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Air Force Day is celebrated on October 8th to commemorate the establishment of the Indian Air Force in 1932.

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Indian Air Force is the fourth largest air force in the world.

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It has around  1,70,000 personnel and 1,500 aircraft.

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The Indian Air Force has the largest airbase in Asia named the Hindon Air Force Station.

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The highest air Force Station of the Indian Air Force is at 22,000 ft (or 6,706 m), Siachen Glacier AFS.

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The motto of the Indian Air Force is "Touching the Sky with Glory". 

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Padmavathy Bandopadhyay was the first woman Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force. 

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After the death of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, Marshal  Arjan Singh is the only living Indian military officer with a 5-star rank.

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The IAF destroyed more than 40 APCs, 29 Pakistani tanks, and a railway train during the Battle of Longewala in the 1971 Indo-Pak War.

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