IAF carries precision strike against practice target to mark 2nd anniversary of Balakot airstrike | Watch
4 years 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 inside Pakistan. On February 26, 2019, Indian Air Force fighter jets crossed the Line of Control and destroyed terror launch pads in Balakot. The strike by India's warplanes on the camp and the Pakistani Air Force's subsequent retaliation the next day triggered fears of a war between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

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Six years of Balakot airstrike: Here's how India's bold military operation hit Pakistan out of the blue
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Six years of Balakot airstrike: Here's how India's bold military operation hit Pakistan out of the blue

Firstpost  

The Balakot air strike is remembered as a key moment in India-Pakistan relations– one that confirmed New Delhi’s willingness to take decisive military action against terror infrastructure The IAF's Mirage 2000 fighter jets were used to drop bombs over the JeM facility in Balakot, Pakistan, on February 26, 2019. The Balakot air strike is remembered as a key moment in …

Balakot airstrikes: How Indian Air Force entered Pakistani airspace and destroyed JeM terror camps I DEETS
2 years ago

Balakot airstrikes: How Indian Air Force entered Pakistani airspace and destroyed JeM terror camps I DEETS

India TV News  

Four years of Balakot airstrike: India witnessed one of the deadliest terrorist attacks, wherein it lost 40 brave soldiers on the same day the world was celebrating the week of love, Valentine's day, in 2019. on February 26, 2019, India carried out airstrikes by crossing international boundaries-- thus marking the first incident since the 1971 Indo-Pak war when an Indian …

From the India Today archives (2019) | The inside story of India's Balakot airstrikes
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Balakot airstrikes sent a message to Pakistan that they will suffer more: Former Army General Manoj Naravane
2 years, 3 months ago

Balakot airstrikes sent a message to Pakistan that they will suffer more: Former Army General Manoj Naravane

Op India  

Former Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane has said that the air strike by Indian Air Force targeting Jaish-e-Mohammed’s advance training camp in Pakistan’s Balakot in 2019 was a clear message that if anyone tries to harm India, then they will suffer more. When asked about the situation when you are dealing with a country which is a rogue …

Zawahiri's killing: India must hit terror at its source
2 years, 7 months ago

Zawahiri's killing: India must hit terror at its source

India Today  

It was in a palatial multi-storey bungalow downtown Kabul that Ayman al-Zawahiri, the al-Qaeda number one, was hiding in plain sight when two Hellfire missiles fired from the Reaper unmanned combat aerial vehicle took him out. Incidentally, Osama Bin Laden was also hiding not in the remote Tora Bora mountains but barely 100 metres from Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul, …

Modi Govt 8 years: How PM handled Pakistan with iron fist - Surgical strike, Balakot air strike
2 years, 9 months ago

Modi Govt 8 years: How PM handled Pakistan with iron fist - Surgical strike, Balakot air strike

India TV News  

Modi Govt 8 years: Balakot Air Strike - 2019 and Surgical Strike - 2016 were two such military operations by the Modi government that forever changed enemies' perception of how India would act if it’s national interests are compromised through terror attacks or dirty games by its neighbours, particularly Pakistan. The Modi government handled Pakistan with an iron fist conducting …

Three years of Balakot airstrike: Don’t get complacent about terror
3 years ago

Three years of Balakot airstrike: Don’t get complacent about terror

Hindustan Times  

On February 26, 2019, 12 Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft took off from India and crossed the border to carry out a punitive strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed facility in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan. The Indian government’s intention was unequivocally conveyed to Pakistan and the world that it would no longer resort to dialogue with a nation that repeatedly failed …

Indian Air Force Focused on Boosting Capabilities After Balakot Strikes, Galwan Clashes: IAF Chief
3 years, 7 months ago

Indian Air Force Focused on Boosting Capabilities After Balakot Strikes, Galwan Clashes: IAF Chief

News 18  

India's air power capabilities in terms of hitting targets with precision, defending assets and use of new technologies have gone up significantly after the Balakot air strikes and rapid developments in eastern Ladakh following the Galwan Valley clashes, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said on Tuesday. In an address at a leading think-tank, the IAF Chief …

Drone strike on IAF base a terror attack, says J&K police chief; crude bomb found in Jammu
3 years, 8 months ago

Drone strike on IAF base a terror attack, says J&K police chief; crude bomb found in Jammu

Firstpost  

The initial investigation into the Jammu airport blasts has suggested that the drones came from across the border, top sources from the NIA told News18 Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh Sunday termed the twin explosions at the Air Force base in Jammu airport a “terror attack”. Crude bomb found by Jammu Police after drone attack: J&K …

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

Two Years of Balakot Air Strikes: Forces Displayed Strong Response to Terrorism, Say Top Defence Officials
4 years ago

