The MiG 29s enjoy various advantages over the MiG-21s, which had the option to effectively guard the area of their responsibility in the Kashmir valley for a long time and furthermore figured out how to strike down a F-16 in every 2019 post-Balakot air strike on Pakistani terrorist camps.
A woman fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force will soon join the Golden Arrows squadron operating the newly-inducted Rafale fighter jets, official sources said on Monday. The woman pilot is undergoing training to fly Rafale aircraft, they said.
An Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguar aircraft suffered a bird hit in Ambala on Thursday morning. The pilot of the fighter jet jettisoned fuel tanks after one of the engines of the aircraft failed.
Varthaman, who became the face of the tense military confrontation between India and Pakistan, conveyed to the IAF brass that he wants to return to the cockpit as soon as possible.
Abhinandan Varthaman was captured by Pakistani authorities on February 27 after an air combat between the air forces of the two countries, a day after New Delhi had conducted counter-terror operations in Pakistan's Balakot.
The long drawn day which swung between hope and despair ended with joy as Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman walked back into India with his head held high. The smiling face of the IAF pilot, who returned to India after almost 60 hours in Pak captivity, was a huge sigh of relief for the nation, that awaited his arrival with bated breath.
No, she was not his wife or family. She is Dr Fariha Bugti, Director India in Pakistan's Foreign Office.
The Pakistan government on Thursday decided to release him as "a first step" to open negotiations with India to de-escalate tension after a terror attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed left 40 CRPF personnel dead.
The day slipped into sunset and then night but the wait for Wing Commander Varthaman, who was captured by Pakistan on Wednesday and was released on Friday, continued.
Modi also hit out at the previous Congress-led UPA government for allegedly “blocking,” surgical strikes post 26/11 Mumbai attacks in 2008.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot left Lahore in a convoy comprising vehicles of the Pakistani government officials.
"Every noble act makes a way for itself... your goodwill gesture is ‘a cup of joy' for a billion people, a nation rejoices...I am overjoyed for his parents and loved ones," Sidhu tweeted on Thursday.
Revealing the details of the IAF strike on Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Pakistan's Khyber Pashtun region on February 26, the Air Vice Marshal said that there was credible evidence that we destroyed target in strike on JeM camp.
On his return journey, the second-generation IAF pilot will be accompanied by India's air attache to Pakistan Group Captain JD Kurian, sources have said.
In the evening India erupted in joy when Pakistan Prime Minster Imran Khan announced that Abhinandan will be released on Friday as a "gesture of peace".
They asserted that there was no question of any deal on the return of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.
While people are praying for the safe return of IAF pilot Abhinandan, Veena Malik took to Twitter to write outrageously on the matter.
The two days of India- Pakistan power play and the official position till now.
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