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Watch: UAE's F-16 Jets Escort PM Modi's Aircraft As He Arrives In Abu Dhabi
- Friday May 15, 2026
- World News | Reported by Shiv Aroor
PM Modi arrived in Abu Dhabi amid the global energy crisis due to the war in the Middle East.
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Opinion | A Dark Truth: Why Iran, Ukraine Get Bombed, But Pak, Israel, N Korea Don't
- Thursday March 5, 2026
- Opinion | Aditi Bhaduri
With the Iran blitz, the message to smaller and military states is shaping up to be this: 'build the damn bomb - if not legally, then the way Pakistan did in the 1970s'.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion | Gasping In 4 Days? How Iran Humbled US-Israel's Million-Dollar War Inventory
- Wednesday March 4, 2026
- Opinion | Col Rajeev Agarwal (Retd)
In the ongoing war, in just four days of battle, there are fears that the US and Israel's inventory of Patriot and Tomahawk missiles may run out soon.
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Opinion | What India Can And Cannot Control About The US-Pak Deal On F-16s
- Monday December 15, 2025
- Opinion | Shishir Priyadarshi
Regardless of how India perceives the F-16 issue, history shows that Indian concerns have rarely been decisive in the American military-industrial calculus.
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Army, Air Force Chiefs' 'Stop State-Sponsored Terrorism Or...' Warning To Pak
- Friday October 3, 2025
- India News | NDTV News Desk
Indian military chiefs delivered a fiery warning to Pakistan - including a veiled threat to wipe it off the map - over its support of cross-border terrorism. 'Stop supporting terrorism or lose your geographical presence...', Islamabad was told.
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"Pak F-16, J-17 Fighter Jets Destroyed In Op Sindoor": Air Force Chief
- Friday October 3, 2025
- India News | Reported by Vishnu Som
Pakistan asked India for a ceasefire during Operation Sindoor, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh said Friday, underlining the government's repeated assertion on this subject, that it was due to Islamabad suing for peace rather than Donald Trump intervening.
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'Ask Pakistan': US Refuses To Answer If Pak Lost F-16s During Op Sindoor
- Wednesday August 13, 2025
- World News | Reported by Vishnu Som
The US government has refused to answer specific queries on the loss of Pakistan Air Force-operated F-16 fighter jets during Op Sindoor, the intense 88-hour battle fought by India and Pakistan between May 7 and May 10.
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Pak Soldier Who Captured India's Fighter Ace, Abhinandan Varthaman, Killed
- Wednesday June 25, 2025
- World News | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar
The Pakistani special forces officer who claimed the capture of Indian fighter pilot Abhinandan Varthaman during the 2019 Balakot airstrike has reportedly been killed by the Tehreek-i-Taliban-Pakistan, sources told NDTV.
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Pakistan F-16 Shot Down By Indian Surface-To-Air Missile: Sources
- Friday May 9, 2025
- India News | NDTV News Desk
An F-16 supersonic fighter jet of the Pakistan Air Force was shot down in the evening by an Indian surface-to-air missile defence system, sources told NDTV.
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When Ratan Tata Flew An F-16 Fighter Jet Over Bengaluru Skies
- Thursday October 10, 2024
- India News | Edited by Samiran Mishra
In February 2007, Ratan Tata took to the skies in a high-speed adventure that few would ever experience. At the Aero India Show held in Bengaluru, Mr Tata, 69 at the time, was invited by US defence contractor Lockheed Martin to co-pilot an F-16.
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Air Force To Retire Abhinandan Varthaman's MiG-21 Squadron By Sept End
- Monday September 19, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Indian Air Force is set to retire its Srinagar-based MiG-21 squadron 'Sword Arms' that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was a part of when he had downed an F-16 combat aircraft of Pakistan a day after the Balakot strike in February 2019.
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US Clears $450 Million Proposed Military Sale To Sustain Pak's F-16 Fleet
- Thursday September 8, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Biden administration has approved a $450 million F-16 fighter jet fleet sustainment programme to Pakistan to help it meet current and future counterterrorism threats, in Washington's first major security assistance to Islamabad in four years.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Was Ready To Wipe Out Pak Brigades": Ex-IAF Chief On Bringing Abhinandan
- Thursday October 29, 2020
- India News | Edited by Debanish Achom
Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa (retired) has said Pakistan did not have a choice other than to release Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, days after his MiG-21 was downed in a dogfight in February last year. The Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot had also scored a kill, a Pakistani F-16, before his plane went down in Pakistan and he was captured.
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www.ndtv.com
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US Rebuked Pakistan For F-16 Misuse Months After Dogfight With India: Report
- Thursday December 12, 2019
- World News | Press Trust of India
The United States reprimanded Pakistan Air Force chief in August for misusing F-16 fighter jets by undermining their shared security platforms and infrastructures, a media report in Washington has said, months after the Indian Air Force shot down an F-16 jet of the Pakistan Air Force during an aerial combat over Jammu and Kashmir.
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www.ndtv.com
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On Air Force Day, IAF Disproves Pak Claim Of Shooting Down Sukhoi Fighter
- Wednesday October 9, 2019
- India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Debanish Achom
The Indian Air Force on its 87th birthday today sprung a surprise on Pakistan in response to its claims of shooting down a Sukhoi-30MKI in February. In the clear skies above Hindon Air Force Station near Delhi, three nimble French-origin Mirage-2000s flanked by two larger Sukhoi-30MKIs flew in what is known as the "Avenger" formation as the spectat...
