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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 …

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Pakistan Air Force posts a video boasting about its ‘advanced capabilities’, gets bombed by Iran hours later
11 months ago

Pakistan Air Force posts a video boasting about its ‘advanced capabilities’, gets bombed by Iran hours later

Op India  

Iran launched drone and missile assaults on terrorist bases inside Pakistan on Wednesday, claiming to hit two Jaish al-Adl terrorist sites, a day after the elite Revolutionary Guards conducted similar strikes on Iraq and Syria. The significant missile attack by Iran on targets inside Pakistan’s territorial border came just hours after the Pakistani Air Force boasted about its advanced capabilities …

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War in Our Times | How Indian military shaped the battlefield in East Pakistan in 1971
1 year ago

War in Our Times | How Indian military shaped the battlefield in East Pakistan in 1971

Firstpost  

Pakistan has always maintained that India commenced the 1971 war as early as November 1971 and this claim has not been without good reason. The scope of Indian military involvement increased substantially in the first three weeks of November 1971 but in most cases the Indian units would hit their objectives in East Pakistan and withdraw to Indian territory. The …

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2 PAF pilots die as training aircraft crashes near Peshawar, reports Pakistani media
2 years, 9 months ago

2 PAF pilots die as training aircraft crashes near Peshawar, reports Pakistani media

India TV News  

Highlights A Pakistani air force plane crashed during a routine training mission The air force said no damage was caused on the ground Plane crashes during training missions are common in Pakistan A Pakistani air force plane crashed during a routine training mission in an open area near the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing the pilot and co-pilot, the air …

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Pakistan inducts J-10C fighter jets from China to counter India's Rafale
2 years, 9 months ago

Pakistan inducts J-10C fighter jets from China to counter India's Rafale

India TV News  

Highlights Pakistan inducted J-10C fighter jets, acquired from China to improve combat capabilities. His statement is veiled reference about India's recent purchase of Rafale fighter jets from France. Pakistan has inducted multi-purpose J-10C fighter jets, acquired from China, into its Air Force to improve its combat capabilities. In a formal induction ceremony on Friday held at Pakistan Air Force Base …

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Pakistan inducts China-made J-10C fighter jets into PAF
2 years, 9 months ago

Pakistan inducts China-made J-10C fighter jets into PAF

The Hindu  

Pakistan on Friday formally inducted the multirole J-10C fighter jets, acquired from its all-weather ally China, into its air force to improve the country’s combat capabilities. Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed a ceremony held at Pakistan Air Force Base Minhas Kamra in Attock district of Punjab to induct the new jets. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said in December Pakistan …

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Supersonic projectile from India entered our airspace: Pakistan
2 years, 9 months ago

Supersonic projectile from India entered our airspace: Pakistan

The Hindu  

A high-speed projectile launched from India entered the Pakistani airspace travelling 124 km and fell near Mian Channu in Khanewal district damaging some civilian property though no casualties occurred, Major General Babar Iftikhar, Director-General of the Inter-Service Public Relations of Pakistan, claimed on Thursday. From its initial course, the object suddenly manoeuvred towards the Pakistani territory and violated Pakistan’s airspace …

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How the MiG-21 tilted the 1971 war in India’s favour with its 13/1 success ratio
3 years ago

How the MiG-21 tilted the 1971 war in India’s favour with its 13/1 success ratio

Firstpost  

John Kelly, the representative of the United Nations’ High Commission for Refugees in East Pakistan, got off his jeep outside the Governor’s house in Dacca at 1100 hours on the morning of 14 December 1971. On 6 December, Wing Commander Bishnoi led a formation of four MiG-21s from the 28th squadron towards Tezgaon, the only operational PAF Airbase in East …

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On IAF Day, a tale of when our air force showed how 'PAF is its bunny'
3 years, 2 months ago

On IAF Day, a tale of when our air force showed how 'PAF is its bunny'

Firstpost  

The MiG-25 was, quite simply, the fastest interceptor ever built. Pakistan’s air defense radars catch an aircraft streaking towards India — it’s not one of their own. But this show of force is in vain because the intruder is a Garuda — the Indian Air Force name for the Soviet-made MiG-25 — and flying at 65,000 feet which is well …

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Frosty relations with Pakistan after the Pulwama terror attack
3 years, 10 months ago

Frosty relations with Pakistan after the Pulwama terror attack

The Hindu  

The terror attack on a CentralReserve Police Force convoy in Pulwama in February 2019 by a Kashmiri Jaish-e-Mohammed operative has, in retrospect, had a significant impact on domestic and regional politics. For the first time since the 1971 war and for the first time since the two countries went overtly nuclear in 1998, the Indian government ordered the Indian Air …

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Global Security Situation, Evolving Air Warfare Dynamics Demands Greater Pak-China Cooperation: PAF Chief
3 years, 11 months ago

Global Security Situation, Evolving Air Warfare Dynamics Demands Greater Pak-China Cooperation: PAF Chief

News 18  

Evolving global security situation demands greater cooperation between Pakistan and China, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan said on Thursday as the two countries concluded the annual joint exercise of their Air Forces. The existing global security scenario coupled with the evolving dynamics of Air warfare, called for enhanced partnership between Pakistan and China as indeed between our Armed Forces, …

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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 …

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Pakistan Air force carries out drill at base near Leh amid India-China standoff
4 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan Air force carries out drill at base near Leh amid India-China standoff

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Amidst India and China military stand-off, Pakistan Air Force has carried out exercises at its forward airbase in Skardu near Ladakh in the occupied Gilgit-Baltistan region. Pakistan’s state-owned broadcaster PTV said that PAF chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan on Saturday visited PAF Base, Qadri at Skardu and witnessed various operational activities at the base including rapid deployment of …

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