India, May 9 -- A year after the India-Pakistan war, China has publicly confirmed for the first time that its personnel provided on-site technical support to Pakistan's Air Force during last year's four-day military conflict with India.

The confirmation came in an interview aired by Chinese State broadcaster CCTV featuring engineers from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), who were deployed in Pakistan during the war.

Describing the conditions at the operational base, Zhang said the team regularly heard fighter jets taking off alongside continuous air-raid sirens, while temperatures approached nearly 50 degrees Celsius. The support teams were focused on ensuring that aircrafts "performed at full combat potential" during t...