Wg Cdr K L "Livy" Mathur wrote this article first in 1999 in response to the media coverage of the Kargil War. Wg Cdr Mathur recollects some of the pioneering missions flown in the Poonch and Gilgit area in the 1947-48 Kashmir Operations with No.8 Squadron.

Air Commodore T K Sen is publishing his memoirs at his blog at http://tkstales.wordpress.com . In this blog, he covers all the events from his chilhood to his entire career in the Indian Air Force in great detail.  The following links take you to the direct categories on his blog which has individual episodes listed.

The HF-24 Flight testing claimed the lives of four test pilots in the years 1970-71. The author revisits these accidents and the events leading upto them.

Particulars of No.54 Pilot's Course that got commissioned on 19th Jan 1951 at Ambala. The Passing Out Parade programme has been added to the page as a download.