NAME VICTORIES UNITS AIRCRAFTS WAR COMMENTS
Bharadwaj, Ravinder Nath 'Ravi' 2 20 Squadron Hunter 1971 War 1
Chiber, G. 2 MiG-29 1999
Cooke, Alfred Tyrone 2 14 Squadron Hunter 1965 War
Jayandra, Sukrutaraj 2 14 Squadron Hunter 1971 War 1
Mehta, Farokh Jehangir 2 OCU, 122 Squadron Hunter 1971 War 1
Neb, Vinod Kumar 2 27, 17 Squadron Hunter 1965 & 1971 wars
Pathania, Virendra Singh 'Pat' 2 23, 18 Squadron Gnat 1965 & 1971 wars 1
Sekhon, Nirmaljit Singh 'Nimmy' 2 18 Squadron Gnat 1971 War 0 (Jagan)
Shah, Samar Bikram 'Sam' 2 29 Squadron MiG-21 1971 War 1 (Jagan)
Bakshi, Krishan Kumar 1 220 Squadron Marut 1971 War
Bhattacharya, S. 1 3 Squadron Mystere 1965 War
Bindra, Iqbal Singh 1 10, 29 Squadron MiG-21 1971 War
Bundela, Prashant K. 1 45 Squadron MiG-21bis 10. 08. 1999
Chatrath, Narinder 1 17 Squadron Hunter 1971 War
Datta, Arun Kumar 'Buzz' 1 29 Squadron MiG-21 1971 War
Devayya, Ajamada Boppaya 'Tubby' 1 1 Squadron Mystere IV 1965 War
Ganapathy, Nandepanda Appachu 1 22 Squadron Gnat 1971 War
Gandhi, A. R. 1 7 Squadron Hunter 1965 War
Kapila, Vinay 1 9, 47 Squadron Gnat 1965 War
Keelor, Denzil Joseph 1 9, 45 Squadron Gnat 1965 War
Keelor, Trevor Joseph 1 23 Squadron Gnat first IAF jet victory
Kukreja, Niraj 'Kuki' 1 29 Squadron MiG-21 1971 War
Lazarus, Donald 1 22 Squadron Gnat 1971 War
Malhotra, Surinder Singh 'Mad Mally' 1 32 Squadron Su-7 1971 War
Mamgain, Subodh Chandra 1 14 Squadron Hunter 1965 War 2
Massey, Roy Andrew 1 22 Squadron Gnat 1971 War
Mazumdar, A. K. 1 2 Squadron Gnat 1965 War
Parker, Cecil Vivian 'Boss' 1 20 Squadron Hunter 1971 War 0 (unconfirmed)
Pingale, Prakash Sadashivrao 1 7 Squadron Hunter 1965 War 2
Rathore, D. N. 1 27 Squadron Hunter 1965 War
Sandhu, Amarjit Singh 1 23, 28 Squadron Gnat 1965 War
Singh, Bharat 1 2 Squadron Gnat 1965 War
Singh, Mian Mianjan 1 OCU Hunter 1971 War
Soni, Bahrat Bhushan 1 47 Squadron MiG-21 1971 War
Sandarsan, Ramanathan 1 14 Squadron Hunter 1971 War
Suresh, Kuke Srekantasastry 'Kuki' 1 OCU, 122 Squadron Hunter 1971 War
Tyagi, Sudhir 1 27 Squadron Hunter 1971 War 2
unknown 1 Su-30MKI 02. 2014 3.
unknown (WSO) 1 Su-30MKI 02. 2014 3.
unknown 1 Su-30MKI 27. 01. 2016 4.
unknown (WSO) 1 Su-30MKI 27. 01. 2016 4.
unknown 1 MiG-21 Bison 27. 02. 2019 2.
unknown 1 Su-30MKI 04. 03. 2019 5.
unknown (WSO) 1 Su-30MKI 04. 03. 2019 5.
unknown 1 [0+1] MiG-21MF 10. 08. 1999 1.
unknown 1 [0+1] MiG-21MF 10. 08. 1999 1.
Comments:
- On 10 August 1999, a Pakistan Navy Air Arm Breguet 1150 Atlantic (91) on a surveillance mission over southeastern Pakistan was shot down by two Indian Air Force MiG-21 Fishbeds after it was reportedly to have strayed into Indian airspace near Ran of Kutch. The sixteen crewmembers onboard were killed.
- On 27 February 2019, a Pakistani Air Force F-16 fighter jet was shot down by Indian air defence forces in Rajouri sector of Jammu region. The aircraft was brought down in Jhangar area of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri sector.
- On February 2014, an Indian Su-30MKI shot down a Pakistani balloon.
- On 27 January 2016, an Indian Su-30MKI shot down a Pakistani US-made balloon in Rajasthan on Republic Day. The IAF scrambled a Sukhoi-30 warplane and deployed armed Mi-17 helicopters after radars picked up an “unidentified balloon-shaped object” at a height of 25,000 feet between 10.30am and 11am on Tuesday when the ceremonial parade was in progress in New Delhi. The fighter’s 30mm GSh-301 auto cannon is said to have fired 97 rounds.
- On 4 March 2019, an Indian Su-30MKI shot down a Pakistani military drone in Bikaner sector of the Indo-Pak border using an air-to-air missile.
Indian Air Force Crest
Folland Gnat F.Mk.1.
Dassault Mystere IVA, No. 1 Squadron "Tigers", IAF.
The MiG-21FL "C750" was the mount of Flt.Lt. Bharat B. Soni on 12 December
1971, when he shot down the F-104A flown by Sqn. Ldr. M. E. Middlecoat, of
the No. 9 Sqn PAF.
MiG-21FL, 29th Squadron "Scorpions".
MiG-21bis, 45th Squadron "Flying Daggers".
MiG-21I Bison.
Sukhoi Su-30MKI "Flanker-H", No. 30 Squadron "Rhinos", Pune AB.
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