Two Years of Balakot Air Strikes: Forces Displayed Strong Response to Terrorism, Say Top Defence Officials

News 18  

The Balakot air strikes displayed the armed forces’ capability to retaliate deep in the adversary’s territory and also accelerated the process of acquisition of defence assets, experts said on Friday. Lt. Gen. D S Hooda, who was the Army’s Northern Commander during the surgical strikes post the Uri attack in 2016, said the Balakot strike displayed India’s response to terrorism. …

Two years of Balakot airstrike: Rajnath Singh, others BJP leaders remember ‘Operation Bandar’
4 years ago

Two years of Balakot airstrike: Rajnath Singh, others BJP leaders remember ‘Operation Bandar’

Firstpost  

Mirage 2000 fighter jets crossed the Line of Control and destroyed a training camp in Pakistan’s Balakot, at around 3.30 am on 26 February, 2019 Conducted in response to the deadly Pulwama attack that claimed the lives of 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel, Balakot Air Strike was the first aerial assault carried out by the Indian Air Force in …

Two Years of Balakot Air Strike: A successful retaliation, know all about it
4 years ago

Two Years of Balakot Air Strike: A successful retaliation, know all about it

India Today  

The applauded 'Balakot Air Strike', completed its 2 years today. Balakot Air Strike is the first aerial shoot down carried out after the Indo-Pak war by India in Pakistan. The Balakot Air Strike was piloted in response to the Pulwama attack that took the lives of 40 Central Reserve Police Force jawans. The Balakot air strike piloted an array of …

Balakot strike dispelled taboo on air power use: Air Chief
5 years ago

Balakot strike dispelled taboo on air power use: Air Chief

The Hindu  

The use of the Air Force in the sub-conventional domain was considered a “taboo” in the past and the Balakot air strike was a “paradigm shift”, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. And Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the air strike “forced the rewriting of many a manual and rule book across the Line of Control ” …

IAF Air Marshal explains how Balakot airstrikes were planned and carried out
5 years ago

IAF Air Marshal explains how Balakot airstrikes were planned and carried out

Op India  

On this day, last year, the Indian Air Force fighter jets carried out cross-border airstrikes to pulverise the Jaish-e-Muhammad training camp situated deep inside Pakistan, in Balakot. According to Air Marshal C Hari Kumar, who headed the IAF’s western command during the operation last year, on 15th February, a day after the ghastly terror attack, the Chief of Air Staff …

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

At Air Force Day celebrations, an unmistakable subtext of Balakot ops
5 years, 5 months ago

At Air Force Day celebrations, an unmistakable subtext of Balakot ops

Live Mint  

It was like cocking a snook at Pakistan—first the speech by the Indian Air Force chief RKS Bhadauria on Tuesday that referred to how the IAF had demonstrated its resolve and capability in punishing the perpetrators of terrorism at Balakot followed by the flypast that included Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who downed a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet in February while …

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

Balakot air strikes show resolve of political leadership to fight terrorism: IAF Chief
5 years, 5 months ago

Balakot air strikes show resolve of political leadership to fight terrorism: IAF Chief

India Today  

The strategic relevance of Balakot air strikes is the resolve of the political leadership to punish the perpetrators of terrorism, Air Chief RKS Bhadauria said on Tuesday. In his Air Force Day message, the Air Chief said, "The strategic relevance of this is the resolve of the political leadership to punish the perpetrators of terrorism. Stressing that the present security …

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

Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria says shooting down IAF chopper in Kashmir was a 'big mistake on our part'
5 years, 5 months ago

Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria says shooting down IAF chopper in Kashmir was a 'big mistake on our part'

Firstpost  

Air Chief Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Friday described as a ‘big mistake’ the IAF shooting down its helicopter in Kashmir on 27 February. New Delhi: Air chief Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Friday described as a “big mistake” the IAF shooting down its helicopter in Kashmir on 27 February, when Indian and Pakistani forces engaged in a dogfight and …

After getting medical clearance, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman flies sortie in MiG 21 with air chief BS Dhanoa
5 years, 6 months ago

After getting medical clearance, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman flies sortie in MiG 21 with air chief BS Dhanoa

Firstpost  

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa and Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on Monday flew a sortie in a MiG-21 fighter aircraft from the Pathankot Airbase Pathankot: Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the IAF pilot who became the face of a tense military confrontation between India and Pakistan in February, on Monday flew a sortie with Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on a …

“We had the bull’s eye. All over in 90 seconds”, Balakot airstrike pilots confirm that they had hit the terror camps
5 years, 8 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, 8 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 …

’Operation Bandar’ was IAF’s code name for Balakot airstrike
5 years, 8 months ago

