NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh has said Operation Sindoor will be remembered as a conflict that achieved its objectives with speed and precision, bringing Pakistan “to their knees”. Singh said that India struck multiple targets in Pakistan and also destroyed 4-5 Pakistani fighter jets.Speaking at a press conference on the occasion of the 93rd Air Force Day, he said that the four-day campaign was carried out with a clear mandate and ended swiftly because India had accomplished what it set out to do.Detailing India’s offence on Pakistan, the IAF chief said, “we struck a large number of installations. From what we gathered, those strikes destroyed four radars, command-and-control centers at two locations, runways at two sites, and four to five fighter jets — most likely F-16s,”

“We had to make them pay the price to avenge the killing of innocents. A direct mandate was given to the Air Force — the IAF was the prime stakeholder,” Singh said.The IAF chief also junked Pakistan’s claims about the 4-day conflict calling it, “manohar kahaniya.” “In the aftermath of the four-day conflict it stands as a lesson; it will go down in history as a war started with a very clear objective and terminated quickly. We called to end the hostilities as a nation because our objectives were achieved. This is something the world needs to learn from us.”Singh revealed that India’s newly inducted long-range surface-to-air missiles played a crucial role in crippling Pakistan’s operations. “Our long-range SAMs, recently operationalised, turned the tables on them — achieving what will go down in history as the longest kill of more than 300 km and severely curtailing their activities,” he said.

The IAF chief also stressed that the media had played a part in managing the fog of war and cutting down disinformation during the campaign. “We were able to bring them to their knees. Our media handled fog of war very well, cut down disinformation. They stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the Army,” he said.India carried out Operation Sindoor in response to the Pahalgam terror attack and the Indian Armed Forces hit terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoJK through precision strikes in May this year. India repelled subsequent escalation by Pakistan and pounded its airbases.