Post Balakot airstrikes, India TV's ground report from forward line airbase
5 years, 7 months ago

Post Balakot airstrikes, India TV's ground report from forward line airbase

India TV News  

It is no secret that Pakistan dreads India's military prowess, more so after the successful airstrikes targeting terror camps in Balakot. India TV's ground report from Bhisiana Air Force station In the same backdrop, India TV's Defence Correspondent Manish Prasad has come out with an exclusive ground report from Bhisiana Air Force station on the great strength and capability of the Indian Airforce. India TV's ground report from Bhisiana Air Force station The Bathinda airbase is 72 kilometers from the International Border. India TV's ground report from Bhisiana Air Force station Post the Balakot strikes, the IAF has been actively monitoring 13 active airbases in Pakistan. India TV's ground report from Bhisiana Air Force station In retaliation, India carried out an airstrike in Pakistan's Balakot -- in the aftermath of which Islamabad downed New Delhi's MiG 21 Bison fighter jet and captured IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.

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From the India Today archives (2019) | The inside story of India's Balakot airstrikes
1 year, 11 months ago

From the India Today archives (2019) | The inside story of India's Balakot airstrikes

India Today  

Hours before the Balakot strike deep in the heart of Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave no indication to those who met him that he had taken such a momentous decision. In the following days, with Pakistan launching a counter strike, a thick fog of controversy surrounded the big questions: what was behind Modi’s decision to clear an air strike …

IAF carries precision strike against practice target to mark 2nd anniversary of Balakot airstrike | Watch
3 years, 10 months ago

IAF carries precision strike against practice target to mark 2nd anniversary of Balakot airstrike | Watch

India TV News  

The Indian Air Force carried out a long-range precision strike against a practice target to mark the second anniversary of the Balakot Operation on Saturday. On the first anniversary of Balakot air strike, Bhadauria flew a five aircraft mission from Srinagar air base along with air warriors who were part of the operation to pound a terrorist training camp deep …

IAF carries precision strike against practice target to mark 2nd anniversary of Balakot airstrike | Watch
3 years, 10 months ago

IAF carries precision strike against practice target to mark 2nd anniversary of Balakot airstrike | Watch

India TV News  

The Indian Air Force carried out a long-range precision strike against a practice target to mark the second anniversary of the Balakot Operation on Saturday. On the first anniversary of Balakot air strike, Bhadauria flew a five aircraft mission from Srinagar air base along with air warriors who were part of the operation to pound a terrorist training camp deep …

Pakistan reactivates Balakot terror camps destroyed in IAF airstrikes
4 years, 2 months ago

Pakistan reactivates Balakot terror camps destroyed in IAF airstrikes

India Today  

Terror camps in Pakistan's Balakot, bombed by India in February 2019, have been reactivated, as per sources. Nearly one and a half year after surgical strikes in Balakot terror camps, Pakistan’s ISI is using top Jaish-e-Mohammad commanders to train terrorists in the area with an aim to launch attacks on Indian soil, as per an intelligence report. According to intelligence …

Rajnath Singh says Balakot airstrikes sent out clear message on terrorism, infrastructure 'across the border' won't be safe haven for terrorists
4 years, 10 months ago

Rajnath Singh says Balakot airstrikes sent out clear message on terrorism, infrastructure 'across the border' won't be safe haven for terrorists

Firstpost  

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the Balakot airstrikes had sent out a clear message that infrastructure across the border could not be used as safe havens for terrorists. New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the Balakot air strikes had sent out the clear message that infrastructure across the border could not be used as safe …

Balakot's message was 'ghar mein ghus kar marenge, wherever you are': Ex-Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa
4 years, 10 months ago

Balakot's message was 'ghar mein ghus kar marenge, wherever you are': Ex-Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa

Op India  

On Wednesday, February 26 – the first anniversary of the Balakot airstrike, former Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa said that the bombing of Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot by Indian Air Force marks a paradigm shift in the way India conducts operations, reports ANI. Speaking to the media on the anniversary of Balakot strikes, the ex-Air Force Chief warned …

'We would have eliminated terror camps in Balakot sitting in India if we had Rafale jets', claims Rajnath Singh in poll-bound Haryana
5 years, 2 months ago

