IAF names Jammu conference hall after Flight Lt Advitiya Bal
Jammu, October 8
The Jammu Station conference hall of the Indian Air Force (IAF) was on Saturday named after Flight Lieutenant Advitiya Bal who died after his aircraft crashed during a training mission in Rajasthan’s Barmer in July, a defence spokesman said.
The 26-year-old officer, a resident of Jinder Mehlu village in Jammu, was flying a battle inoculation training mission on a Mig-21 Type-69 trainer aircraft along with Wing Commander Mohit Rana of Himachal Pradesh. Both the pilots were killed in the crash on July 28.
On the occasion of the 90th Air Force Day, the Bal Conference Hall was inaugurated by Bal’s mother Praveen Kumari and father Subedar Major Swaran Bal, the spokesman said. The first videoconference call from the hall was between Bal’s parents and the commanding officer and officers of his fighter squadron at Utarlai in Barmer.
The spokesman said Air Commodore GS Bhullar, Air Officer Commanding, Jammu; Ruhi Bhullar, president of the Air Force Wives’ Welfare Association, Jammu; and senior officers of the Jammu Station were present on the occasion.
Flight Lieutenant Bal, an alumnus of the Sainik School, Nagrota, in Jammu and the National Defence Academy, was commissioned into the fighter stream of the IAF on June 16, 2018.
“The bravery and supreme sacrifice made by Flight Lieutenant Bal will always be remembered and inspire generations of this soil for years to come,” the spokesman added. — PTI
Aircraft crash had claimed his life
- Flight Lieutenant Advitiya Bal was flying a battle inoculation training mission on a Mig-21 Type-69 trainer aircraft along with Wing Commander Mohit Rana of Himachal Pradesh when the crash killed both on July 28 this year.
- Commissioned into the fighter stream on June 16, 2018, Bal was an alumnus of the Sainik School, Nagrota, and the National Defence Academy.
