Yes, its 8th of October, and unlike another blog post you would have come across, we are not gonna highlight things you don’t know about Indian Air Force, nor commence with the history of IAF which has a photocopy of Wikipedia's first paragraph!
Here on Feeding trends you will get a spicy juicy story today and know how Indian Air Force dominate the sky among its most beloved arch-rivals Pakistan.
We are gonna have rounds of questions duly answered by most trustable, neutral, unbiased, unemotional, non-discriminatory website. Yes, we all know it, its WIKIPEDIA. Now since you have guessed it right our contestants for today are the two Frenemy India and Pakistan who are also arch-rivals.
India Air Force Vs Pakistan Air Force
Round 1: Kisme kitna hai Kitna Dum?
Indian Air Force AKA Bhartiya Vayu Sena and Pakistan Air Force: پاک فِضائیہ—Pāk Fizāʾiyah (Urdu, try at your own risk), separated on the day of Partition which was initially under Royal Indian Air Force. Currently, the Indian Air Force stands 7th in the world.
Indian Airforce consists of whooping 139,576 active personnel while Pakistan consists of 70,000 active personnel*. Currently, Pakistan Air Force stands on the border of India.
Round 2: What’s in the motto?
Indian Air Force motto is taken from the 11th chapter of Gita which says “Touch the Sky with Glory” unwilling to mention the Sanskrit here. While Pakistan motto seems like “Touch the neighbor with Glory” but no, its actual motto is “A symbol of pride for the nation”.
Round 3: Kitne Aadmi the Sambha..!!?!!
List of notable commander from Indian Air force (IAF) and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (unbiased result on Wikipedia)
List of notable commanders from India army are:
- Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh
- Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal
- Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee
List of notable commanders from Pakistan are:
- Air Chief Marshal Anwar Shamim
- Air Marshal Nur Khan
Round 4: Sabse Ladaku Kaun!!??!!:
Major Engagements of Indian Airforce and Pakistan Airforce:
Since 1950, Indian Air force has encountered Pakistan Air Force 4 times. The first war against Pakistan was settled with an agreement and next three were won by India.
On the other hand, Pakistan has been involved in multiple wars like the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, 1965 Rann of Kutch Skirmishes, Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Six-Day War, Indo-Pakistani.
War of 1971, Yom Kippur War, Soviet-Afghan War, 1999 Kargil Conflict, 2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff, War in North-West Pakistan.
Not disclosing the multiple covert operations, undeclared war, and many border skirmishes and military stand-offs.
Clearly this one time Pakistan beats India!!!?!!
Round 5: Final Round “Pehchaan… BAAP KAUN HAI?”
List war-ready helicopters in Indian Airforce:
Dhruv, Chetak, Cheetah, Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-26, Mi-25/35, HAL Light Combat Helicopter, HAL Rudra
List of helicopters in Pakistan Airforce Army ((PAF):)
Alouette III, Mi-171, funding for more is on-going!
Fighter air crafts in the Indian Army (IAF):
Su-30MKI, Mirage 2000, MiG-29, MiG-21, HAL Tejas
Fighter air crafts in Pakistan Army (PAF):
F-16A/B/C/D, JF-17, F-7P/PG , Funding for more is on-going, US KHAFAA HAI?!?