Indian Air Force Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, on Saturday, confirmed India shot down five fighters and a large aircraft of Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, describing it as the largest ever recorded surface-to-air kill by the forces. The IAF chief further shared the satellite imagery of the terror targets struck by the Indian Armed Forces during the May 7 assault.
"We have an indication of at least one AWC in that AWC hanger, and a few F-16s, which are under maintenance there. We have at least five fighters confirmed kill and one large aircraft which could be either aircraft or an AWC which was taken at a distance of about 300 kilometres. This is actually the largest ever recorded surface to Air kill that we have achieved,” he said during the 16th edition of the Air Chief Marshal LM Katre Memorial Lecture.
Based on specific intelligence, Singh said, the IAF took the decision to attack the airfield.
"So the airfield was attacked and the main building where the planning goes on, which was also used as the civil terminal building at times. As far as Sukoor airbase is concerned, we attacked the UAB hanger and radar site," he said.
The IAF chief was speaking during the annual 16th Air Chief Marshal LM Katre Lecture in Bengaluru.
"You have the visuals available here — this is the hanger which is flattened, this is the radar site before and after. AWC hanger was attacked again. Here we have very clearly an aircraft inside where the attack took place,” he said.
Regarding Sargodha, the IAF chief said, "We have grown up in our Air Force dreaming about days like this. Someday we get a chance. Just so happens that I got a chance before my retirement. We attacked the airfield that we had the very hard info on the F-16s," he added.
At least nine terror infrastructures were destructed by the Indian Armed Forces during the Operation Sindoor, which was a retaliatory operation for April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, where 26 innocent people were killed by terrorists.
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