Six Pakistani Aircraft Shot Down During Op Sindoor, Army Chief Makes Big Revelation

The Indian Air Force (IAF) took down six Pakistan Air Force aircraft, including five fighter jets and one large aircraft, during Operation Sindoor, said Chief of the Air Staff Marshal A.P. Singh on Saturday (August 9, 2025).

Air Chief Marshal shows before and after images of Operation Sindoor. | Photo Credit: J. Allen Egenuse

While delivering the keynote address of the 16th Air Chief Marshal L.M. Katre Memorial Lecture in Bengaluru, he said, “These are the before and after images of the damage we caused (at Bahawalpur - JeM HQ)... There’s hardly any collateral here... The adjacent buildings are fairly intact... Not only did we have satellite pictures, but also from local media, through which we could get inside pictures…”