significant and spectacular event in the life of the cadets, as it marks their entry into the officer cadre of the Indian Army. It also means the end of an arduous training and the beginning of the privileges and thrills of the life in uniform. The arduous and grueling preparation is only one salient of the military training imparted at the Officers Training Academy, Chennai.
by Suman Sharma
A total of 215 gentlemen and 57 lady cadets including 01 foreign gentlemen cadet passed out from the portal of Officers Training Academy (OTA) here today, before they move on to join operational regiments across the length and breadth of the country. There were a total of 07 representation from Tamil Nadu out of which 03 are from Chennai.
The parade was reviewed by General Bikram Singh, Chief of the Army Staff. In his address the general officer highlighted the glorious achievements of the Armoured Forces and especially of the Indian Army. An Officer has to be vigilant and cautious while discharging his duty irrespective of terrain, climate and personal comfort. "Being a soldier means devoting yourselves to the Nation", says General to the passing out cadets.
General Bikram Singh awarded the Sword of Honour to Academy under Officer Chandra Mauli for his outstanding all rounder performance, Gold Medal to Battalion under Officer Seema Nayal and the Chief of Army Staff banner to the 'Basantar Company' for best all rounder company.
The spectacular parade was followed by a Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Martyrs Memorial and the Pipping Ceremony. The joyful eyes of the parents assembled near the pipping lawn to witness their children shouldering new responsibilities to guard the Nation were an amazing sight to watch.
The passing out parade (POP), as it is generally called, is the most significant and spectacular event in the life of the cadets, as it marks their entry into the officer cadre of the Indian Army. It also means the end of an arduous training and the beginning of the privileges and thrills of the life in uniform. The arduous and grueling preparation is only one salient of the military training imparted at the Officers Training Academy, Chennai.
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I can't find a USAAF WWII vintage aircraft with the name "Black Hawk."
There was a P-61 Black Widow.
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i also tried and searched for them, but only could find SR-71... may be you are correct, and media persons are wrong!!
one doubt, even after 70 years in muddy and rain forest condition, will be dead body parts be found!!!
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IAF, not Army, will get Apache attack helicopters: Govt
NEW DELHI: The defence ministry has rejected the Army's case for "ownership" of the 22 heavy-duty Apache helicopters, armed with deadly Hellfire and Stinger missiles, which India is all set to acquire from the US in a $1.4 billion contract.
The MoD, citing defence minister A K Antony's approval, has held the 22 AH-64D Apache Longbow gunships will "remain" with the IAF because the procurement deal was an "ongoing" one, which did not fall into category of "future" acquisitions, said officials.
The Army has been eyeing the Apache helicopters, that earlier defeated Russian Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant's Mi-28 Havoc choppers in the field trials conducted by IAF, for which the final commercial negotiations are now underway between MoD and Boeing.
Antony last year was compelled to step into the bitter turf war raging between Army and IAF for years, which publically erupted even during the 1999 Kargil conflict, over the ownership of attack helicopters.
The minister had then decided that "future" procurements of attack helicopters would be for the Army since the force contended it desperately needed the gunships to target enemy infantry and tanks on the ground.
But IAF argued it should be allowed to retain all the attack and medium-lift helicopters because it would be "very expensive" if the Army duplicated efforts and resources by getting its own "little air force". The "command and control" over IAF's two existing squadrons of Mi-25/35 attack helicopters was in any case in the hands of Army.
After MoD said the Army would also get its own attack helicopters to resolve the imbroglio, the force had laid claim to the "ownership" of the 22 Apache helicopters as well. "But the procurement process for the 22 Apache helicopters began much before the decision about giving Army ownership of future such inductions was taken," said a MoD official.
An undeterred Army, however, chalked out plans to have its own "mini" air force in the years ahead. Apart from creating a permanent cadre for the Army Aviation Corps, the force is raising "aviation brigades" for each of its three "strike" and 10 "pivot" corps.
The Army currently operates 195 Chetak/Chetak light observation helicopters as well as 70 Dhruv advanced light helicopters. Its long-term plans include three helicopter squadrons (10-12 choppers each) — armed or attack, reconnaissance and tactical lift — each for all its 13 corps as well as "a flight" of five fixed-wing aircraft each for its six regional or operational commands.
IAF, not Army, will get Apache attack helicopters: Govt - The Times of India
NEW DELHI: The defence ministry has rejected the Army's case for "ownership" of the 22 heavy-duty Apache helicopters, armed with deadly Hellfire and Stinger missiles, which India is all set to acquire from the US in a $1.4 billion contract.
The MoD, citing defence minister A K Antony's approval, has held the 22 AH-64D Apache Longbow gunships will "remain" with the IAF because the procurement deal was an "ongoing" one, which did not fall into category of "future" acquisitions, said officials.
The Army has been eyeing the Apache helicopters, that earlier defeated Russian Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant's Mi-28 Havoc choppers in the field trials conducted by IAF, for which the final commercial negotiations are now underway between MoD and Boeing.
Antony last year was compelled to step into the bitter turf war raging between Army and IAF for years, which publically erupted even during the 1999 Kargil conflict, over the ownership of attack helicopters.
The minister had then decided that "future" procurements of attack helicopters would be for the Army since the force contended it desperately needed the gunships to target enemy infantry and tanks on the ground.
But IAF argued it should be allowed to retain all the attack and medium-lift helicopters because it would be "very expensive" if the Army duplicated efforts and resources by getting its own "little air force". The "command and control" over IAF's two existing squadrons of Mi-25/35 attack helicopters was in any case in the hands of Army.
After MoD said the Army would also get its own attack helicopters to resolve the imbroglio, the force had laid claim to the "ownership" of the 22 Apache helicopters as well. "But the procurement process for the 22 Apache helicopters began much before the decision about giving Army ownership of future such inductions was taken," said a MoD official.
An undeterred Army, however, chalked out plans to have its own "mini" air force in the years ahead. Apart from creating a permanent cadre for the Army Aviation Corps, the force is raising "aviation brigades" for each of its three "strike" and 10 "pivot" corps.
The Army currently operates 195 Chetak/Chetak light observation helicopters as well as 70 Dhruv advanced light helicopters. Its long-term plans include three helicopter squadrons (10-12 choppers each) — armed or attack, reconnaissance and tactical lift — each for all its 13 corps as well as "a flight" of five fixed-wing aircraft each for its six regional or operational commands.
IAF, not Army, will get Apache attack helicopters: Govt - The Times of India
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