On Balakot Air Strike’s First Anniversary, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria Flies a MiG-21

On the first anniversary of Balakot air strikes, Chief of the Air Staff ACM RKS Bhadauria flew a five aircraft mission at Srinagar Air Base along with the aircrew from the squadrons that had participated in the operations on February 26th and 27th last year.

The CAS flew a MiG-21 Type 69 aircraft along with the Commanding Officer of 51 Sqn, Gp Capt Kamran Nazeer in a formation comprising one MiG-21, two Mirage-2000s and two Sukhoi-30MKIs.




“26 February 2019 was a momentous day as it bore testimony to the professionalism and operational preparedness of men and women of the IAF who successfully executed a very complex mission and achieved their objectives under extremely challenging conditions,” read the official press release sent out by Press Information Bureau (Defence Wing), Government of India. It further said that the IAF stands shoulder to shoulder with other defence services in discharge of its sacred duty of defending the nation’s sovereignty and integrity.

 

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