India shot down five Pakistani jets, at least one large aircraft during Op Sindoor: Air Chief Marshal AP Singh
Speaking on Operation Sindoor at an event in Bengaluru, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh said, '…We have five confirmed kills and one large aircraft, which could be either an ELINT aircraft or an AEW &C aircraft, which was taken on at a distance of about 300 kilometres.'
According to Air Chief Marshal Singh, this was the largest ever recorded surface-to-air kill.
He further stated that India strikes also destroyed an F16 hanger at Shahbaz Jacobabad airfield of Pakistan.
'I'm sure there were some aircraft inside which have got damaged there…We have an indication of at least one AEW&C in that AEW&C hangar and a few F-16s, which were under maintenance there,' he said.
Indian armed forces also destroyed at least two command and control centres, like Murid and Chaklala, including at least six radars, some of them big, some of them small.
Singh also refuted Pakistan claims of targeting civilian areas during the first Operation Sindoor strikes, saying satellite images confirmed there was almost no collateral damage at Bahawalpur JeM headquarters.
'These are the before and after images of the damage we caused (at Bahawalpur – JeM HQ)… There's hardly any collateral here… The adjacent buildings are fairly intact… Not only did we have satellite pictures, but also from local media, through which we could get inside pictures,' he said. - The Statesman/ANN
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