Young Odia Squadron leader Kaushik Mishra, who hailed from Belpahar in Odisha, was among the five Air Force personnel killed when a newly-acquired C-130J transport aircraft crashed near Gwalior on Friday.
His heartbroken parents left for New Delhi on Saturday to bring home his body . Mishra (32) was the eldest son of Ashok Mishra, AGM at TRlK Refractories, Belpahar and Bijaylaxmi Panigrahi, teacher at the Belpahar Adarsh School.He passed out of the National Defence Academy (NDA) and became a commissioned officer of the Indian Air Force in 2006 after graduating from the Indian Military Academy (IMA). He was married and staying with his wife Sangya and 18-month-old daughter in New Delhi.