Balakot Air Strike  

It has been exactly one year since that historic day. The Balakot air strike on Jaish-e-Mohammad terror training facility at Balakot left Pakistan stunned and made India proud

It’s been a year since India witnessed the Pulwama attack. The nation hit back with Balakot air strike. How did India plan this? Watch SimplifiedBy on MyNation.

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IAF chief RKS Bhadauria decorated the 51 Squadron and the 9 Squadron for their role in the air strike on terrorist camps in Pakistan's Balakot in February.
 

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.

Indian Air Force has released a promotional video of the Balakot air strike that took place in February this year 

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

Pakistan will be awarding two of its Air Force officers for downing an Indian jet. Wing Commander Muhammad Nouman Ali, who downed an Indian Air Force jet piloted by Abhinandan Varthaman on February 27, will be conferred with Sitar-e-Jurat while squadron leader Hassan Mahmood Siddiqui will be awarded with Tamgha-e-Shujaat.

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who will be awarded the Vir Chakra, along with pilots of the five Mirage-2000 fighter jets that took part in Balakot strikes are likely to receive top military awards.

Terror outfits have already threatened to boycott polls. Coincidentally the 17th day of Ramzan is on May 23, and even in past militants have chosen the 17th day of Ramzan, which is also the day of the battle of Jang-e-Badr, to attack security installations in the Valley.
 

According to a senior official, names of 12 Mirage 2000 pilots, who bombed a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror camp in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), have been recommended for the Vayu Sena medal for gallantry.

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

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.

The Pakistani Air Force fired 11 H-4 1,000 kg bombs from a 50-km range inside their territory on February 27 which was made at military targets at three locations but failed to hit any of them.

BJP general secretary has now hit out at the Congress for questioning the Balakot air strikes while Congress members fight for seats amongst themselves