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Had an interesting Chat with Gana (PR Ganapathy) on anything and everything about IAF, and thoroughly enjoyed chatting with him.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">From Blueskies podcast post on Youtube:-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In this episode, we speak to Air Mshl Anil Khosla, who recently retired as Vice Chief of Air Staff. Besides his experiences as a young officer, we focus on the role he played in the Doklam stand-off (when he was C-in-C Eastern Air Command) and the strike at Balakot (when he was Vice Chief). We also discuss the pros and cons of indigenous vs imported weapons platforms, the future of air war, and the Air Force’s talent strategy, among other things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #800000;\">For selective listening:-<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SpvHfm4ARno\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">00:00:00 – 00:01:00 Introduction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SpvHfm4ARno?t=61\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #ff6600;\">00:01:00 – 00:13:14 Initial journey into IAF<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SpvHfm4ARno?t=794\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993366;\">00:13:14 – 00:16:01 Doklam incident<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SpvHfm4ARno?t=961\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">00:16:01 – 00:19:09 How to deal with China<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SpvHfm4ARno?t=1150\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">00:19:09 – 00:28:46 Balakot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SpvHfm4ARno?t=1727\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">00:28:46 – 00:43:46 Maintain a tech edge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SpvHfm4ARno?t=2627\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\">00:43:46 – 00:53:30 Future of air war<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SpvHfm4ARno?t=3210\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #333399;\">00:53:30 – 01:00:00 Finding talent for the IAF<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff6600;\"><u>Suggestions and value additions are most welcome<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">For regular updates, please register here<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"r5njNwQDz2\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"“Subscribe” — Air Marshal's Perspective\" src=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/subscribe\/embed\/#?secret=bxtW6IR42e#?secret=r5njNwQDz2\" data-secret=\"r5njNwQDz2\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><u>References and credits<\/u><\/p>\n<p>To all the online sites and channels.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><u>Disclaimer<\/u>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Information and data included in the blog are for educational & non-commercial purposes only and have been carefully adapted, excerpted, or edited from sources deemed reliable and accurate. All copyrighted material belongs to respective owners and is provided only for purposes of wider dissemination.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Had an interesting Chat with Gana (PR Ganapathy) on anything and everything about IAF, and thoroughly enjoyed chatting with him. From Blueskies podcast post on Youtube:- In this episode, we speak to Air Mshl Anil Khosla, who recently retired as Vice Chief of Air Staff. Besides his experiences as a young officer, we focus … <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2022\/10\/11\/blueskies-podcast-chat-with-gana\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> “300: BLUESKIES PODCAST: CHAT WITH GANA”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,5,139,82,25,75,138,13,15,83,78,56,126,28,115,122,94],"tags":[37,109,6,7,24,47,42,51,8,38,34,43,66,79,35,52,30,117,60],"class_list":["post-5410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airpower","category-atmanirbharta","category-balakot","category-china","category-iaf","category-indigenisation","category-interview","category-leadership","category-management","category-military-capability","category-pakistan","category-podcast","category-technology","category-war-and-warfare","category-warfare","category-weapons","tag-abhinandan","tag-aircraft","tag-airpower","tag-balakot","tag-china","tag-defence-services","tag-fighter-pilot","tag-flying","tag-iaf","tag-indian-air-force","tag-interview","tag-leadership","tag-management","tag-military-capability","tag-pakistan","tag-strategic-thinking","tag-technology","tag-war","tag-warfare"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5410"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8810,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410\/revisions\/8810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">From Blueskies podcast post on Youtube:-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In this episode, we speak to Air Mshl Anil Khosla, who recently retired as Vice Chief of Air Staff. Besides his experiences as a young officer, we focus on the role he played in the Doklam stand-off (when he was C-in-C Eastern Air Command) and the strike at Balakot (when he was Vice Chief). We also discuss the pros and cons of indigenous vs imported weapons platforms, the future of air war, and the Air Force’s talent strategy, among other things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #800000;\">For selective listening:-<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SpvHfm4ARno\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">00:00:00 – 00:01:00 Introduction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SpvHfm4ARno?t=61\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #ff6600;\">00:01:00 – 00:13:14 Initial journey into IAF<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SpvHfm4ARno?t=794\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993366;\">00:13:14 – 00:16:01 Doklam incident<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SpvHfm4ARno?t=961\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">00:16:01 – 00:19:09 How to deal with China<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SpvHfm4ARno?t=1150\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">00:19:09 – 00:28:46 Balakot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SpvHfm4ARno?t=1727\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">00:28:46 – 00:43:46 Maintain a tech edge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SpvHfm4ARno?t=2627\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\">00:43:46 – 00:53:30 Future of air war<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SpvHfm4ARno?t=3210\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #333399;\">00:53:30 – 01:00:00 Finding talent for the IAF<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff6600;\"><u>Suggestions and value additions are most welcome<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">For regular updates, please register here<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"r5njNwQDz2\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"“Subscribe” — Air Marshal's Perspective\" src=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/subscribe\/embed\/#?secret=bxtW6IR42e#?secret=r5njNwQDz2\" data-secret=\"r5njNwQDz2\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><u>References and credits<\/u><\/p>\n<p>To all the online sites and channels.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><u>Disclaimer<\/u>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Information and data included in the blog are for educational & non-commercial purposes only and have been carefully adapted, excerpted, or edited from sources deemed reliable and accurate. All copyrighted material belongs to respective owners and is provided only for purposes of wider dissemination.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Had an interesting Chat with Gana (PR Ganapathy) on anything and everything about IAF, and thoroughly enjoyed chatting with him. From Blueskies podcast post on Youtube:- In this episode, we speak to Air Mshl Anil Khosla, who recently retired as Vice Chief of Air Staff. 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