Pakistan, Aug. 9 -- India's Air Force Chief has claimed that Indian forces shot down six Pakistani aircraft during clashes in May. The claim includes five fighter jets and one large military aircraft, possibly a surveillance plane. Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh revealed these details during a public event in Bengaluru. He said India used its Russian-made S-400 missile system for most of the kills. According to him, the surveillance aircraft was taken down from a distance of 300 kilometers.

This is India's first public claim of such scale since the conflict three months ago. The statement follows weeks of speculation and silence from both sides. Singh backed his claims using electronic tracking data, though he did not provide specific airc...