New Delhi: The Indian Air Force on Thursday night carried out major readiness exercise over Punjab and Jammu, in which a big number of aircraft participated. During the exercise, IAF jets, including frontline aircraft, flew at supersonic speeds in the border districts including Amritsar.
As reported by news agency ANI, the reason for carrying out the combat drill was to be prepared for thwarting any misadventure by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) to intrude into the Indian air space.
Ever since the dastardly Pulwama terror attack which took lives of 40 CRPF personnel, the Indian Air Force has been on high alert.
On February 26, India avenged the Pulwama Terror Attack by carrying out a ‘pre-emptive and non-military’ strike on Pakistan’s soil. The strike is said to have killed nearly 300 terrorists. The following day, Islamabad made a failed an attempt to target military installations in India in which one MiG 21 was lost and an IAF pilot went “missing in action”. However, the pilot was brought back from Pakistan on Friday.
