How India pulverised Skardu airbase runway in PoK in 1971 war

How India pulverised Skardu airbase runway in PoK in 1971 war

4 years ago

How India pulverised Skardu airbase runway in PoK in 1971 war

India Today

Weeks into the standoff with Indian forces in eastern Ladakh, the People’s Liberation Army had spread rumours about Skardu airbase in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir being used by its air force. India Today OSINT team investigates the facts of 1971 through historical satellite imagery compared with latest images. The airbase bombing took place unlike previous bombings that the Pakistan Air Force had experienced. Historical imagery displays the most accurate bombing by IAF of the main runway of Skardu airbase.

India Pakistan Iaf 1971 Runway Pla Skardu Airbase Paf Skardu Airbase skardu used pok pulverised runway bombing 1971 satellite airbase paf india war imagery pakistan

Discover Related

An overnight dash to salvage a bombed runway that changed the face of ’71 war

3 weeks, 1 day ago

An overnight dash to salvage a bombed runway that changed the face of ’71 war

Hindustan Times

The 53rd anniversary of India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war has put the spotlight on the heroism of the army’s combat engineers who put their lives on the line to make the bombed-out Srinagar airfield available for fighter operations, with a young fighter pilot who flew from the same base later being posthumously decorated with the Param Vir …

India War Team Iaf Srinagar Pvc Runway

Air India Kanishka bombing: Journalist threatened to raise questions over Khalistanis disrupting the memorial service for victims

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Air India Kanishka bombing: Journalist threatened to raise questions over Khalistanis disrupting the memorial service for victims

Op India

On the anniversary of the Air India Kanishka bombing, Canadian journalist Daniel Bordman has shared that he was threatened by the local police after he questioned the presence of Khalistani elements at Queens Park in Toronto, Canada, where families of victims of the 1985 Kanishka bombing had gathered for a memorial service. One of the Khalistani terrorists while arguing with …

Social Media India Justice Canada Victims Indian Trudeau

From the India Today archives (1985) | Terror in the sky: The Air India Kanishka bombing

1 year, 2 months ago

From the India Today archives (1985) | Terror in the sky: The Air India Kanishka bombing

India Today

The images were achingly familiar. This would have totally disabled the aircraft’s control surfaces which meant the pilot would have no time to react and would also explain flight 182’s sudden disappearance from the radar screen. The explosion took place when the baggage from flight 003 was in the process of being transferred by container to a waiting Air India …

India Security London Delhi Canada Aircraft Explosion

Tangail and Meghna formations: How Republic Day parade will honour the 1971 war

2 years, 11 months ago

Tangail and Meghna formations: How Republic Day parade will honour the 1971 war

Firstpost

The upcoming Republic Day parade will commemorate some glorious moments, including the Meghna operation and Tangail airdrop of the 1971 war between India and Pakistan. The historic events will be paid homage to through a flying formation by the Indian Air Force during the military flypast at the Republic Day celebration The upcoming Republic Day parade will commemorate some glorious …

War Pakistan Bangladesh Indian 1971 Republic Formation

Rockets strike Kandahar airport in Afghanistan, all flights cancelled

3 years, 4 months ago

Rockets strike Kandahar airport in Afghanistan, all flights cancelled

India Today

At least three rockets struck Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan overnight, an official told AFP on Sunday, as the Taliban pressed on with their sweeping offensive across the country. Due to this all flights from the airport have been cancelled," airport chief Massoud Pashtun told AFP. #UPDATES At least three rockets strike Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan, as Taliban press …

Airport Afghanistan Taliban Rockets Kandahar Southern Afghanistan Kandahar Airport

250-kg Live Bomb from 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War Found Buried Near Dhaka Airport

4 years ago

250-kg Live Bomb from 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War Found Buried Near Dhaka Airport

News 18

A 250-kg live bomb has been found buried at a construction site at the international airport here with experts speculating that the cylinder-like bomb was dropped sometime during Bangladesh’s Liberation War against Pakistan in 1971. Construction workers detected the bomb on Wednesday during their excavation works for an extended terminal of Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, airport officials said. On …

Air Bomb

Air India plane tragedy at Kozhikode: How did flight crash while landing on table-top runway

4 years, 4 months ago

Air India plane tragedy at Kozhikode: How did flight crash while landing on table-top runway

Live Mint

At least 18 people died and many were severely injured in Kerala on Friday after Dubai-Kozhikode Air India flight overshot the runway at the Karipur airport. "The Air India Express flight number AXB-1344 on its way from Dubai to Kozhikode with 191 persons on board, overshot the runway in rainy conditions & went down 35 ft. into a slope before …

India Airport Air Flight Dubai Runway Kozhikode