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The No 51 Squadron patch depicts a MIG-21 Bison in the foreground and a red-coloured F-16 in the background under crosshairs with 'AMRAAM Dodger' written on the top and ‘Falcon Slayer’ inscribed at the bottom.
The Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison Squadron No. 51 has come up with new shoulder patches with title 'Falcon Slayers' to commemorate the shooting down of Pakistan Air Force's F-16 fighter jet by Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on February 27 this year.
Abhinandan was stationed at Srinagar air base with his squadron No. 51, when PAF F-16 jets intruded Indian air space in retaliation to Balakot airstrike by the IAF a day earlier. He engaged in a dogfight with a vastly superior F-16 jet and shot it down. Abhinandan is first ever pilot to shoot down a US-made F-16 fighter jet.
In the process, his plane also crashed and he was captured by Pakistani forces and released after diplomatic dialogue, a couple of days later.
Since the episode, Varthaman has been officially moved from No. 51 Squadron to No. 23 Squadron (Panthers) which is equipped with MiG-21 Bison and based at Suratgarh Air Force Station but the F-16 kill will remain with his previous No. 51 Squadron while the kill will be credited to Varthaman.
The heroics of the day also earned the squadron the title 'AMRAAM Dodger', for successfully evading the AMRAAM missiles of the PAF F-16s. Pilots of the Su-30MKI Squadron, which also took part in the aerial intercept and survived the volley of 4-5 AMRAAMs fired by the Pak jets, have also given themselves the 'AMRAAM Dodger' title in new patches.
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The Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison Squadron No. 51 has come up with new shoulder patches with title 'Falcon Slayers' to commemorate the shooting down of Pakistan Air Force's F-16 fighter jet by Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on February 27 this year.
Abhinandan was stationed at Srinagar air base with his squadron No. 51, when PAF F-16 jets intruded Indian air space in retaliation to Balakot airstrike by the IAF a day earlier. He engaged in a dogfight with a vastly superior F-16 jet and shot it down. Abhinandan is first ever pilot to shoot down a US-made F-16 fighter jet.
In the process, his plane also crashed and he was captured by Pakistani forces and released after diplomatic dialogue, a couple of days later.
Since the episode, Varthaman has been officially moved from No. 51 Squadron to No. 23 Squadron (Panthers) which is equipped with MiG-21 Bison and based at Suratgarh Air Force Station but the F-16 kill will remain with his previous No. 51 Squadron while the kill will be credited to Varthaman.
The heroics of the day also earned the squadron the title 'AMRAAM Dodger', for successfully evading the AMRAAM missiles of the PAF F-16s. Pilots of the Su-30MKI Squadron, which also took part in the aerial intercept and survived the volley of 4-5 AMRAAMs fired by the Pak jets, have also given themselves the 'AMRAAM Dodger' title in new patches.
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