Permission only to fire in self-defence not to attack: Naik
Amid a debate over allowing the Indian Air Force use fire power in self-defence while operating in naxalite-affected areas, Air Chief Marshal P.V. The Air Force, he said, sought permission from the Government to use retaliatory fire only to protect its personnel and helicopters being used in casualty evacuation, reposition, extraction or insertion of para-military forces and police in naxalite areas. The Air Chief said the IAF helicopter had come under attack from naxalites last year while carrying out casualty evacuation in Chhattisgarh last year resulting in the death of an air warrior. Earlier, addressing the assembly on the 77th anniversary of Air Force Day, the Air Chief mentioned of the all-round work being done by the force outlining its futuristic plans to emerge as an aerospace power.
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