Operation Sindoor: Details of Pak losses emerge; 20% of PAF infra, several warjets, officer among 50 killed

Over 50 individuals, including Squadron Leader Usman Yusuf and four airmen, were killed in the strike on the Bholari air base in Jamshoro district of Sindh. Several PAF fighter jets were destroyed in the attack, sources said.

As part of retaliatory strikes during Operation Sindoor, India targeted military installations and the air bases of Nur Khan in Chaklala, Rafiqui in Shorkot, Murid in Chakwal, Sukkur, Sialkot, Pasrur, Chunian, Sargodha, Skardu, Bholari and Jacobabad.

Satellite images before and after the strike showed the scale of destruction at the Shahbaz air base in Jacobabad.

Sources said several terrorist bunkers and Pakistani Army positions were destroyed in retaliatory fire by Indian forces at the Line of Control.

Indian military commanders had earlier said that the Pakistan Army lost 35-40 personnel along the LoC in heavy crossfire, and the PAF lost “a few” aircraft.

On Monday, the Armed Forces released visual evidence of the damage inflicted at Pakistani air bases and of various Pakistani drones and missiles that were successfully intercepted and destroyed by Indian air defence systems.

On Tuesday, Lt General D S Rana, Director General, Defence Intelligence Agency, briefed Foreign Service Attaches of 70 countries on the successful conduct of Operation Sindoor.

In a post on X, Headquarter IDS said Lt General Rana elaborated on the planning process for selection of targets with confirmed terror linkages, and highlighted the integrated, precise and prompt response by the Indian Armed Forces to achieve its military objectives, which were executed through intense multi-domain operations.

“Synergised Force application through Jointness and Integration achieved in Op Sindoor with demonstrated battle effectiveness of indigenous kinetic Force Multipliers was showcased to the FSAs, while highlighting Technological Superiority of Indian Armed Forces in niche non-kinetic domains of Space, Cyber & Electronic Warfare,” it said.

Lt General Rana also spoke on the anti-India misinformation campaign by Pakistan and its ramifications on regional peace and stability.

“Modalities of India’s Whole Of Nation approach which effectively and swiftly countered the false narrative, was also highlighted,” the IDS said.