5 Pakistani fighter jets, 1 spy plane shot down during Operation Sindoor: IAF Chief

Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh on Saturday said that the Indian S-400 air defence system had shot down five Pakistani fighter jets in the air along with a Pakistani surveillance plane at a distance of about 300 km, besides some parked F16s at the Jacobabad air base.

The IAF Chief was delivering the Air Chief Marshal LM Katre memorial lecture in Bengaluru during which he mentioned about the IAF operations during Operation Sindoor (May 7-10).

The IAF Chief said, "...We have at least five fighters confirmed kills and one large aircraft, which could be either an ELINT aircraft or an AEW &C aircraft, which was taken on at a distance of about 300 km. This is actually the largest-ever recorded surface-to-air kill that we can talk about."

He then mentioned the Pak F16 base at Jacobabad, saying, "One of the major airfields that was attacked. Here there's an F-16 hangar. One half of the hangar is gone. And I'm sure there were some aircraft inside which have got damaged there…"

“The IAF also hit at least two command and control centres, like Murid and Chaklala. At least six radars, some of them big, some of them small. Also, there is an indication of at least one hangar for surveillance planes and few F-16s.”