Operation Safed Sagar
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Operation Safed Sagar was the code name assigned to the combined arms operation by the Indian Air Force, supporting elements of the Indian Army during the 1999 Kargil war that was aimed at flushing ou
Disputed Kashmir region, with Kargil
Pakistani soldiers with remains of Ajay Ahuja's MiG-21 that was shot down by MANPADS
Strike footage from an IAF Mirage 2000 during the Battle of Tiger Hill in 1999
A MiG-23 BN used in Operation Safed Sagar
Ajay Ahuja
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Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja VrC was a fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force who was killed in action during the Kargil War between India and Pakistan in 1999. His MiG-21 was hit by a Pakistani shoulder
Operation Safed Sagar
…now I need not be handled that way. So he was able to control them, which was a big effort because they were very aggressive at that stage. On 27 May Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja was undertaking a photo reconnaissance mission,after another member of the mission, Flt Lt Nachiketa ejected from his MiG-27L after an engine flame out…
Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja's name on the Tyag Chakra (Circle of Sacrifice), National War Memorial, India.