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Know 11 Facts Short Biography of Wing Commander Abhinandan IAF pilot

Know 11 Facts about  Wing Commander Abhinandan IAF pilot

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Short Biography of Wing Commander Abhinandan Indian Air Force fighter pilot

Facts about Wing Commander Abhinandan Indian Air Force fighter pilot

Know 11 Facts Short Biography of Wing Commander Abhinandan IAF pilot


1-Abhinandan Varthaman is an Indian Air Force personnel

2-On 27 February 2019 he was caught by Pakistan Army. Pakistan shared a video of a person wearing a flight suit. In the video, the person was heard saying that he was Wing Commander Abhinandan. He was blindfolded in the video and gave out his service number. In the video, he said My name is Wing Commander Abhinandan.
My service number is 2798 I’m a flying pilot. My religion is Hindu.”

3-In the video, Abhinandan Varthaman was seen tied from behind and he was also bleeding from the nose.

4-Abhinandan Varthaman is from Tambaram, a residential area in the southern part of Chennai.  The family resides in Tambaram, a suburb of Chennai where the IAF station is located.

5-Abhinandan Varthaman is a MiG 21 Bison Pilot.

6-He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 19 June 2004.

7- He is married

8- Wing Commander Varthaman is the son of retired Air Marshal Simhakutty Varthaman, a recipient of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM).

9-He was a member of the SKAT - Surya Kiran Acrobatic Team, which means he's a skilled pilot.

10-Wing Commander Abhinandan appeared in an Indian documentary "Inside IAF's Su-30

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman appeared on the Rocky & Mayur show on NDTV Good Times in 2011.

Asked what is the primary requirement to be a good fighter pilot, Abhinandan, then a flight lieutenant flying a Sukhoi, says: “bad attitude”. “I trust Dusty (co-pilot) with my life, and he trusts mine. That’s our training. And this is blind faith. No two ways about it.”

11-Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman was the consultant for Kaatru Veliyidai, which is the story of a fighter pilot captured in Pakistan. The film, which released in 2017, stars Karthi and Aditi Rao Hydari in the lead roles

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