80th Air Force Day - October 8

As the Indian Air Force (IAF) completes 80 years on October 8, it finds itself confronting many challenges and transforming itself into a modern, capability-driven force.

IAF is the fourth largest air force in the world. It came into being on October 8, 1932 and on April 1, 1954 Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee, one of the founding members of the Air Force, took over as the first Indian Chief of the Air Staff.