Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman(ANI) Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has crossed over India at the Attari-Wagah border after spending ...

Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa and Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the IAF pilot who became the face of a bravery and courage during the military confrontation between India and Pakistan in ...

File photo of IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa with Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who flew a sortie in a MiG-21 trainer at the Air Force Station in Pathankot, Punjab, on Sept. 2, 2019.

Pakistan Prime Minster Imran Khan Thursday announced that IAF's captured pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman will be released on Friday as a "gesture of peace". The surprise announcement during ...

FILE- A man watches a broadcast of captured Indian pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman's handover to Indians at the Wagah border in Pakistan, Friday, March 1, 2019. Pakistan on Tuesday, Nov. 23, ...

An Indian pilot shot down over Pakistan and paraded by his captors has become a hero in his own country, a trump card for Islamabad and perhaps the key to bringing the arch-rivals back from the brink.

In February 2019, clashes between India and Pakistan took place over the disputed region of Kashmir and military aircraft of both nations crossed the Line of Control for the first time since 1971.

Pakistan has put on display a statue of an Indian pilot whose plane was shot down over Kashmir earlier this year, invoking the ire of India's media. The life-sized statue of Wing Commander Abhinandan ...

FILE- A man watches a broadcast of captured Indian pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman's handover to Indians at the Wagah border in Pakistan, Friday, March 1, 2019. Pakistan on Tuesday, Nov. 23, ...