New Delhi — Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Friday said Indian forces had struck multiple Pakistani airfields and military installations during the four days of cross-border confrontations in May, destroying several high-technology platforms on the ground. Speaking at his annual press conference to mark the Indian Air Force’s 93rd anniversary, he said the strikes damaged runways, radars, command-and-control centres and hangars, and destroyed “at least five” advanced fighters, naming U.S.-origin F-16s and Chinese-made J-17s among them. He also said an AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning & Control) platform was hit.
“Because of these strikes, radars at least four places, command and control centres at two places, runways… damaged at two places; then three of their hangars in three different stations have been damaged,” Air Marshal Singh said, describing the scale and precision of the operations. He added that counter-UAV assets and long-range surface-to-air missiles had been used to strike deep into Pakistani territory, and referred to evidence of a long-range strike exceeding 300 km that targeted an AEW&C or SIGINT aircraft.
On Pakistan’s repeated assertions that it had shot down Indian jets during Operation Sindoor, the Air Force chief was dismissive, calling such claims “manohar kahaniyan” — literally “interesting stories.” “If they think they shot down 15 of my jets, let them think about it,” he said. “Have you seen a single picture where something fell on any of our airbases, something hit us, a hangar was destroyed…? We showed so many pictures of their places. However, they couldn’t show us even a single picture.” He challenged Pakistan to produce proof for its claims.
Air Marshal Singh framed India’s response as measured and mission-oriented, saying it achieved its objectives rapidly without prolonging hostilities. “We could make them reach a stage where they asked for a ceasefire, asked for termination of hostilities,” he said, referring to the understanding reached on May 10 to pause the exchanges after four days of cross-border firing.
His comments reiterated the IAF’s account of the operations and underscored New Delhi’s stance that the actions were proportionate, targeted and successful in degrading specific Pakistani capabilities.
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