'We would have eliminated terror camps in Balakot sitting in India if we had Rafale jets', claims Rajnath Singh in poll-bound Haryana

Firstpost  

Rajnath Singh took a thinly veiled jibe at Pakistan, claiming that if India had gotten the Rafale jets sooner, then India would not have gone to Pakistan for conducting the Balakot airstrike If India had the Rafale jets sooner, “we wouldn’t have to go to Pakistan for Balakot airstrike”, Defence minister Rajnath Singh claimed on Sunday. Addressing a rally in …

VIDEO: At IAF Day celebrations, Balakot hero Abhinandan Varthaman flies MiG-21 in Hindon
5 years, 3 months ago

VIDEO: At IAF Day celebrations, Balakot hero Abhinandan Varthaman flies MiG-21 in Hindon

India TV News  

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on Tuesday led the formation of the Indian Air Force's MiG-21 Bison fighter jets during the Air Force Day celebrations at the Hindon Air Base in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad. While Abhinandan led a group of three MiG-21s flying in avenger formation, Balakot heroes Group Captains Saumitra Tamaskar and Hemant Kumar flew a Jaguar and a Mirage …

IAF squadrons which downed Pak F-16, conducted Balakot strike to be awarded by Air Chief
5 years, 3 months ago

IAF squadrons which downed Pak F-16, conducted Balakot strike to be awarded by Air Chief

India Today  

Indian Air Force Chief Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria will award unit citation to Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman's 51 Squadron for thwarting the aerial attack by Pakistan and shooting down a Pakistani F-16 jet on February 27. During Pakistan's counter-attack on India in response to the Balakot air strike, Abhinandan Varthaman flew a MiG-21 Bison fighter jet into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The …

'Completely baseless': Pak rejects Indian Army's statement on reactivation of terror camp in Balakot
5 years, 3 months ago

'Completely baseless': Pak rejects Indian Army's statement on reactivation of terror camp in Balakot

India TV News  

A day after Indian Army Chief Bipin Rawat said that terror camp in Balakot, that was destroyed by the Indian armed forces through a surgical strike earlier this year, was reactivated, The Pakistan on Tuesday called his remarks “completely baseless." Army Chief General Bipin Rawat in Chennai on Monday said Pakistan has reactivated the Balakot terror camp very recently and …

Army chief General Bipin Rawat accuses Pakistan of 'reactivating' Balakot terror camp, blames Islamabad of ceasefire violations along LoC
5 years, 3 months ago

Army chief General Bipin Rawat accuses Pakistan of 'reactivating' Balakot terror camp, blames Islamabad of ceasefire violations along LoC

Firstpost  

Months after the terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot was bombed by Indian Air Force, Pakistan very recently ‘reactivated’ it, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Monday Chennai: Months after the terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot was bombed by Indian Air Force, Pakistan very recently “reactivated” it, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Monday. “It highlights that some action …

Balakot terror camp reactivated by Pakistan: Army Chief Bipin Rawat
5 years, 3 months ago

Balakot terror camp reactivated by Pakistan: Army Chief Bipin Rawat

India TV News  

Jaish-e-Mohammed's terror facility in Pakistan's Balakot, which was bombed by the Indian Air Force earlier this year, has been reactivated Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Monday. Pakistan has reactivated Balakot terror camp: What it means The Indian Air Force carried out pre-dawn strikes in February to destroy terror camps in Balakot. And that is why people have got …

“We had the bull’s eye. All over in 90 seconds”, Balakot airstrike pilots confirm that they had hit the terror camps
5 years, 6 months ago

“We had the bull’s eye. All over in 90 seconds”, Balakot airstrike pilots confirm that they had hit the terror camps

Op India  

The “pre-emptive”, “non-military” airstrike carried out by the Indian Air Force on Jaish-e-Mohammed biggest terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot in the wee hours of February 26, 2019, was precisely “over in 90 seconds”, and they hit the targets precisely, Hindustan Times quoted two pilots part of the operation as saying. Twelve Mirage 2000 fighters which had taken off in the …

They couldn’t strike our military bases as they couldn’t even cross LOC: Air Chief Marshal on Pakistan’s reaction after Balakot
5 years, 6 months ago

