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Air chief marshal RKS Bhadauria will award Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman’s 51 Squadron with unit citation for shooting down Pakistan’s F-16 days after the Pulwama attack. The award is slated to be received by commanding officer Group Captain Satish Pawar on October 8.

Months after the combat against Pakistan’s F-16 and landing on the side of Pakistan with several injuries, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has now begun flying the MiG 21 jet once again

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman will be honoured with Vir Chakra on August 15, for his valour and brave fight against the Pakistani forces. He shot down a Pakistan F-16 near the Line of Control and was brought back to India via the Wagah border
 

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The “irrefutable proof” by IAF consists of AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) radar images proving that the Pakistani aircraft was indeed shot down by Abhinandan’s MiG 21 Bison before his own aircraft went down in PoK area.

The Election Commission officials towed a lawyer's car in Udupi as he had a 'Chowkidar Sher Hai' poster on his car. The officials urged the lawyer to remove the sticker as it is against the Model Code of Conduct. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, took to Twitter on Saturday to wish everyone on Nauroz while sharing a traditional thali that her mother, Sonia Gandhi, the former president of the Congress, made for her. But there was a problem. And that is, today is not Nauroz. It is Navreh! Watch MyNation in 100 seconds.

The US defence department on Friday said it was 'not aware' of any investigation that was conducted after India's Balakot air strikes to ascertain if Pakistan had lost an F-16 in the aerial dogfight on February 27

MiG 21s have proved their mettle several times in the past, but the public image this vintage jet has maintained in India is definitely discouraging. Notwithstanding the recent F-16 kill, MiGs have been crashing frequently.

PM Modi said that when Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman shot down a Pakistani F-16, while flying a MiG-21 Bison, following India's Balakot air strikes, all political parties of the country should have spoken as one and hailed the achievement. However, the opposition kept harping on when Abhinandan would return.

Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor said that the Indian jets violated the Pakistani airspace on February 26, dropping payloads without inflicting any casualties or damage to infrastructure. 

 

Indian Air Force's official sources said that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman preferred to stay with his squadron in Srinagar than going to his family home in Chennai while on leave

MiG-21s have proved their mettle on several occasions, including the recent F-16 kill. However, what gives the MiG the nickname of ‘flying coffin’ is the high number of crashes involving the aircraft and its variants that has led India to lose some of its best pilots.

Top IAF sources confirmed that Varthaman had fired an R-73 missile to take out the F-16 aircraft, however, his jet was also hit by an AMRAAM missile
 

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