{"id":31612,"date":"2025-08-09T08:26:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T08:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=31612"},"modified":"2025-08-09T08:26:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T08:26:58","slug":"5-pak-fighter-jets-shot-down-during-op-sindoor-says-air-force-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/5-pak-fighter-jets-shot-down-during-op-sindoor-says-air-force-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Pak Fighter Jets Shot Down During Op Sindoor, Says Air Force Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, Aug 9: Six Pakistani aircraft \u2013 including five fighter jets and another large aircraft \u2013 were downed during Operation Sindoor, the Indian Air Force has said, in their first big revelation of the extent of damage caused to the Pakistani air fleet during the mega military offensive.<br \/>\nBesides the six aircraft that were hit mid-air, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh also confirmed the losses that the Pakistan Air Force suffered on the ground in the aerial strikes at Pakistan airbases.<br \/>\nSpeaking at the annual 16th Air Chief Marshal LM Katre Lecture in Bengaluru, Air Chief Marshal Singh credited the Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missile system with the crucial aerial kills during the May 7 operation that followed the Pahalgam attack.<br \/>\nThe \u201cbig bird\u201d that was downed was an AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System), the loss of which dealt a massive blow to Pakistan\u2019s air strength.<br \/>\nAir Chief Marshal Singh also shared \u2018before and after\u2019 satellite images of the terror targets that were struck during the May 7 attack.<br \/>\nPointing to the Bahawalpur camp in Pakistan that served as the Jaish-e-Mohammad\u2019s headquarters, he said the visuals clearly show the lack of any collateral damage. \u201cThe adjacent buildings are fairly intact. Not only did we have satellite pictures, but also from local media, through which we could get inside pictures,\u201d said the Chief of Air Staff.<br \/>\nMuridke, the Lashkar-e-Taiba headquarters that was among the nine locations struck on May 7, was a residential area for their senior leadership, the Air chief said. \u201cThese were their office buildings where they would get together to conduct meetings. We could get video from the weapons themselves as the location was within range,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nIndia had struck nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK), eliminating over a hundred terrorists, during Op Sindoor. The massive military operation was carried out in response to the April 22 Pahalgam massacre in which 26 innocent people were killed by Pakistan-linked terrorists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31613\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31613\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IAF-1536x1132-1-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"5 Pak Fighter Jets Shot Down During Op Sindoor, Says Air Force Chief\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">5 Pak Fighter Jets Shot Down During Op Sindoor, Says Air Force Chief<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, Aug 9: Six Pakistani aircraft \u2013 including five fighter jets and another large aircraft \u2013 were downed during Operation Sindoor, the Indian Air Force has said, in their first big revelation of the extent of damage caused to the Pakistani air fleet during the mega military offensive. 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