They couldn’t strike our military bases as they couldn’t even cross LOC: Air Chief Marshal on Pakistan’s reaction after Balakot

Op India  

Today while speaking to the press during the commemoration of 20 years of the Kargil War, the Indian Air Chief Marshall, BS Dhanoa, speaking about the Balakot airstrikes against Pakistan said that none of the Pakistan fighter jets was able to cross the Line of Control. #WATCH BS Dhanoa, Indian Air Chief Marshal says,”On Balakot let me tell you, Pakistan …

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman meets colleagues in J&K 2 months after Balakot airstrikes | Watch
5 years, 8 months ago

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman meets colleagues in J&K 2 months after Balakot airstrikes | Watch

India Today  

Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on Saturday met and interacted with his colleagues in Jammu and Kashmir. During the meeting, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman addressed other Air Force members and said that the photographs, they clicked with him, were not for them but for their family members who prayed for his health. WATCH First video since he …

Pakistan rubbishes India's claim it downed F-16 jet post-Balakot, says one cannot hide a plane crash in this age
5 years, 8 months ago

Pakistan rubbishes India's claim it downed F-16 jet post-Balakot, says one cannot hide a plane crash in this age

Firstpost  

Pakistan has consistently denied the Indian Air Force’s claim, saying none of its aircraft was shot down during the weeks of tensions between the two nuclear-armed countries. Islamabad: Pakistan Army on Monday once again rejected India’s claim of shooting down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet, saying one cannot hide if a plane is downed in today’s age when even if …

IAF jets hit 5 out of 6 targets in Balakot air strike
5 years, 8 months ago

IAF jets hit 5 out of 6 targets in Balakot air strike

Live Mint  

The strategic surprise element that caught the Pakistan Air Force completely off guard despite being on a heightened sense of alert, the accuracy of intelligence in pinpointing targets besides the proficiency and skills of Indian Air Force pilots were some of the positives listed out in a lessons learned assessment report brought out by the IAF on the Balakot air …

Balakot airstrikes and aftermath: Strange to see Pakistan's obfuscations given more credence than IAF evidence
5 years, 9 months ago

Balakot airstrikes and aftermath: Strange to see Pakistan's obfuscations given more credence than IAF evidence

Firstpost  

The Balakot airstrikes and the aftermath occurred at a sensitive time when India was getting ready to hold its general elections for the Lok Sabha where Prime minister Narendra Modi is seeking a return mandate It may very well lend itself to a racy fiction entitled The Mysterious Case Of The Missing F16. Assessing commercial satellite images, Australian analysts suggested …

How Pakistan failed to do Balakot-type strike on India on February 27
5 years, 9 months ago

How Pakistan failed to do Balakot-type strike on India on February 27

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A day after the Indian Air Force carried out aerial strikes on a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist camp in Balakot, the Pakistani Air Force tried to carry out a similar attack against Indian military targets but failed to do so. “On February 27, the Pakistani Air Force with its package of more than 20 planes led by the American F-16s …

India's super spy had Imran Khan's office, home pictures
5 years, 10 months ago

India's super spy had Imran Khan's office, home pictures

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: It was not only the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror factory in Balakot whose pictures were picked up by the National Technical Research Organisation. Days before the Indian Air Force executed the deadly air strikes on the terror camp on Pakistani soil, NTRO —India’s super advanced technical intelligence agency — “travelled” as far as Islamabad and is learnt to have provided satellite …

India-Pakistan dogfight: A minute-by-minute account of Abhinandan's air battle
5 years, 10 months ago

India-Pakistan dogfight: A minute-by-minute account of Abhinandan's air battle

India Today  

On the morning of February 27, 24 fighter jets took off from Pakistan and flew towards India. At exactly 10am, the jets entered Indian airspace, where waiting Indian Air Force fighter jets engaged them in a dogfight. The developments of February 27 morning lasted 16 minutes, from the time the Pakistani jets took off to the time Wing Commander Abhinandan …

Balakot air strikes; Where are bodies of Pakistani militants IAF says it killed in air strikes, ask villagers: Reuters report
5 years, 10 months ago

Balakot air strikes; Where are bodies of Pakistani militants IAF says it killed in air strikes, ask villagers: Reuters report

