Indian air force

Army Public Schools  ( APS ) is a system of  Public school  established for imparting education to the children of the  Indian armed forces  personnel. With 137 schools throughout the country, it is one of the largest chains of schools in India. It is controlled by the  Army Welfare Education Society  ( AWES ), which was established in 1983, has over the years established more than 135 Army public schools and 249 Army pre-primary schools across India , and also several institutions of higher education.   The schools are generally managed by the  army   regional commands  following the  CBSE  pattern of education. Admission is granted on a priority basis to wards of Army personnel. All Army schools have a chairman who is a senior Indian Army officer of brigadier rank and a patron who is of major general rank.   Army Public Schools  of India Army Goodwill School, Potha , Jammu and Kashmir Army Public School, Agartala Army Public School, Agra Army Public School, Ahmedaba

The IAF 's helicopter fleet has steadily increased in numbers over the past few years, blossoming from a handful of U.S. types in the 60s to over 500 French, Indian and Soviet built types. The pride of the force is, undoubtedly, the Mi-26 heavy lift helicopter which has been operated by No. 126 HU with outstanding results in the mountains of Northern India . The bulk of rotorcraft are Medium Lift Helicopters (MI-17/MI-17IV/MI-17V5 and Mi-8s) well over two hundred of these types serving in helicopter units throughout the country, playing a vital logistic support role. Induction of the latest machine, the Mi-17 V5, is a quantum jump in our Medium Heli-lift capability in terms of the avionics, weapon systems as well as its hot and high altitude performance. Medium Lift Helicopters of IAF are operated for commando assault tasks, ferrying supplies and personnel to remote mountain helipads, carrying out SAR (Search and Rescue Operations) and logistic support tasks in the island ter