Former IAF chief BS Dhanoa said that Pakistan could not carry out any major terror attack against India after the Balakot incident because it was aware that any misadventure would invite retaliation.
Former IAF chief BS Dhanoa said that Pakistan was well aware of India's capability and that Indian armed forces were prepared to wipe out Pakistan's forward brigades.
Former IAF chief BS Dhanoa said that Pakistan was well aware of India's capability and that Indian armed forces were prepared to wipe out Pakistan's forward brigades.
Dhanoa said the Rafale jets along with S-400 missile systems will give the Indian Air Force a major combat edge in the entire region and that India's adversaries will think twice before starting a war with it.
While speaking to ANI in the national capital on February 26, the former Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Birender Singh Dhanoa spoke on first anniversary of Balakot airstrikes. He said, "One year has gone fast and we look back with satisfaction.
Referring to the row over the Rafale purchase deal, former Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said on Saturday that such controversies slow down defence acquisitions, affecting the armed forces' capabilities.
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa: It was a pleasure for me to fly with Abhinandan because he has got his flying category back, that is what all pilots look forward to. I also ejected in 1988, it took me 9 months to get my category back.
Abhinandan was flying a MiG-21 Bison fighter during that dogfight and shot down after he took down a Pakistani F-16. Abhinandan ejected from his fighter jet after being shot and landed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, where he was taken prisoner.
Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa will pay a three-day visit to Thailand beginning Monday during which he will attend a key conference on Indo-Pacific and explore ways to deepen bilateral defence cooperation with the southeast Asian country.
"We have seen their (Pakistan's) deployment. The Indian Air Force is always cautious. We are responsible for air defence and we are always alert," Dhanoa said when asked about the situation at the Indo-Pak border.
The Balakot strike demonstrated the IAF's ability of precision bombing, Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa said Tuesday, asserting that it is capable of taking part in a full spectrum of conflict, ranging from "sub-conventional to nuclear". He said in case "we have correct coordinates, the Air Force is capable of doing all-weather bombing through clouds".
"Modification to the Mirage 2000 was in process and expedited, and system was brought in place for the Kargil War," the IAF chief said.
The Russian-origin aircraft went missing in the afternoon of June 3, around 33 minutes after taking off from Jorhat in Assam for Menchuka in Arunachal Pradesh.
The Chief of the Air Staff took part in a ‘Missing Man Formation’ flypast in Mi-17 helicopter to pay respect to the Air Force personnel who laid down their lives during the ‘Operation Safed Sagar’ conducted by the Airforce during the Kargil war.
Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa leads 'Missing Man' formation in Mig-21
Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa carried out a solo sortie on a MiG-21 Type-96 fighter aircraft at Sulur Airforce Station, near here, Friday.
The casualty figure in air strike on Balakot camp will be given by government, he added.
The IAF chief asserted that it is important to work in coordination so that the country wins any war in future in the "shortest possible" time.
"The IAF is well-equipped to take on threats which occur from across the border, be it in the realm of sub conventional or other domains," the Air Chief Marshal said.
"Efforts are being made to minimise accidents due to human error by providing best possible training to the air crew and technicians to meet the challenges of operating current generation fighters, as well as legacy aircraft and weapons systems", said Air Force Chief.
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