Firstpost  

The only confirmed victim of India’s air strike against Pakistan is still unsure why he was shaken awake in the early hours of Tuesday by an explosion that rocked his mud brick house and left him with a cut above his right eye. What terrorists can you see here?” said 62-year-old Nooran Shah, a resident of Jaba village, near the …

Hit hard at Pak terror, but keep hype in check
5 years, 10 months ago

Hit hard at Pak terror, but keep hype in check

Deccan Chronicle  

The Indian Air Force strike on Balakot has not turned out to be as complete a success as one would have hoped. The Pakistani media fed by its military establishment reported that no terrorist infrastructure or camp at Balakot was hit by IAF Mirages that intruded deep into Pakistani territory. The international media also lapped up the Pakistani claim that …

Balakot airstrike 'not military action' as no damage to civilians: Nirmala Sitharaman
5 years, 10 months ago

Balakot airstrike 'not military action' as no damage to civilians: Nirmala Sitharaman

India TV News  

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the Balakot airstrike, where the Indian Air Force targeted and destroyed a JeM camp in Pakistan last week, was "not a military action" as there was no damage to civilians. Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale had not given any casualty figure in the airstrike and he had only given a statement, which was the …

India should release evidence of airstrike in Pakistan: Digvijaya Singh
5 years, 10 months ago

India should release evidence of airstrike in Pakistan: Digvijaya Singh

India Today  

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday said that India should release the evidence of the Indian Air Force airstrikes on terror launch pads across the Line of Control in Pakistan, like the United States did after killing Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. After the airstrike across the Line of Control, Pakistan military spokesperson Asif Ghafoor had said that India …

From Indian airstrike to Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman's release: A timeline of events
5 years, 10 months ago

From Indian airstrike to Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman's release: A timeline of events

India Today  

Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, captured by Pakistan two days ago after his MiG 21 Bison crashed inside Pakistan, returned to India on Friday. PAKISTAN BREACHES INDIAN AIRSPACE On Feb 27 at around 10:00 hours, the IAF radars detected a large package of Pakistan Air Force aircraft heading towards the Indian territory towards general area Jhangar. There …

India-Pakistan tension: How things unfolded in last two days
5 years, 10 months ago

India-Pakistan tension: How things unfolded in last two days

India TV News  

What India has claimed On February 26 #In an intelligence-led operation in the early hours, India struck the biggest training camp in JeM in Balakot. February 27 A statement released by the Ministry of External Affairs said #Against India's Counter Terrorism Action, Pakistan has responded this morning by using its Air Force to target military installations on the Indian side. …

India-Pakistan standoff intensifies: IAF pilot captured after air combat; Pak F-16 shot down, India loses a MiG-21
5 years, 10 months ago

India-Pakistan standoff intensifies: IAF pilot captured after air combat; Pak F-16 shot down, India loses a MiG-21

India TV News  

The standoff between India and Pakistan intensified on Wednesday even as the world continued to advise restraint while the two nations shot down each other's fighter jets. An IAF pilot was captured by Pakistan after his MiG-21 crashed during an air combat with Pak F-16 which had entered Indian airspace in the morning. Here is a look at the top …

India-Pakistan standoff intensifies | Watch Live coverage here
5 years, 10 months ago

India-Pakistan standoff intensifies | Watch Live coverage here

India TV News  

The ongoing standoff between nuclear neighbours India and Pakistan intensified with the Indian Air Force striking down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet after it crossed the Indian air space on Wednesday. The Pakistani F-16 jet was shot down in Jammu and Kashmir's Nowshera sector by the Indian Air Force as a retaliatory measure. Meanwhile, Sukhoi Su-30 MKI aircraft of the …

As it happened | Pak military top brass apprise lawmakers
5 years, 10 months ago

As it happened | Pak military top brass apprise lawmakers

The Hindu  

A Pakistan Air Force fighter aircraft was shot down by the Indian Air Force during an engagement on Wednesday morning, according to officials. 9:30 pm 3 Pakistani jets unsuccessfully targeted key Indian military installations: sources Three Pakistani fighter jets entered into Indian air space at 9:58 a.m. on Wednesday targeting key military installations in Rajouri and Nowshera in Jammu and …

