‘4-5 Pakistani fighter jets, most likely F-16s, destroyed in Operation Sindoor strikes,’ says Air Force Chief
Published on: Oct. 3, 2025, 1:54 p.m. | Source: The Indian Express
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Billed as the most expansive cross-border retaliation since the 2019 Balakot airstrikes and the 2016 Uri surgical strikes, the operation targeted Pakistani airfields, radars and command centres in addition to its fighter fleet.rnrnSpeaking at the 93rd Air Force Day celebrations, Singh said, “…As far as Pakistan's losses are concerned… we have struck a large number of their airfields and we struck a large number of installations… Because of these strikes, radars at least four places, command and control centres at two places, runways of course damaged at two places, then three of their hangars in three different stations have been damaged… we have signs of one C-130 class of aircraft… and at least 4 to 5 fighter aircraft, most likely F-16, because that place happened to be F-16 with whatever was under maintenance at that time.”rnrnHe added: “Along with that, one SAM system has been destroyed… We have clear evidence of one long-range strike, which I talked about more than 300 kilometres, 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 this is what our system tells us.”rnrnThis is the first confirmation of the type of jets lost by Pakistan in Operation SIndoor. Earlier, on August 9, during a keynote address at the 16th Air Chief Marshal L M Katre Memorial Lecture in Bengaluru, Singh had only spoken in broad terms, confirming “at least five fighters and one large aircraft” were destroyed, without identifying their make.rnrnThursday’s remarks mark the first time the IAF has specified that F-16s — Pakistan’s most advanced fighters — were among those hit.rnrnWhile he did not mention losses on the Indian side, senior officials in the past have acknowledged that the IAF did lose aircraft during the operation. The government has neither confirmed nor denied this.rnrnIn May, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan admitted to losing an unspecified number of aircraft in the conflict. Earlier that month, Director General Air Operations of the IAF, Air Marshal A K Bharti, said losses were part of any combat. The Indian military, he stressed, had achieved all its objectives and all IAF pilots were back home, but declined to say whether India lost any jets. He also confirmed that Pakistan had lost aircraft.rnrnOn June 10, India’s Defence Attache to Indonesia, Captain Shiv Kumar, told a seminar in Jakarta that the IAF had lost “some aircraft”, attributing it to political constraints that initially barred strikes on Pakistani military infrastructure or air defences. “After the loss, we changed our tactics and we went for the military installations... We first achieved suppression of enemy air defences and then... all our attacks could easily go through using BrahMos missiles,” he said.rnrnCountering the Opposition in Lok Sabha earlier this month, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said: “They should ask: did India destroy terror bases? Yes. Was Operation Sindoor successful? Yes. Were the masters of terrorists who wiped off sindoor from the foreheads of our sisters destroyed? Yes. 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