AVIATION CLUB INDIAN AIRFOCE DAY QUIZ

WHICH AIRCRAFT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE “FLYING COFFIN” ?

• MIG 21

• HAL TEJAS

• Airbus A321

• HAL Prachand

WHO HOLDS THE RANK OF SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE IAF?

• Air Marshal

• Wing Commander

• PRIME MINISTER

• PRESIDENT

WHAT PREFIX WAS CONFERRED ON THE INDIAN AIR FORCE IN RECOGNITION OF ITS SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR II?

• STANDARD

• BRAVE

• ROYAL

• WISE

WHAT WAS THE FIRST INSTANCE OF ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE IAF AND AN ENEMY AIR FORCE ?

• Bangladesh Liberation War (1971)

• Indo-Pak War 1965

• Kargil War (1999)

• Balakot Airstrike(2019)

A military action that involves using the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) to control, attack, or impede an enemy's operations, The most commonly practiced types of the system includes jamming, which falls under the category of electronic countermeasures (ECM), and eavesdropping on enemy communications, which is known as signals intelligence (SIGINT) gathering.

• Electronic Warfare

• Nuclear Warfare

• Chemical Warfare

• Cyber Warfare

The Indian Air Force used 12 fighter jets to bomb the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror training camp in Balakot, Pakistan on February 26, 2019. The jets were armed with precision-guided munitions and dropped five one-ton bombs on the camp. Which aircraft were they name them.

• HAL Rudra

• Mig 21

• Mirage 2000

• Sukhoi

IDENTIFY THE INDIGENOUSLY DEVELOPED AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR THE IAF?

• Safran

• Uninhabited Aerial Systems (UAS)

• Netra AEW&CS

The IAF calls the system as Sudarshan, after the Sudarshan chakra of Lord Krishna, air defense system that can target enemy fighter aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles.

• Boeing 707

• S-400

• Mil Mi-24

• Hawk 132

Who was commissioned into the Indian Air Force as a Pilot Officer in 1970. then a Squadron Leader embarked on a historic mission in 1984 where he was Launched along with two Soviet Cosmonauts aboard Soyuz T-11

• Kalpana Chawla

• Gopichand Thotakura

• Rakesh Sharma

• Yuri Gagarin

Which is Indian Airforce's own elite special force unit and in which year it was established

• Garud Commando Force, 2004

• MARCOS, 2001

• Para SF, 1995

• COBRA, 2007