India, Aug. 9 -- Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Saturday said that the one large Pakistani aircraft destroyed during Operation Sindoor was taken down from a distance of 300 kilometres, the longest-ever recorded surface-to-air kill.

While addressing an event in Bengaluru, the Air Chief Marshal confirmed that India shot down five Pakistani fighter jets during Operation Sindoor - India's response to April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.

"We have at least five fighters confirmed kills and one large aircraft, which could be either an ELINT aircraft or an AEW &C aircraft, which was taken on at a distance of about 300 kilometres. This is actually the largest ever recorded surface-to-air kill that we can talk about," Si...