Indian forces downed five fighter jets of Pakistan, which included F-16 and JF-17 during Operation Sindoor in May, said Indian Air Force Chief, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh. He added that the longest hit that Indian armed forced made during the conflict was at a distance of 300 km.
He said that Pakistan losses includes airfields, radars, command and control centres, runways and fighter jets. He said at least 4 to 5 fighter jets were downed by the India armed forces during four nights of conflict between the two countries.
“…As far as Pakistan‘s losses are concerned…we have struck a large number of their airfields and we struck a large number of installations…Because of these strikes, radars at least four places, command and control centres at two places, runways of course damaged at two places, then three of their hangars in three different stations have been damaged…” he said.
“…We have signs of one C-130 class of aircraft…and at least 4 to 5 fighter aircraft, most likely F-16, because that place happened to be F-16 with whatever was under maintenance at that time. Along with that, one SAM system has been destroyed…As far as the air defence part is concerned, we have clear evidence of one long-range strike, which I talked about more than 300 km, which happened to be either an AEW&C or a SIGINT aircraft, along with five high-tech fighters between F-16 and JF-17 class, this is what our system tells us,” the IAF chief added.
#WATCH | Delhi: Responding to ANI’s question on the losses suffered by Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh says, “…As far as Pakistan’s losses are concerned…we have struck a large number of their airfields and we struck a large… pic.twitter.com/qhf7yl27LO— ANI (@ANI) October 3, 2025
‘Longest kill at over 300 kms’
Explaining India’s upper hand throughout the Operation Sindoor, IAF chief AP Singh said that the long-range SAMs hit target as deep as over 300 km inside Pakistan.
“…Our long-range SAMs that we had procured recently and operationalised…We could look deep inside their territory. We could make sure that they were not able to operate even within their territory up to a certain distance. It will go down in history that longest kill that we achieved of more than 300 kilometres by that. And it seriously curtailed their activities,” he said.
Singh mentioned that armed forces were given a clear directive and mandate, adding that the lessons from the conflict would go down in history that “this is one war that was started with a very clear objective and it was terminated in a quick time without just prolonging it”.
“We are seeing what is happening in the world, the two wars that are going on, there’s no talk about termination. But we could make them reach a stage where they ask for a ceasefire, ask for termination of hostilities. And also, we took a call as a nation to terminate those hostilities because our own objectives are met. I think this is something that the world needs to learn from us,” he added.
He further said that Russian-made S-400 proved to be a good platform and the government has plans procure more S-400 systems. Notably, F-16 is a US-made fighter jet and Pakistan has been denying any damage to that and other installations since Operation Sindoor.