Balakot strike resets the rules of engagement with Pakistan
5 years, 10 months ago

Balakot strike resets the rules of engagement with Pakistan

Live Mint  

The rules of engagement with Pakistan underwent a rude reset on Tuesday after the Indian Air Force struck a Jaish-e-Mohammed training centre located in that country, killing up to 300 terrorists, especially since Prime Minister Narendra Modi had begun his tenure in 2014 on a conciliatory note inviting then Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif to be part of the swearing-in ceremony. …

India-Pakistan standoff: Security heightened across Delhi; defence chiefs brief PM Modi | Highlights
5 years, 10 months ago

India-Pakistan standoff: Security heightened across Delhi; defence chiefs brief PM Modi | Highlights

India TV News  

09:44 pm: Security increased in national capital Security has been bolstered across the national capital amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan, police said. 06:50 pm: India expects immediate and safe return of IAF pilot, MEA tells Pak envoy The Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan was summoned this afternoon by MEA to lodge a strong protest at the unprovoked act …

India air strike on Pakistan: Kashmir tensions rise after Balakot bombing raid
5 years, 10 months ago

India air strike on Pakistan: Kashmir tensions rise after Balakot bombing raid

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Indian aircraft crossed into Pakistan-administered Kashmir and “released …

Opinion | India’s resolute reply to terror—Surgical Strike 2
5 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | India’s resolute reply to terror—Surgical Strike 2

Live Mint  

Twelve days after a suicide attack by a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist killed 40 jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force, the Narendra Modi administration gave a resolute reply. Indian Air Force’s Mirage 2000 fighter jets pounded Balakot in Pakistan, home to the banned terror outfit’s largest training base. Killing of JeM’s top mercenaries—including JeM chief Masood Azhar’s brother-in-law Maulana Yousuf Azhar—also …

How IAF fighter jets killed 350 terrorists in Pakistan’s 5-star Balakot camp
5 years, 10 months ago

How IAF fighter jets killed 350 terrorists in Pakistan’s 5-star Balakot camp

Live Mint  

Hundreds of Fidayeen and their trainers were shifted from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to a five-star, resort style camp in a hilltop forest in Balakot after the Pulwama attack, providing Indian forces with "a sitting duck target" when they carried out an air strike early Tuesday, killing up to 350 terrorists, sources said. They said at least 325 terrorists and 25 to …

Indian Air Force conducts three airstrikes at joint terror camps of Jaish, Lashkar and Hizbul Mujahideen at Balakot, Muzaffarabad, Chakoti
5 years, 10 months ago

Indian Air Force conducts three airstrikes at joint terror camps of Jaish, Lashkar and Hizbul Mujahideen at Balakot, Muzaffarabad, Chakoti

Op India  

According to new reports, the Indian Air Force has conducted air strikes on three locations of Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Chakoti and Muzafarrabad in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir. Muzafarrabad 3:48 AM – 3:55 AM Chakoti 3:58 AM- 4:04 AM — Aditya Raj Kaul February 26, 2019 The Indian Air Force fighter planes dropped 1000 kg bombs on terror camps across the Line of …

All you need to know about Balakot that IAF airstrike destroyed
5 years, 10 months ago

All you need to know about Balakot that IAF airstrike destroyed

India Today  

The town of Balakot which was struck by the Indian Air Force on the morning of February 26 is in Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. AIRSTRIKE 2019 Indian Air Force jets crossed the Line of Control and destroyed a major terrorist camp in Balakote sector, sources said. Sources said terrorist launchpads in Balakot, Chakothi, and Muzaffarabad were …

Surgical airstrike on Pakistan: 11 day blow-by-blow account of how India planned muh tod jawab
5 years, 10 months ago

Surgical airstrike on Pakistan: 11 day blow-by-blow account of how India planned muh tod jawab

India Today  

The pre-dawn airstrike that India carried out in response to the February 14 suicide bombing in Pulwama has been in the works for 11 days, sources say. In fact, according to these sources, the government cleared Air Force chief BS Dhanoa's presentation the day after the bombing, in which as many as 40 CRPF paramilitary soldiers were martyred. FEBRUARY 16-20 …

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