Akash Ganga

Akashganga is the Skydiving Display Team of the Indian Air Force. It was created on 10 August 1987.^[1]^[2] Akash Ganga can be roughly translated in Hindi as "The Ganga of the sky", an ancient Hindi name for the Milky Way as viewed from the Earth.^[3]

Formation

The IAF Akashganga Team was started in the 1970s as practice to prepare for war. Its based at Agra Air Force Station. The team was formed began in 1987.^[4]

The Akash Ganga is made up of Parachute Jump Instructors of the Paratroopers’ Training School of the Indian Air Force.^[5]^[6]

References

^ About Akash Ganga Archived 2014-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Indian Navy website.
^ "Air show may make a comeback". The Hindu. 2014-09-20. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Hipps, Tim (October 17, 2007). "India launches 4th CISM Military World Games". U.S. Army. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
^ Akash Ganga History
^ "Paratroopers Training School". Archived from the original on 2015-04-26. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
^ Vayu Sakti

[1] About Akash Ganga Archived 2014-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Indian Navy website.

[2] "Air show may make a comeback". The Hindu. 2014-09-20. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-03-20.

[3] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Hipps, Tim (October 17, 2007). "India launches 4th CISM Military World Games". U.S. Army. Retrieved December 12, 2021.

[4] Akash Ganga History

[5] "Paratroopers Training School". Archived from the original on 2015-04-26. Retrieved 2014-10-15.

[6] Vayu Sakti

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Formation

The IAF Akashganga Team was started in the 1970s as practice to prepare for war. Its based at Agra Air Force Station. The team was formed began in 1987.[4]

References

The IAF Akashganga Team was started in the 1970s as practice to prepare for war. Its based at Agra Air Force Station. The team was formed began in 1987.^[4]