’Operation Bandar’ was IAF’s code name for Balakot airstrike

Live Mint  

When the Air Force sent its package of 12 Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft to attack the Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist camp in Balakot on February 26, it code-named it 'Operation Bandar ', to maintain secrecy. On February 26, 12 Mirages having taken off from multiple air bases crossed over into the Pakistani air space and carried out missile attacks on Jaish-e-Mohammed terror …

Post Balakot airstrikes, India TV's ground report from forward line airbase
5 years, 9 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 …

IAF jets hit 5 out of 6 targets in Balakot air strike
5 years, 10 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 …

‘Pakistan failed to achieve objective in counter-attack’: IAF Chief BS Dhanoa
5 years, 11 months ago

‘Pakistan failed to achieve objective in counter-attack’: IAF Chief BS Dhanoa

Hindustan Times  

The Pakistan Air Force failed to achieve its objective when it launched a counter-attack on February 27 through the Nowshera sector in Jammu, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said on Monday, addressing a seminar in New Delhi organised to mark the birth centenary of Marshal of Air Force Arjan Singh. The Pakistan Air Force failed to …

Technology on India’s Side in Balakot Operation: IAF Chief Dhanoa
5 years, 11 months ago

Technology on India’s Side in Balakot Operation: IAF Chief Dhanoa

The Quint  

The Air Force struck a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist training camp in Pakistan's Balakot area on 26 February, in response to the 14 February, Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed. The Pakistan Air Force retaliated the next day by unsuccessfully targeting various military installations in Jammu and Kashmir. Dhanoa said in his speech, "In the proposed induction of …

Did India shoot down an F-16 of the Pakistan Air Force?
5 years, 11 months ago

Did India shoot down an F-16 of the Pakistan Air Force?

The Hindu  

April 13, 2019 09:34 pm | Updated April 14, 2019 12:24 pm IST The story so far: In the early hours of February 26, the Indian Air Force conducted precision air strikes on a Jaish-e-Mohammad training camp at Balakot in Pakistan. In response the next day, Pakistan Air Force jets targeted Indian military installations across the Line of Control, but …

Balakot airstrikes and aftermath: Strange to see Pakistan's obfuscations given more credence than IAF evidence
5 years, 11 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 …

IAF says radar image proof of downed F-16 jet of Pakistan Air Force
5 years, 11 months ago

IAF says radar image proof of downed F-16 jet of Pakistan Air Force

Live Mint  

The Indian Air Force on Monday reiterated that it shot down an F-16 jet of Pakistan Air Force during the February 27 aerial combat and showed radar images of the engagement to assert that it has "irrefutable evidence" of downing the enemy jet. "The IAF has irrefutable evidence of not only the fact that F-16 was used by Pakistan Air …

How Pakistan failed to do Balakot-type strike on India on February 27
5 years, 11 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 …

Opinion | Aaj ki Baat March 15 episode: The inside story of how IAF launched its daring air strikes on Balakot
6 years ago

Opinion | Aaj ki Baat March 15 episode: The inside story of how IAF launched its daring air strikes on Balakot

India TV News  

India TV on Friday night in its programme 'Aaj Ki Baat' telecast details about the meticulous planning that went into the daring IAF air strikes at the Jaish terror facility located in Balakot inside Pakistan. The idea of air strikes had originally come from Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal B. S. Dhanoa, who was himself a fighter pilot. …

Balakot and After: IAF demonstrates full spectrum capability
6 years ago

Balakot and After: IAF demonstrates full spectrum capability

Firstpost  

After global speculation and much written on the effectiveness or otherwise of the Balakot strikes, the fog is lifting and it is slowly coming to light that the Mirage strikes have indeed been effective. The IAF’s air defence network has seen much transformation over the years and is now a sophisticated, well-networked and integrated system with highly motivated fighter controllers …

Balakot strike did not yield desired results as violence still continues in Jammu and Kashmir, says Praveen Togadia
6 years ago

Balakot strike did not yield desired results as violence still continues in Jammu and Kashmir, says Praveen Togadia

Firstpost  

Without naming then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the Hindutva leader praised the country’s leadership during the 1971 Indo-Pak war, which led to the creation of Bangladesh. Bhopal: Former Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia Friday said the air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Pakistan has not yielded desired results as terror attacks have not stopped in Jammu and …

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

Radar, satellite images of IAF strikes in Balakot show 'significant damage': Sources
6 years ago

Radar, satellite images of IAF strikes in Balakot show 'significant damage': Sources

India TV News  

Radar, satellite images of IAF strikes in Balakot show 'significant damage': Sources The source-based information about the "evidence" comes in the backdrop of a report by a foreign news agency claiming that satellite images of the Jaish-e-Mohammad Madrasa in Balakot showed the facility is still intact and buildings are standing. The Indian Air Force has given the government radar and …

