Kargil War
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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
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Kambampati Nachiketa
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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
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…this type of terrain that aerial attacks were used, initially with limited effectiveness. On 27 May, the IAF lost a MiG-27 aircraft piloted by Flt. Lt. K Nachiketa, which it attributed to an engine failure, and a MiG-21 fighter piloted by Sqn Ldr Ajay Ahuja which was shot down by the Pakistani army, both over the…
Nachiketa wearing a squadron leader's rank epaulette