Wing Commander Abhinandan of Air Force was awarded 'Veer Chakra' on weekdays. Pakistan's F-16 was shot down by commander Abhinandan when the Balakot airstrike.
• On November twenty-two, 2021, President Ram Nath Kovind, the Supreme Commander of the military, conferred gallantry awards to military and Paramilitary Forces personnel throughout the Defense Decoration Ceremony (Phase-I) control at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
• 2 Kirti Chakras together with one late, one Veer Chakra, and ten Shaurya Chakras together with 2 posthumously awarded. These gallantry awards for distinguished service, unconquerable courageousness, and duty were awarded to the personnel United Nations agency displayed utmost dedication.
President Ram Nath Kovind awarded Veer Chakra to Abhinandan Varthaman, commander (now cluster Captain) of the Indian Air Force. Abhinandan Varthaman has been awarded for shooting down an F-16 military plane of Pakistan Air Force in aerial combat on Gregorian calendar month twenty-seven, 2019.
Veer Chakra
1. Abhinandan Vardhaman
Kirti Chakra
1. Sapper Prakash Jadhav
2. Harshpal Singh
Gallantry Awards
Param Veer Chakra, Omaha Veer Chakra, and Veer Chakra were started by the govt. of Asian country on twenty-six Gregorian calendar month 1950. However, they were thought-about effective from fifteen August 1947.
• When these three alternative gallantry awards Ashok Chakra Category-1, Ashok Chakra Category-2, and Ashok Chakra Category-3 were started on four Gregorian calendar months 1952. Later within the year 1967, these awards were renamed Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra, and Shaurya Chakra severally.