Kambhampati Nachiketa VM is a retired Group Captain of the Indian Air Force. While carrying out an airstrike on Pakistani positions in the Batalik sector during the Kargil War, his aircraft suffered a
Nachiketa wearing a squadron leader's rank epaulette
The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Ladakh, then part of the Indian-administered state of Jammu and
Kambampati Nachiketa
…Nachiketa VM is a retired Group Captain of the Indian Air Force. While carrying out an airstrike on Pakistani positions in the Batalik sector during the Kargil War, his aircraft suffered an engine failure. Nachiketa was ejected from his Mikoyan MiG-27 and was taken into Pakistani custody by a platoon led by Captain…