NEW DELHI, April 20 -- Indian pilot wing commander Abhinandan, whose MiG-21 was shot down by Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder in a dogfight, might return to fly a fighter plane.
Indian media reports said that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is returning to a fighter cockpit soon. But the report said the final clearance will be given by the Bengaluru-based Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM) where the 35-year-old will undergo a series of tests in the coming weeks.
The aerial skirmish between Indian and Pakistan took place a day after Indian Mirage 2000s carried out an aerial strike in Balakot in response to the Pulwama suicide attack in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force men were killed on February 14. Though India claimed Abhinan...