IAF chief BS Dhanoa to induct US made ‘APACHE AH64E’ at Pathankot AF Stn on Sept 3
💻Jk News info 📰 JAMMU: Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa will be inducting US made “APACHE AH64E” on September 3 at Pathankot based Air Force Station. “The Indian Air Force is organising induction ceremony of “APACHE AH 64E Helicopter” at Air Force Station, Pathankot (Punjab) on September 3,” defence spokesman here said on Saturday. He said that Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) who will be the Chief Guest at the event and will induct the helicopter into the family of IAF. This is being seen as a significant step towards modernising the IAF fleet. As per sources, four Apache helicopters are to be stationed at the Pathankot Air Force Station, which is considered to be the prime airbase—just a few miles away from Indo-Pak border. However, there are talks that fighter pilot Abhinandan, who shot down a Pakistani F16 when India had launched airstrikes at terror camps in Pakistan, may fly a MIG from the Pathankot Air Force Station that day but there was no official confir...