Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria, was commissioned into the fighter stream of Indian Air Force on June 5, 1980, with the 'Sword of Honour', and has held various Command, Staff and Instructional appointments at various levels

The newly-inducted helicopters will soon be part of India's wargaming and military exercises and will be kept ready to take on any threat. The helicopters are also called 'flying tanks'.

Apache AH-64E inducted by Indian Air Force: The chopper is equipped with an advanced targeting system and can be part of an all-weather combat operation.

The AH-64E Apache is one of the world's most advanced multi-role combat helicopters, and is flown by the US Army

India inducts four CH-47 Chinook choppers, joining a long list of 19 countries including the US, UK, Japan, and South Korea that deploys the twin-engined, heavy-lift helicopters.

Unlike the US and Europe, Russia has shown willingness to transfer 'crown jewel' technologies.

Boeing and Indian partner Tata have begun to produce Apache fuselages at a plant in India, but today's approval concerns a direct sale of finished products from US manufacturers.

India had signed the Rs 4,000 crore deal for the second batch of six C-130J Super Hercules from the US at the end of 2013 through the American Foreign Military Sales route under which the planes are to be provided by the US Air Force to the Indian Air Force.

The joint venture will manufacture aerostructures for AH-64 Apache attack choppers, recently ordered by India, and collaborate on integrated systems development opportunities in the country.

PM Modi is travelling to the West Coast, Silicon Valley, where he will attend a town hall at Facebook's headquarters along with the company's founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

The approval for 22 Apache attack and 15 heavy lift Chinook helicopters, meant to replace the military's ageing Soviet-origin choppers, came just as PM Narendra Modi heads to the US to drum up investments into India.

Chuck Hagel is the third US Secretary after Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker to visit India in the last one month.