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India’s tilt towards acquiring Russian Su-57E over American F-35, is not a matter of mere procurement choice, rather, it is shaped by decades of trust in Moscow’s defence partnership and key offer of technology transfer against the US delivery delays and disregard for strategic defence autonomy of the importer nation.

Indian govt is reportedly actively considering Russia’s proposal of supplying the Sukhoi Su-57 fifth generation aircraft and make the same in India.

The AMCA project is a long-term requirement of the Indian Air Force. India had previously developed the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas indigenously.

According to MoD's statement, in a significant push towards enhancing India's indigenous defence capabilities and fostering a robust domestic aerospace industrial ecosystem, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) Programme Execution Model.

"Operation Safed Sagar" was the first large-scale use of air power in the Kashmir region since the 1971 Indo-Pak war.

After facing refusal from Pakistan, the pilots of the IndiGo flight made emergency contact with the IAF seeking permission for a flight path deviation to avoid the storm.

After that, 9th and 10th May strikes on Pakistan’s airbases in Sargodha, Rahim Yar Khan and the strategic Nur Khan base destroyed the Pakistan infrastructure to a large extent.

The PAN PAN call, which stands for “Possible Assistance Needed”,  is a standard aviation protocol used to prioritise communication and request support, such as radar vectors.

Following the Pakistan-backed terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22nd, which killed scores of Indian citizens on the basis of their religion, India responded with precision strikes on Pakistani terror camps in places like Muridke and Bahawalpur on May 7th.

Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan along with Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of Navy Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi and Air Chief Marshal AP Singh provided a direct perspective from the Apex Leadership of Indian Armed Forces into the successful conduct of Operation Sindoor