TO BE CIRCULATED WITH THE ECONOMIC TIMES (SELECT RUN), DELHI, MUMBAI, BENGALURU, HYDERABAD ADVERTORIAL AND PROMOTIONAL FEATURE OCTOBER 2018 IAF: GOING STRONG@86 INDIAN AIR FORCE DAY SPECIAL FrontInsideCover_AdETADR.qxd 10/5/2018 6:32 PM Page 1 1-content.qxd 10/3/2018 8:00 PM Page 3 CONTENTS AIF: GOING STRONG @ 86 02 As India celebrates 86 years of Indian Air Force (October 8), here’s a peek into how A TIMES OF INDIA PRESENTATION the force has transformed itself into the nation’s powerful and strategic force l MANAGING EDITOR VISHESH PRAKASH l EDITORIAL COORDINATOR POOJA MADHOK l EDITORIAL TEAM DIPIKA RATHI BIJIN JOSE l CHIEF GRAPHIC EDITOR MUKESH ARORA l DESIGN TEAM MAHESH BISHT, DINESH VIST, SUSHIL DUBEY POWERFUL, TOGETHER IAF: WHAT LIES AHEAD? 27 MARKETING Maritime security in the l NATIONAL VERTICAL HEAD 06 SHWETA ARORA IAF has had a rapid IOR can only be
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