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143: Interaction with the Country’s Youth.

Got a chance to interact with the youth of the country.

 

 

 

Covered some aspects related to “Life as a Fighter Pilot”

 

  • Need for passion, boldness, attitude, aggressiveness and  self confidence in fighter flying.

 

  • It is not all Glamour.

 

  • It involves lot of hard work.

 

  • It involves lot of studies.

 

  • Aspects related to risk and safety.

 

  • Importance of physical and mental fitness.

 

  • Importance of self discipline.

 

  • Importance of  qualities like courage, integrity, loyalty, dedication, dependability and reliability.

 

Advice given to the youth

 

  • Know yourself (Strengths, weaknesses, likes and dislikes).

 

  • Follow your dream.

 

  • Pursue happiness.

 

  • Be a good human being first then a good professional.

 

  • There is no short cut to hard work.

 

  • Be Humble, honest, helpful, truthful and  tolerant.

 

  • Most Important – Always keep the child in you alive. 

 

Questions and answer session was interesting. Admire the awareness level of the youth. Questions were very relevant, incisive and precise. Questions were related to following:

 

  • Role of IAF and its future.

 

  • Defence selection procedures and need for review.

 

  • Self reliance in defence equipment.

 

  • Pressures faced during career and dealing mechanism.

 

  • Rafale aircraft.

 

  • LCA Tejas aircraft.

 

  • IAF capability enhancement.

 

  • Balakot operations.

 

Enjoyed the interaction immensely

 

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141: Integrated Theatre Commands

The debate about formation of Integrated Theatre Commands has become a hot topic.

 

Questions that need answers and clarity are:

 

  • Is the concept relevant to our environment and situation?

 

  • Are we blindly copying others?

 

  • Are we learning wrong lessons?

 

  • Is our priority right?

 

  • is the time right?

 

  • Do we have adequate resources?

 

  • Do the accrued benefits outweigh the time, money and effort spent?

 

  • Are we implementing changes for the sake of it?

 

  • Has adequate debate taken place on the issue?

 

Veterans and defence analysts have written about these aspects in different journals and magazines. The links to some of these writings are below (with credits to the authors and the parent magazines and journals):

 

  1. https://55nda.com/blogs/anil-khosla/2020/09/16/rocking-the-boat-during-the-storm/

 

2. https://55nda.com/blogs/anil-khosla/2021/03/28/defense-forces-joint-structures-priority-list/

 

3. https://idsa.in/jds/14-2-2020-achieving-jointness-in-war-asingh

 

4. https://capsindia.org/files/documents/CAPS_Infocus_VP_04.pdf

 

5. https://capsindia.org/files/documents/CAPS_Infocus_AB_00.pdf

 

6.https://capsindia.org/files/documents/CAPS_Infocus_NM_00.pdf

 

7. https://capsindia.org/files/documents/CAPS_Infocus_SK_00.pdf

 

8. https://salute.co.in/air-defence-command-need-for-a-rethink/

 

9. https://newsable.asianetnews.com/india/air-defence-command-need-to-hasten-slowly-serving-chiefs-best-to-take-calls-qb1ekn

 

11. https://idsa.in/issuebrief/air-defence-command-kkhera-270120

 

12. https://forceindia.net/feature-report/impractical-idea/

 

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