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www.ndtv.com
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Watch: UAE's F-16 Jets Escort PM Modi's Aircraft As He Arrives In Abu Dhabi
- Friday May 15, 2026
- World News | Reported by Shiv Aroor
PM Modi arrived in Abu Dhabi amid the global energy crisis due to the war in the Middle East.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion | A Dark Truth: Why Iran, Ukraine Get Bombed, But Pak, Israel, N Korea Don't
- Thursday March 5, 2026
- Opinion | Aditi Bhaduri
With the Iran blitz, the message to smaller and military states is shaping up to be this: 'build the damn bomb - if not legally, then the way Pakistan did in the 1970s'.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
Opinion | Gasping In 4 Days? How Iran Humbled US-Israel's Million-Dollar War Inventory
- Wednesday March 4, 2026
- Opinion | Col Rajeev Agarwal (Retd)
In the ongoing war, in just four days of battle, there are fears that the US and Israel's inventory of Patriot and Tomahawk missiles may run out soon.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion | What India Can And Cannot Control About The US-Pak Deal On F-16s
- Monday December 15, 2025
- Opinion | Shishir Priyadarshi
Regardless of how India perceives the F-16 issue, history shows that Indian concerns have rarely been decisive in the American military-industrial calculus.
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www.ndtv.com
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Army, Air Force Chiefs' 'Stop State-Sponsored Terrorism Or...' Warning To Pak
- Friday October 3, 2025
- India News | NDTV News Desk
Indian military chiefs delivered a fiery warning to Pakistan - including a veiled threat to wipe it off the map - over its support of cross-border terrorism. 'Stop supporting terrorism or lose your geographical presence...', Islamabad was told.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Pak F-16, J-17 Fighter Jets Destroyed In Op Sindoor": Air Force Chief
- Friday October 3, 2025
- India News | Reported by Vishnu Som
Pakistan asked India for a ceasefire during Operation Sindoor, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh said Friday, underlining the government's repeated assertion on this subject, that it was due to Islamabad suing for peace rather than Donald Trump intervening.
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www.ndtv.com
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'Ask Pakistan': US Refuses To Answer If Pak Lost F-16s During Op Sindoor
- Wednesday August 13, 2025
- World News | Reported by Vishnu Som
The US government has refused to answer specific queries on the loss of Pakistan Air Force-operated F-16 fighter jets during Op Sindoor, the intense 88-hour battle fought by India and Pakistan between May 7 and May 10.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pak Soldier Who Captured India's Fighter Ace, Abhinandan Varthaman, Killed
- Wednesday June 25, 2025
- World News | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar
The Pakistani special forces officer who claimed the capture of Indian fighter pilot Abhinandan Varthaman during the 2019 Balakot airstrike has reportedly been killed by the Tehreek-i-Taliban-Pakistan, sources told NDTV.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pakistan F-16 Shot Down By Indian Surface-To-Air Missile: Sources
- Friday May 9, 2025
- India News | NDTV News Desk
An F-16 supersonic fighter jet of the Pakistan Air Force was shot down in the evening by an Indian surface-to-air missile defence system, sources told NDTV.
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www.ndtv.com
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When Ratan Tata Flew An F-16 Fighter Jet Over Bengaluru Skies
- Thursday October 10, 2024
- India News | Edited by Samiran Mishra
In February 2007, Ratan Tata took to the skies in a high-speed adventure that few would ever experience. At the Aero India Show held in Bengaluru, Mr Tata, 69 at the time, was invited by US defence contractor Lockheed Martin to co-pilot an F-16.
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www.ndtv.com
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Air Force To Retire Abhinandan Varthaman's MiG-21 Squadron By Sept End
- Monday September 19, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Indian Air Force is set to retire its Srinagar-based MiG-21 squadron 'Sword Arms' that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was a part of when he had downed an F-16 combat aircraft of Pakistan a day after the Balakot strike in February 2019.
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www.ndtv.com
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US Clears $450 Million Proposed Military Sale To Sustain Pak's F-16 Fleet
- Thursday September 8, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Biden administration has approved a $450 million F-16 fighter jet fleet sustainment programme to Pakistan to help it meet current and future counterterrorism threats, in Washington's first major security assistance to Islamabad in four years.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Was Ready To Wipe Out Pak Brigades": Ex-IAF Chief On Bringing Abhinandan
- Thursday October 29, 2020
- India News | Edited by Debanish Achom
Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa (retired) has said Pakistan did not have a choice other than to release Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, days after his MiG-21 was downed in a dogfight in February last year. The Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot had also scored a kill, a Pakistani F-16, before his plane went down in Pakistan and he was captured.
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www.ndtv.com
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US Rebuked Pakistan For F-16 Misuse Months After Dogfight With India: Report
- Thursday December 12, 2019
- World News | Press Trust of India
The United States reprimanded Pakistan Air Force chief in August for misusing F-16 fighter jets by undermining their shared security platforms and infrastructures, a media report in Washington has said, months after the Indian Air Force shot down an F-16 jet of the Pakistan Air Force during an aerial combat over Jammu and Kashmir.
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www.ndtv.com
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On Air Force Day, IAF Disproves Pak Claim Of Shooting Down Sukhoi Fighter
- Wednesday October 9, 2019
- India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Debanish Achom
The Indian Air Force on its 87th birthday today sprung a surprise on Pakistan in response to its claims of shooting down a Sukhoi-30MKI in February. In the clear skies above Hindon Air Force Station near Delhi, three nimble French-origin Mirage-2000s flanked by two larger Sukhoi-30MKIs flew in what is known as the "Avenger" formation as the spectat...
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www.ndtv.com