Shooting Down Own Chopper Was Big Mistake: IAF Chief
Millennium Post Delhi|October 05, 2019
Air Chief Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Friday described as a “big mistake” the IAF shooting down its helicopter in Kashmir on February 27, when Indian and Pakistani forces were engaged in a dogfight, and said disciplinary action is being taken against officers held responsible for the incident.
Shooting Down Own Chopper Was Big Mistake: IAF Chief

A surface-to-air missile of the Indian Air Force brought down the Mi-17 aircraft in Budgam in the Kashmir Valley, killing six IAF personnel on board the chopper and a civilian on the ground.

The court of inquiry (CoI) ordered into the incident has completed its probe, and it has been established that IAF’s own missile hit the helicopter, Bhadauria, who took over as chief of the Air Force on Monday, said while addressing his first press conference.

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