Personally very much looking forward to this - with fingers crossed 🤞🏾. 1971 was such a seminal year for all countries involved, yet there is still so much to learn:

Wonderful to see this initiative materialize; such a fitting memorial to Wg Cdr Unni Kartha 👍🏽. Looking forward to seeing work emerge, which measures up to his standards and beyond. Thanks CAPS India & all who made it happen - now over to the Fellows!!

Yesterday & today mark a curious near-conflation of death anniversaries. 16 Sep, Marshal of the IAF Arjan Singh. 17 Sep, Gp Capt Adolph "Sailor" Malan (with Sgt Vincent Bunting, God knows how much he had to overcome). Admirable men, from different backgrounds: Yvonne Malan

So looking forward to this. Anchit Gupta has established his thorough #AvHist credentials through frequent well-researched articles; this book promises to extend them 👍🏽

Still personal. Would have been his 96th, this year:

Racism explained for dummies

Lt. Uday Sondhi, the pilot who returned to flying after losing his leg in a crash. here’s a look at the intense medical evaluation he underwent —a journey reminiscent of Carl Maxie Brashear’s struggle in Men of Honor. iafhistory.in/2024/09/29/cla…

The Supersonic hands over to the Swift. Altho ACM AP Singh is best known for his association with the LCA programme, he commanded No. 22 Sqn ‘Swifts’ on the MiG-27ML in 2002-04. The squadron is best known for its exploits over the Boyra salient in 1971.