The Indian Air Force played a pivotal role in Operation Sindoor, executing deep precision strikes on terror infrastructure and military installations deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir,

Operation Sindoor was launched in response to the Pahalgam attack in which 25 tourists and a local guide were killed in cold blood by terrorists on April 22.

In response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that left several Indian civilians dead, India carried out what it described as a calibrated,