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New Delhi, Oct 3: Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Friday said that 4 to 5 Pakistani fighter jets, most likely F-16s, were destroyed on the ground during air strikes carried out as part of Operation Sindoor.
\nSingh said the IAF targeted several Pakistani airbases, damaging radars, command centres, runways, hangars, and a surface-to-air missile system. He added that a C-130-class aircraft and possibly a high-value surveillance aircraft were also hit during the operation.
\nAddressing the press conference in the national capital, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh said, \u201c\u2026As far as Pakistan\u2019s losses are concerned\u2026we have struck a large number of their airfields and we struck a large number of installations\u2026Because of these strikes, radars at least four places, command and control centres at two places, runways of course damaged at two places, then three of their hangars in three different stations have been damaged\u2026we have signs of one C-130 class of aircraft\u2026and at least 4 to 5 fighter aircraft, most likely F-16, because that place happened to be F-16 with whatever was under maintenance at that time.\u201d
\n\u201cAlong with that, one SAM system has been destroyed\u2026We have clear evidence of one long-range strike, which I talked about more than 300 km, which happened to be either an AEW&C or a significant aircraft, along with that five high-tech fighters between F-16 and JF 17 class this is what our system tells us,\u201d Singh said.
\nHe said that during Operation Sindoor, the IAF\u2019s advanced long-range surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) prevented Pakistan from operating even within its own territory up to a certain range.
\nSingh also said the operation marked a historic achievement with the longest successful missile strike of over 300 kilometres, which significantly limited Pakistan\u2019s actions.
\n\u201cOur long-range SAMs that we had procured recently and operationalised\u2026We could look deep inside their territory. We could make sure that they were not able to operate even within their territory up to a certain distance. It will go down in history that longest kill that we achieved of more than 300 kilometres by that. And it seriously curtailed their activities,\u201d Singh said.
\nThe IAF chief said India entered the recent conflict with a clear goal and ended it quickly after achieving its objectives. He also said this should serve as a lesson for the world, as many other ongoing wars have no end in sight.
\n\u201cA clear directive, clear mandate was given to the Indian Armed Forces\u2026 It stands as a lesson which will go down in history that this is one war that was started with a very clear objective and it was terminated in a quick time without just prolonging it,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cWe are seeing what is happening in the world, the two wars that are going on, there\u2019s no talk about termination. But we could make them reach a stage where they ask for a ceasefire, ask for termination of hostilities. And also, we took a call as a nation to terminate those hostilities because our own objectives are met. I think this is something that the world needs to learn from us,\u201d Singh said.<\/p>\n

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New Delhi, Oct 3: Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Friday said that 4 to 5 Pakistani fighter jets, most likely F-16s, were destroyed on the ground during air strikes carried out as part of Operation Sindoor. 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