Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh revealed that the Indian Air Force (IAF) shot down six Pakistani aircraft, including five fighter jets and one high-value surveillance aircraft, during India's Operation Sindoor, a precision military response to cross-border terrorism, reported the IANS.

Speaking at the Air Chief Marshal L.M. Katre Memorial Lecture in Bengaluru, the Air Chief presented satellite imagery and intelligence inputs confirming the scale and accuracy of the operation, which was launched on May 7 following the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives.

“We have five confirmed fighter kills and one large aircraft, likely an ELINT or an AEW&C platform, taken down at a range of around 300 kilometres – the largest surface-to-air kill on record,” he said, according to the IANS.