Question: Air Force Day is celebrated on-
(a) 9 October
(b) 8 October
(c) 3 October
(d) 6 October
Ans: (b)
Related facts:
- Air Force Day 2016 was celebrated all over India on 8th of October.
- The Indian Air Force was officially established on 8 October 1932.
- The Indian Air Force is divided into five operational and two functional commands.
- Five operational are Central Air Command (CAC), Headquartered at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Eastern Air Command (EAC), Headquartered at Shillong, Meghalaya Southern Air Command (SAC), Headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala,South-Western Air Command (SWAC), Headquartered at Gandhinagar, Gujarat Western Air Command (WAC), Headquartered at Subroto Park, New Delhi.
- Two functional commands are Training Command (TC) headquartered at Bangalore, Karnataka and Maintenance Command (MC) headquartered at Nagpur, Maharashtra.
- On this occasion Air Force Day Parade cum Investiture Ceremony held at Air Force Station Hindan (Ghaziabad).
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi saluted air warriors on Air Force Day.
Reference:
http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_pressrelease.php?pg_id=107&news_id=6
http://www.narendramodi.in/pm-modi-salutes-air-warriors-on-air-force-day-532643