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Will get your son back: What IAF chief BS Dhanoa told Abhinandan's father after February dogfight

Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa revealed that he called up Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman's father after the officer was downed by a Pakistani jet and captured by Pakistani forces earlier this year. I called him and said we will get Abhinandan back, BS Dhanoa said while speaking at the India Today Conclave 2019. FOLLOW FULL COVERAGE …

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Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman flies MiG-21 sortie with Indian Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa

In a historic event, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa and Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who had piloted a MiG-21 Bison retaliating Pakistan Air Force’s attempt to attack India after India’s airstrike at a terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot in February, flew a sortie together in a two-seater version of the Russian-origin MiG-21. According to the reports, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman …

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

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 …

Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa has dismissed accounts refuting India's version of its airstrikes in Pakistan, saying on Monday that Indian Air Force warplanes hit their intended target. BS Dhanoa said medical fitness would determine whether Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the fighter pilot captured and later released by Pakistan last week, would fly again. Earlier, former Union Minister Kapil …

Cross-border tension continues to brew over the capture of an Indian fighter pilot Abhinandan Varthaman. Pakistan has claimed Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was captured on February 27 when Pakistani Air Force struck down two Indian jets. Wing Comd Abhi Nandan is being treated as per norms of military ethics," Pakistani military spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor said in the evening. …