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The Indian Air Force - 'We Dare, We Care'
The IAF has recently issued an image-intensive coffee table book entitled 'We Dare, We Care', depicting the 'technology-intensive force with real time response capability and strategic global reach.' In his Foreword to the book, Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh elucidates: 'This is the most propitious period for the IAF, as we resolutely define the security spectrum as a strategic aerospace power. Undoubtedly, the aerospace technologies provide exciting possibilities, but it is definitely the menbehind-the-machine and the leadership they espouse which will usher in a new era for the IAF...'
No doubt, the men behind the machines play a vital role in driving any formidable force to attain the peak of professionalism but a detailed perusal of the book reveals how the leadership role played by Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, Chief of the Air Staff, has been very strongly lauded and heralded so much so, that it almost appears...