NDTV’s “The Buck Stops Here” from Kargil: How our soldiers are treated by the system!

You may want to squeeze out some time to watch this important panel discussion on NDTV's “The Buck Stops Here” with Barkha Dutt, live from Kargil.

The Central theme of the discussion was the treatment meted out by the system to our military veterans, especially our disabled and war disabled soldiers.

The panelists were Former Vice Chief Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi, Former Defence Secretary Mr Ajay Prasad, NDTV’s Senior Editor (Defence) Mr Nitin Gokhale, Member of Parliament Mr Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Maj Navdeep Singh, Advocate Punjab & Haryana High Court.

To watch this programme, click here.

 

Fauji India Magazine launched

According to the e-mail sent by the Team Fauji India the preview edition of Fauji India Magazine in print has been launched.

 

Faujis/Ex-Faujis who have registered their addresses with the Fauji India Magazine  by email till 22^nd July 2014 shall get the complimentary copy of the preview edition of the magazine by post in the next 7 to 10 days.

 

Subscription details are given in the magazine. For your information, the annual subscription is Rs. 1,000/- for 12 issues and the cover price is Rs. 100/- per copy. For more details about the subscription you can view the digital version of the magazine by clicking here.

 

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Remembering Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon on his 71st Birthday Anniversary

Pause a moment to remember 1971 Indo‬ – Pak War brave heart - Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon on his 71st birth anniversary.

 

Flying Officer ‎Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon‬, PVC was an officer of the Indian Air Force who was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, ‎India‬'s highest military decoration, in recognition of his lone defence of ‪#‎Srinagar‬ Air Base against a PAF air raid during the Indo - ‎Pakistani‬ War of 1971. He is the only member of the Indian Air Force to be ho...noured by a Param Vir Chakra. Nirmal Jit was the son of Flight Lieutenant Tarlochan Singh Sekhon. 

 

 

 Flying Officer Sekhon fought successive waves of intruding Pakistani aircraft with valour & determination. On Dec 14, 1971, Srinagar airfield was attacked by a wave of six enemy F-86 Sabre aircraft. Sekhon was on readiness duty at the time. However, he could not take off at once because of the clouds of dust raised by another aircraft which had just taken off. By the time the runway was fit for takeoff, no fewer than six enemy aircraft were overhead. In-spite of the mortal danger of attempting to take off during an attack, and in-spite of the odds against him of the harsh weather conditions, he took off & immediately engaged a pair of the attacking Sabres. He succeeded in damaging two of the enemy aircraft, and was eventually overcome by sheer weight of numbers. His aircraft crashed & was martyred. PAF Sabres fled from the scene of the battle without pressing home their attack against the town & the airfield.

 

Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon was awarded the highest wartime gallantry medal, Param Vir Chakra, posthumously.

 

Did you know: A postal stamp was issued by the Indian Govt in honour of Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon in the year 2000, & a statue of Nirmal Jit was erected with his aircraft at district court of ‎Ludhiana‬ in Sep 2013. A marine tanker built in 1985 was also named Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, PVC!

 

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Embarking on its first sortie in virtual world, the Indian Air Force today launched nation's first 3D mobile game in a bid to attract generation-next youth to pursue a career in the air force.

Launching the 3D mobile game 'Guardians of the Skies' (GOTS), Air Marshal S Sukumar hailed the event as a significant milestone in encouraging youth to join IAF and also expressed concerns over tapping the best of the human resources from the upcoming generations.

"It is indeed a significant milestone in our consorted campaign to connect to the best of the boys and the girls among the nation's youth and motivate them to join the air force so as to become great patriotic men and women ready to serve the country in any situation," he said.

"We are getting the numbers, but we want to attract the best of the boys and the girls to join the Air Force," said Sukumar, who is also the Air Officer-in-charge Personnel.

GOTS, which is freely available on android, windows and iOS platforms for mobile, has been conceptualised to showcase the might of the air force in a virtual format with users being offered gripping air combat scenarios and realistic graphics, he said.

"The game is targeted at the youth, to give them the feel of the excitement that we in the Air Force experience everyday in our lives," he said, adding "only the information (of IAF) available in public domain has been utilised in the development of the game."

The Air Marshal further stressed upon the need for better human resource along with modern technology as the deciding factor in future conflicts.

"Indian Air Force is on a trajectory of modernisation and is transforming itself so as to meet the security challenges which are multi-dimensional in nature that the country faces in the future years," Sukumar told reporters.

"As we induct modern equipment and enhance our capabilities we are very conscious of the fact that any success in any future conflict will be determined most by the quality of the human resource that we have," he said.

The game has been developed by a private vendor for the IAF following an open tendering process with its first phase launching today and the next phase to be launched in October.

GOTS features a storyline where the IAF is engaged in defence missions against a fictitious nation named 'Zaruzia', which coincidentally like India's neighbour Pakistan, is politically and economically unstable and has also witnessed a military coup.

"The storyline is fictitious, the enemy is fictitious but the gaming experience will be real," he said.

Source: NDTV