‘Took a deep breath and then launched’… How IAF’s Animesh Patni shot down Pakistani jet amid Op Sindoor

‘Time stood still. I wondered if something had gone wrong,’ says Group Captain Animesh Patni as he recounts firing the S-400 missile to take down a Pakistani jet amid Operation Sindoor. On the first anniversary of the military operation, we take a look back at how the Air Force officer carried out India’s longest air defence kill