Indian Air Force Chief Amar Preet Sigh said that India downed five Pakistani fighter jets of the F-16 and JF-17 class during intense fighting carried out, as part of Operation Sindoor.

Singh said that IAF targeted several Patkistani airbases, damaging radars, runways, command centres, hangars, and a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. A C-130-class aircraft and possibly a high-value surveillance aircraft were also hit during the operation.

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh said that one SAM system has also been destroyed. “We have clear evidence of one long-range strike, 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.”

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