India, May 8 -- Beijing sent technical support teams to Pakistan during its war with India last year, China's official media said.

Zhang Heng, an engineer from state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC)'s Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute, revealed that Chinese personnel were deployed on-site during the four-day war following Operation Sindoor.

Pakistan's air force operated a Chinese-made Chengdu J-10CE fighter jet, developed by AVIC subsidiaries, according to reports cited by the South China Morning Post.

"It felt inevitable. The aircraft just needed the right opportunity. And when that moment came, it delivered exactly as we knew it would," Zhang said.

"At the support base, we frequently heard the roar of...