Explore notable features, contributions, and collaborations from Anchit Gupta and IAFHistory.in — as the effort to preserve and celebrate the Indian Air Force’s rich legacy gains national recognition.
🎖️ Honours & Recognitions
- August 2024
Commendation by the Chief of the Air Staff for Anchit Gupta’s contribution to preserving and promoting Indian Air Force history.
🎬 Documentaries & Media Appearances
- August 2024
Contributed archival research and appeared in the DocuBay original documentary Kargil 1999: The Untold Story of the Indian Air Force, available on – Amazon Prime Video, Airtel Xstream, JioFiber, Tata Play.
🎤 Guest Lectures & Speaking Engagements
April 2025
🎙️ Addressed 2,200 cadets and officers at the National Defence Academy
Topic: Men of Fortitude in the Indian Air Force
April 2024
🎙️ Lectures at Air Force Academy, AFS Bidar, and AFS Gwalior
• On Marshal Arjan Singh’s leadership
• On IAF vs PAF in the Eastern theatre during 1971
July 2023
🎙️ Inspire History lecture on the life and legacy of Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh
— Delivered at 5 Wing, Kalaikunda
June 2023
🎙️ Guest lecture at Senior Air Staff Officers (SASO) Conference, Air HQ
Topic: Risk & Reward – IAF History & Corporate Adaptation
May 2023
🎙️ Talk at the Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh Seminar, AFA Dundigal
Topic: Inspired Leadership
November 2022
🎙️ Inspire History lecture on Baba Mehar Singh, a pioneer of IAF’s transport stream
— Delivered at Air Force Academy, Dundigal
🎙️ Public Lecture with Colours of Glory Foundation
Topic: The Forgotten Geography — How IAF Inherited Randomly Scattered Bases in 1947
📺 Watch on YouTube
October 2023
🎙️ Panel speaker at the Indian Military Heritage Festival 2023, USI, New Delhi
Topic: Preserving Military Aviation History in the Digital Age
📝 Editorial Contributions
2023
May 2023
📰 Eyes in the Sky: How IAF Secured Its Air Dominance
The Times of India
2022
October 2022
📰 New Weapon Systems Branch — How Air Force’s Branches Expanded and Evolved from RAF to IAF
The Print
April 2022
📰 Suranjan Das: One of IAF’s First Experimental Test Pilots Who Evaluated All Jets for 20 Years
The Print
2021
December 2021
📰 The National Cadet Corps and the IAF
Bharat Rakshak
October 2021
📰 Aizad Baksh Awan: One of the First IAF Pilots to Train Afghan Air Force Cadets
The Print
September 2021
📰 Flt Lt SK Majumdar: The IAF Instructor Who Wrote the Bible of Helicopter Ops
The Print
August 2021
📰 Gulf War to Vietnam to Balakot — Role of Air Force Offers Lessons for Theatre Command Planners
📰 The Story of Jaswant Singh — The Only Indian to Have Ever Commanded a Foreign Air Force
The Print
2020
June 2020
📰 How India Got Her Top Guns — IAF’s Fighter Pilot Training Began Small
The Times of India
May 2020
📰 How IAF’s Hero Became a Villain — India’s Broken Procurement Process and the MiG-21
The Times of India
December 2020
📰 The Curious Case of the Missing “Tiger-One”
Bharat Rakshak
January 2020
📰 Sukhoi Strike Missions During the 1971 War – The Madhabendra Banerji Story
Bharat Rakshak
2018
November 2018
📰 A Belly Landing in a Gnat
Bharat Rakshak
October 2018
📰 S-75 Dvina: India’s First Surface-to-Air Guided Weapon
Bharat Rakshak
📚 Books Authored & Contributions
- September 2024
🛫 RAF India to Vayu Bhawan: The History of Air Headquarters
Authored by Anchit Gupta, this landmark book traces the evolution of Air Headquarters — the nerve centre of military aviation in the subcontinent — from its early colonial roots to the modern-day Vayu Bhawan in New Delhi. 📘 Launched by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, PVSM AVSM VM ADC
✍️ Includes a foreword by the CAS himself 🛒 Available at:- White Falcon Publishing (Preferred) — buying here ensures higher royalties
- 💯 All author royalties are donated to the IAF Benevolent Association, supporting scholarships for the children of IAF personnel.
- May 2023
Contributed the historical chapter to the official IAF publication:
Indian Air Force in its Centennial Decade
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