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India Today
13-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Fact-check for Pakistan: Minister shares video of PM's Adampur air base visit
The surrounding air echoed with chants of 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' and 'Vande Mataram' as Prime Minister Modi visited Punjab's Adampur air base early this morning. Hours after the visit, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw took a dig at Pakistan, which had claimed to have destroyed the Adampur air base during its attack on the night of May 9–10, in response to India's Operation Prime Minister's visit was significant as it demonstrated the air base was in fine condition, refuting reports of any Union Minister posted a video of the Prime Minister meeting jawans at the Adampur air base on X and said, 'Fact-check for Pakistan, which claims to have attacked the Adampur Air Base. PM Narendra Modi interacted with our brave jawans.' In a post on X, the Prime Minister shared a few photos with the jawans and called it a 'very special experience'.'Earlier this morning, I went to AFS Adampur and met our brave air warriors and soldiers. It was a very special experience to be with those who epitomise courage, determination and fearlessness. India is eternally grateful to our armed forces for everything they do for our nation,' the Prime Minister said. advertisement Adampur was one of the four key Indian Air Force stations that Pakistan claimed had suffered major damage after being targeted on the night of May 9–10, in response to India's Operation Today's Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) team reviewed medium-resolution satellite imagery from the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA for at least 10 air bases and imagery did not show any visible damage to the runway, administrative buildings, or aircraft hangars for Avantipur and Udhampur air base in J&K, Pathankot, Bathinda, Adampur in Punjab, Suratgarh air base in Rajasthan, and Sirsa in Haryana.
India Today
13-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Special experience: PM visits Punjab's Adampur air base, shares pics with jawans
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Punjab's Adampur air base early this morning. He was briefed by the Air Force personnel on the security situation at the base and also interacted with the jawans. Adampur was one of the four key Indian Air Force stations reportedly targeted by Pakistan on the night of May 9-10, in response to India's Operation Sindoor. Prime Minister Modi's visit to the Adampur Air Base carries significance, coming after Pakistan's claims that it had inflicted damage on the base during its overnight attacks. advertisementIn a post on X, the Prime Minister shared a few photos with the jawans and called it a 'very special experience'. 'Earlier this morning, I went to AFS Adampur and met our brave air warriors and soldiers. It was a very special experience to be with those who epitomise courage, determination and fearlessness. India is eternally grateful to our armed forces for everything they do for our nation,' the Prime Minister said. PM Modi also met the fighter pilots and technical support staff who carried out the operations. The Prime Minister himself had expressed his desire to meet the air Modi left for Adampur from Delhi's Palam Air Base at 7 am today. Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh accompanied spent about an hour with the airmen. Adampur Air Base is the base of the Air Force's MiG 29 fighter was one of the four key Indian Air Force stations that Pakistan claimed had suffered major damage after being targeted on the night of May 9–10, in response to India's Operation Today's Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) team reviewed medium-resolution satellite imagery from the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA for at least 10 air bases and imagery did not show any visible damage to the runway, administrative buildings, or aircraft hangars for Avantipur and Udhampur air base in J&K, Pathankot, Bathinda, Adampur in Punjab, Suratgarh air base in Rajasthan, and Sirsa in Modi's visit to the Adampur air base comes a day after he addressed the nation and praised the Indian armed forces for their courage in achieving the objectives of Operation Sindoor, during which India attacked nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), killing around 100 operation was in response to the Pahalgam attack, where 26 people — mostly tourists — were killed by terrorists on April 22.
