IAF To Recommend ‘Vir Chakra’ To Pilot Abhinandan
- 20-Apr-2019
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New Delhi: Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who became the face of the tense military confrontation between India and Pakistan, has been shifted out of Srinagar and posted to a frontline air base in the western sector.
It is also learnt that the IAF was going to recommend Varthaman’s name for Vir Chakra. This medal is the third highest after the Paramvir Chakra and the Mahavir Chakra.
Varthaman was captured by Pakistan on February 27 during an aerial combat with Indian Air Force. He had returned to his squadron in Srinagar last month though he was on a four-week sick leave.
Orders have been issued for his transfer from Srinagar to another base in the western sector, terming the transfer as ‘routine one’.
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