IAF officer who shot down Pak F-16 jet gets Vir Chakra | Abhinandan Varthaman | Balakot airstrike

Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman was awarded the Vir Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind. Varthaman shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet during a dogfight over the LoC on Feb 27, 2019. He was conferred with the award at an investiture ceremony at Delhi's Rashtrapati Bhavan. Vir Chakra is India’s third highest wartime gallantry award after Param Vir Chakra & Maha Vir Chakra. Varthaman was then a wing commander & promoted to the rank of group captain earlier this month. An Indian Air Force (IAF) group captain is equivalent to an army colonel. The 2019 dogfight took place a day after IAF’s Mirage-2000s struck targets in Pakistan’s Balakot. Varthaman, then 35, scripted military aviation history by downing an F-16. He shot down the F-16 seconds before his own MiG-21 Bison was hit by a missile, forcing him to eject. The IAF officer was captured after he bailed out of his aircraft in Pakistan. Pakistan returned him to India on Mar 1, 2019, after holding him captive for almost 60 hours. Varthaman's Vir Chakra was announced on Independence Day in 2019.

[priteshkhatri]

अभिनन्दन का अभिषेक होते देख बहुत अच्छा लगा ।।
जय हिन्द 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[Maratha]

If a pilot can shoot down an F16 with a mig21 imagine what he can do with rafale 😈😱

[amMrWise]

Salute to the warrior, shooting down a f16 with a Mig 21( considered as flying coffin)

Hats off sir 🇮🇳

Edit :- " pairr kaap rahe the, pasine mathe par thay " these lines never fails to entertain us 😂

[astoprad]

It takes courage to shoot a superior f-16 mig-21 bison

[BVAswat]

Goosebumps Guaranteed, happy heroes day Abhinandan sir....Jai Hind....

[aryanyadav]

The man who went to Pak, shot down Pak
& Even came back 😎 Thug Life IAF 🔥

[drteeka]

Muh pe Mukkay khaa k wapis aa gya India. Tea was fantastic 😂😀

[rahulgadi]

Pak had to leave him immediately after his Indian govt gave a clear threat..leave him or there will be this wasn't the case why they haven't let out kulbhushan Jadhav yet..as a gesture of goodwill

[abhinav]

3 dislike means this video has reached our kids....😎🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[pakistantoiletofchina]

Pakistan be like - hamare f-16 ki izzat ko mig-21 ne loota, su-30mki me kahan dum tha, hamara best jet f-16 wahan dooba jahan abhinandan sir ka mig-21tha 😜😆😆🤣🤣🖕🇵🇰💩

[Raja-ombk]

He shot two f 16s by a old mig salute 👍

[harishharidas]

We salute you Sir....🙏🇮🇳....Jai hind... Vande Madaram 🇮🇳

[warbeast]

A weapon doesn't matter at all
it is soldiers who handles that weapons.

[taimoorahmedchohan]

They should give him a cup of tea because tea was fantastic 😅

[Superb]

Whatever you give to Abhinandan but he could not forgot Tea is fantastic😀 and slaps on his face Pakistan public were bombastics

[SikuTube]

Who shot what ? 😂 he was captured and beaten by the civilians saved by the Pakistani army return to India as peace justices. America have proven that not a single Pakistani jet was targeted but the Indian jet this Indian pilot was flying it definately end up in Pakistan army museum in Rawalpindi lol

[sweetcrawl]

He also thinking why they are giving me 😜🤪😁😅😂🤣

[basantapatel]

HEARTLY CONGRATULATION ON ACCOUNT OF AWARDING " VEER CHAKRA " BY INDIA

[abhishekmarathe]

Naukaro ka kaam hota hai, malik ko chai pilana. So our pakistani servants, Tea was fantastic 👌🏻

[titanvlogger]

2 Indians pilots and jets were captured 🤣and they are celebrating it