CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Indian Air Force in collaboration with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has taken a leap forward in fuel supply chain management by introducing a ‘Fleet Card - Fuel on Move’ for its varied fleet of vehicles.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indian Air Force is divided into five operational and two functional commands. Each Command is headed by an Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief with the rank of Air Marshal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indian Air Force is headquartered in New Delhi. For effective command and control, the IAF has seven command, under which there are different stations and units located at various places throughout the country.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Indian Air Force Ensign follows the pattern of the RAF Ensign, with the Indian national flag and air force roundel in place of their British equivalents. The first IAF rank flags were also copied from the RAF, with green and saffron (orange) in place of dark blue and red.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Motto of the Indian Air Force (Touch the sky with Glory) has been taken from the eleventh chapter of the Gita, the Discourse given by Lord Krishna to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra during the Great War of Mahabharata.