Five Pakistani Fighter Jets Shot Down During Operation Sindoor: Air Force Chief

SRINAGAR: Indian Air Force (IAF) chief AP Singh, said the surface-to-air missile systems of the armed forces destroyed five Pakistani fighter jets and another aircraft designed for airborne surveillance during Operation Sindoor.

Speaking at the Air Chief Marshal LM Katre lecture in Bengaluru, as per NDTV report, the IAF chief further revealed that some parked US-made F-16 jets were destroyed in the Jacobabad airbase when India targeted Pakistan’s military sites on May 10.

“We have at least five fighters confirmed kills and one large aircraft, which could be either an ELINT aircraft or an AEWC aircraft, which was taken on at a distance of about 300 kilometres. This is actually the largest ever recorded surface-to-air kill that we can talk about,” he said.

Operation Sindoor was a coordinated precision strike operation launched by the Indian Armed Forces on seventh May 2025 against Pakistan, in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack.