Indian Air Force : 81st Raising Day

Happy 81st Birthday Indian Air Force!

Nabha Sparsham Deeptam. Touching the Sky with Glory for the past 81 years.

Miss You!

Anna Battis

May the winds always favour you and

Enable you to do all your sorties in real Air Warrior style;

May you always enter the cleanest of workplaces ever and

Your aircraft always be stacked high with coffee, sandwiches and a bite.

May you forever be the best of Air Crew and

Get the best of foresight;

May your Ground Crew always be superlative and

You be treated with grandeur wherever you choose to alight.

May the Gene never conk off and

The Fuel Pumps always work right;

May the cabin pressurization always be optimal and

You get a chance to sit when you don't fly.

Oh! The Lord of Flight,

Please always have 'Anna Battis' in your sight!

- x -

This poem is dedicated to one of my closest friends in the Air Force, a RSP who finds it funny to fly transport after the Fighter stint.