Chandigarh, Mar 25
In the wake of India-Pakistan tensions following IAF strikes on terrorist targets inside Pakistan, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Monday took a dig at his Pakistani counterpart while addressing the media on the sidelines of a ceremony to induct the Chinook helicopters into the IAF.
In response to a question about Pakistan’s Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan leading from the front by flying the lead aircraft, an F-16, during the Pakistan national day parade flypast on March 23, Dhanoa quipped, “Pakistan ke air force chief rear cockpit se fly kar rahe the…Zara dekho kahan se fly kar rahe hain…. (Pakistani air chief was strapped into the rear cockpit…. Look from where he was flying…)” As a convention, Pakistan’s air chief leads ceremonial fly pasts on such occasions.
