List of Indian Air Force Gallantry Award winners explained

This is a list of Indian Air Force personnel who have received awards for gallantry related to their service.

Param Vir Chakra

Maha Vir Chakra

• Air Commodore William Macdonald "Jimmy" Goodman

Vir Chakra

Ashoka Chakra

Kirti Chakra

Shaurya Chakra

Notes and References

  1. News: IAF scales 3 virgin peaks in Ladakh region . https://web.archive.org/web/20140313012301/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/IAF-scales-3-virgin-peaks-in-Ladakh-region/Article1-902882.aspx . dead . 13 March 2014 . Hindustan Times. 27 July 2012 . 27 July 2012.
  2. Web site: 2017-06-05. Batchmates remember of IAF's lone Param Vir Chakra awardee recall his valour. 2020-06-11 . dmy-all. The Indian Express.
  3. Web site: Air Commodore Harcharan Singh Manget. Bharat Rakshak.
  4. Book: Chakravorty, B.. Stories of Heroism: PVC & MVC Winners. Allied Publishers. 1995. 9788170235163 . 237 . 387.
  5. Web site: Service Record for Wing Commander Amar Jit Singh Sandhu 4705 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com . 2022-07-13 . Bharat Rakshak . en-gb.
  6. News: PM condoles Air Commodore Jasjit Singh's death, calls him inspirational military leader . 5 August 2013 . 9 July 2020 . Business Standard . IANS.
  7. Web site: Former Directors of IDSA . 2013-08-08 . dmy-all . Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.
  8. Gazette of India, 11 January 1964 – No.3 – Pres/64 dated 1 January 1964
  9. Web site: Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force -.
  10. http://mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=Feature&articleid=637 Sabre Killers - Keelor Brothers Denzil Keelor at Mangalorean.com
  11. http://www.oldmartinians.co.uk/page102.html 'Sabre Killers – Keelor Brothers' from Old Martinians' UK
  12. Web site: SQUADRON LEADER AJAY AHUJA Gallantry Awards. 2020-06-24. gallantryawards.gov.in.
  13. Web site: Gallantry Awards Ministry of Defence, Government of India. 2021-11-23. www.gallantryawards.gov.in.
  14. Web site: Service Record for Wing Commander Vinod Kumar Neb 8189 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com . 2022-08-01 . Bharat Rakshak . en-gb.
  15. Web site: Ashoka Chakra. bharat-rakshak.com. 2 November 2017.
  16. Web site: Medal Rack. 18 February 2017. 2 November 2017.
  17. Web site: Martyred Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala joins elite IAF club tomorrow – Times of India. 25 January 2018. indiatimes.com. 25 January 2018.
  18. Web site: Press Information Bureau. www.pib.nic.in. 2018-01-27 . dmy-all.
  19. Web site: IAF commando Jyoti Prakash Nirala awarded Ashok Chakra for role in Kashmir encounter that killed six terrorists. – Firstpost. 25 January 2018. www.firstpost.com. 25 January 2018.
  20. Web site: SQUADRON LEADER DENZIL KEELOR Gallantry Awards . gallantryawards.gov.in.
  21. Web site: Vir Chakra (VrC), Awardee: Air Mrshl Denzil Keelor, PVSM, KC, AVSM, VrC, VM @ TWDI . twdi.in.
  22. Web site: 2021-12-09. IAF helicopter crash: Lone survivor had close call last year, got Shaurya Chakra for gallantry. 2021-12-09. The Indian Express.
  23. Web site: 2021-12-08. Who is Group Captain Varun Singh? Know about lone survivor of IAF chopper crash. 2021-12-08. Hindustan Times.
  24. Web site: Shaurya Chakra awardee Group Captain Varun Singh, sole survivor of IAF chopper crash, under treatment. 2021-12-08. India Today.
  25. Web site: 2021-12-08. Lone survivor of Mi17V5 helicopter crash is decorated IAF pilot who saved an LCA Tejas. 2021-12-08. Deccan Herald.
  26. Web site: Quint. The. 2021-12-08. Shaurya Chakra Awardee Capt Varun Singh the Sole Survivor of IAF Chopper Crash. 2021-12-08. TheQuint.
  27. Web site: India: Shaurya Chakra awardee survivor can throw light on IAF chopper crash. 2021-12-08. Gulf News.
  28. Web site: 2021-12-09. IAF helicopter crash: Lone survivor had close call last year, got Shaurya Chakra for gallantry. 2021-12-08. The Indian Express.
  29. Web site: President Kovind confers Shaurya Chakra on Wing Commander Varun Singh. 2021-12-09. ANI News.
  30. Web site: Bharatvarsh . TV9 . 2021-11-25 . राष्ट्रपति भवन में पदक लेते जिस मां का वीडियो वायरल हो रहा है, जानिए उसके बहादुर बेटे की कहानी . 2023-11-22 . TV9 Bharatvarsh . hi.