Search for the Painting of 1st Indian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
In September 1940 a group of
British officers and NCOs from the 8th Heavy Anti-Aircraft (AA) Battery of
Royal Artillery with a few selected VCOs of tRead More…
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Air Defence Artillery during the First Kashmir War 1947-48
Soon after the independence and partition of India, Pakistan invaded Kashmir in October 1947 in an attempt to annex it by force. TribRead More…
The Tragedy at Ballale Island – The Indian Connection
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment was part of the Malaya Command and had a short but eventful history as it was ‘lost’ in Singapore after just ovRead More…
Rheintochter Surface to Air Missile
Rheintochter was a German surface-to-air missile developed by Rheinmetall-Borsig during World War II. Its name comes from the mythical Rheintöchter Read More…
BOMARC : The First Operational Long Range SAM
The Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc was a surface-to-air ramjet powered long-range missile used for the air defence of North America. The BOMARC (“BO” fromRead More…