India shot Pak plane from distance of 300 km, longest-ever recorded surface-to-air kill: Air chief marshal

Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Saturday said that the one large Pakistani aircraft destroyed during Operation Sindoor was taken down from a distance of 300 kilometres, the longest-ever recorded surface-to-air kill.

While addressing an event in Bengaluru, the Air Chief Marshal confirmed that India shot down five Pakistani fighter jets during Operation Sindoor – India's response to April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.

He also mentioned that half of the F-16 hangar at Shahbaz Jacobabad airfield in Pakistan was 'gone,” and some aircraft inside might have been damaged.

The Air Chief Marshal stated that India inflicted a significant blow to Pakistan's air defence systems, leading the neighbouring country to realise that its losses would increase if the conflict persisted.

India launched Operation Sindoor in the early hours of May 7 when the military hit nine terror camps inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), killing more than 100 terrorists.