Additional director general of army aviation, Maj Gen PK Bharali said the new fleet may include light combat helicopters, weaponised versions of advanced light helicopters, tactical battle helicopters and even fixed wing aircraft.
Thirty army officers have completed 13 months of training in three phases at the Combat Army Aviation Training School (Cats) in Nashik to become army pilots. They will now be posted with reconnaissance, observation or utility units in the northern and eastern sectors.
Additional director general of army aviation, Maj Gen PK Bharali, asked them to be prepared to fly new types of helicopters. He said, the new fleet may include light combat helicopters, weaponised versions of advanced light helicopters, tactical battle helicopters and even fixed wing aircraft.
The senior officer asked them to hone their professional skills as they would be looked up to with confidence and pride. “More than flyer, train yourself to be a multi-faceted warrior. Be the soldier in the sky,” he told them.
The general added, “Learn to overcome temptations while flying, the temptations of taking risks, flying lower or faster than necessary, to show off or beat the weather, or even to do more than what a helicopter can do. Take-offs are optional, but safe landings are mandatory.”
The ceremony was marked by a fly-past of Cheetah, Chetak and Dhruv helicopters, which demonstrated their might through small team insertion and extraction, slithering, rescue and winching operations.
Captain Gurveen Singh Datta bagged three trophies for best overall student, best in flying and best in direction of artillery fire. Major BG Thomas bagged two trophies, one for best in ground subjects and the other for best in pre-army pilot’s course.
64 officers graduate from INS Shivaji A glittering parade at the INS Shivaji, Lonavla, on Saturday marked the passing out of 13 officers, including one from Sri Lanka, of the 103rd Basic Engineering Course (BEC) and 51 officers of 23rd Naval Engineering Course (NEC). Vice-Admiral Ganesh Mahadevan, chief of material, inspected the guard of honour and reviewed the parade.
The Naval College of Engineering conducts a three-year BEC and a four-year NEC resulting in the award of a BTech degree in mechanical, electrical and electronics engineering and is affiliated to the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Lieutenant Aniruddha Pandey was awarded a prize for securing the first position in overall order of merit. He also stood first in academics. Lt Umesh Kumar, Lt Padma Prasad and Lt SK Jha were awarded trophies for standing second in academics, ‘best sportsman’ and ‘positive living’ respectively amongst BEC officers.
Among NEC officers, S Lt L Kaushik received the sword of honour for standing first in overall order of merit, while S Lt Sumit Kumar Singh received the prize for ‘positive living’. S Lt Vivek Singh, S Lt Girish Bhardwaj and S Lt L Kaushik received gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. S Lt Himanshu Chaudhary was adjudged the ‘best sportsman’ for the NEC course.
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