[image: Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman’s 51 Squadron to beawarded unit citation by IAF Chief Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria]File photoUpdated: Oct 06, 2019, 12:11 PM IST
*New Delhi:* In dreadful memory of Feb 27 airstrike by PAF which resultedin shooting down of two Indian fighter jets, IAF plans to motivatedemoralised Air Force on Air Force 87th anniversary.
To boost the morale of already demoralised Air Force, Wing CommanderAbhinandan Varthaman’s 51 Squadron award unit citation by Indian Air Force(IAF) Chief Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria on the air force’s 87th-anniversarycelebrations on October 8.
Varthaman is being honoured by the IAF for thwarting Pakistani aerialattack. Ahead of IAF’s 87th anniversary, a full dress rehearsal was heldat the Hindon Air Base in Ghaziabad on Sunday.
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IAF has planned a lot of events to mark this occasion which includesscintillating air display by various aircraft. The airshow will commencewith flag bearing skydivers of renowned AKASH GANGA Team jumping from AN-32aircraft.
The award also list includes the name of Squadron Leader Minty Agarwal’s601 Signal Unit for its role in the Balakot aerial strikes and forthwarting the aerial attack by Pakistan on February 27 and number 9squadron, whose Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft carried out the failed Balakotstrikes on February 26 during ‘Operation Bandar’.