Claims and counter-claims over IAF's Balakot bombing damage
6 years ago

Claims and counter-claims over IAF's Balakot bombing damage

The Quint  

New Delhi, March 6 Amid claims and counter-claims on the damage caused to the Jaise-e-Mohammad terror camp in Balakot, Pakistan, some television channels on Wednesday reported that Indian Air Force has shared the proof of accuracy of its strike with the government. The government rejected the report as some opposition parties also raised doubt with Union ministers blasting them for …

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

Indian strike targeting Jaish in Balakot: First satellite images fuel debate
6 years ago

Indian strike targeting Jaish in Balakot: First satellite images fuel debate

India Today  

A patchwork of roofs. Far away from this aerial tableau, a furious debate among Indian politicians has focused on a single question -- did an airstrike ordered by New Delhi on the hilltop training camp successfully kill Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists? Satellite expert Col. Vinayak Bhat tweeted images of the Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp on Wednesday, saying they indicated "likely damage" that wasn't …

80% bombs hit target: IAF gives satellite images to govt as proof of Balakot airstrike
6 years ago

80% bombs hit target: IAF gives satellite images to govt as proof of Balakot airstrike

India Today  

The Indian Air Force is learnt to have provided the government with proof that it hit targets in Pakistan's Balakot during the February 26 airstrike. These images have been submitted to the Narendra Modi government as proof that the Balakot airstrike was successful, top IAF sources told India Today TV. The sources also said that Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 …

IAF confirms Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman shot down Pakistan F-16 fighter jet
6 years ago

IAF confirms Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman shot down Pakistan F-16 fighter jet

India Today  

Top Indian Air Force sources have confirmed that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman shot down a Pakistan F-16 jet on February 27. Abhinandan had fired an R-73 missile to take out the Pakistan F-16 aircraft before his Mig 21 Bison was hit by an AMRAAM missile. The IAF Wing Commander was captured by Pakistan but had to be released in just …

‘All options’ available in case of another terror strike, say govt officials; evidence of F-16 use by Pak shared with US
6 years ago

‘All options’ available in case of another terror strike, say govt officials; evidence of F-16 use by Pak shared with US

Firstpost  

India will have ‘all options’ available in case there is another terror strike, official sources said, maintaining that the government will insist on concrete steps by Pakistan to counter terror New Delhi: India will have “all options” available in case there is another terror strike, official sources asserted on Tuesday while maintaining that the government will insist on concrete steps …

Post Pulwama attack, IAF tweaked planned Vayu Shakti exercise in Pokhran on hints from govt for cross-LoC strikes
6 years ago

Post Pulwama attack, IAF tweaked planned Vayu Shakti exercise in Pokhran on hints from govt for cross-LoC strikes

Firstpost  

The IAF made certain changes to the day-night exercise in Rajasthan’s Pokhran desert close to the Pakistan border on 16 February after the Pulwama attack, while the government considered an air strike option across the LoC. New Delhi: The Indian Air Force made certain changes to the format of its planned exercise in Rajasthan’s Pokhran desert — close to the …

Day after Amit Shah says Balakot air strikes killed 'more than 250 terrorists', IAF chief tells media they don't count casualties
6 years ago

Day after Amit Shah says Balakot air strikes killed 'more than 250 terrorists', IAF chief tells media they don't count casualties

Firstpost  

A day after BJP president Amit Shah said the Balakot air strikes killed ‘more than 250 terrorists’, IAF Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said the air force does not don’t count casualties, it only hits targets. He made the statement at a press briefing in response to a question on the number of terrorists killed in the IAF’s 26 February …

Balakot airstrikes : ‘If we plan to hit the target, we hit the target’, asserts Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa
6 years ago

Balakot airstrikes : ‘If we plan to hit the target, we hit the target’, asserts Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa

Op India  

Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa on Monday categorically said that Indian Air Force has successfully hit the target that was intended to be hit, reported ANI. Briefing the media on the Indian ‘non-military pre-emptive strikes’ against terror camps inside Pakistan, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa confirmed the strikes at terror camps and clarified that IAF was not in a …

Balakot air strike: IAF doesn’t count the dead, says Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa
6 years ago

Balakot air strike: IAF doesn’t count the dead, says Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa

Live Mint  

Coimbatore: The casualty figure in the Balakot air strike, where the Indian Air Force targeted and destroyed a JeM camp in Pakistan last week, will be given out by the government, said Air Chief Marshal B.S. Addressing a press conference in Coimbatore, Dhanoa said the death toll in the Balakot air strike depends on the number of people present at …

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