India, July 20 -- The Kargil War of 1999 is almost synonymous with Operation Vijay, the Indian Army's grand operation to win back strategic positions from the Pakistani Army and infiltrators in Jammu and Kashmir. A resounding victory for India immortalised Operation Vijay for generations. But not many know that the Army's operation was supplemented - and in many places salvaged - by the Indian Air Force's Operation Safed Sagar. Conducted in the snowy peaks of the Himalayas, Operation Safed Sagar is the little-known aerial war that India fought in 1999.

Now, a Netflix show is shedding light on this operation and the men behind it. Last year, on a rainy July day, Hindustan Times got special access to the show's shoot, where we interacted w...