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The cheapest kill of 1971 war has been well documented by Kaiser Tufail in his book on the India / Pakistan air wars and also in his Aeronaut blog. It showed how the ingenuity and fast thinking of a Pakistani radar operator caused panic at the IAF station Amritsar resulting in the loss of a Gnat fighter aircraft of the IAF.
http://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/cheapest-kill.html
However it has now emerged that some years later during the period of Kargil hostilities, the IAF suffered a double mishap as it tried to respond to a PAF threat of air violation, however the second loss could have been avoided had the Indian air controller carried out the proper practice.
In August 1999, India / Pakistan hostilities were at a peak, a PN Atlantique aircraft had been shot down by India and the tension on the borders was at a knife edge. There were constant air patrols, each side was monitoring the other around the clock resulting in aircraft being constantly scrambled. One of these resulted in two IAF MiG-21s being scrambled from an airfield in Indian occupied Kashmir, in the heat of the moment, while baring down the runway, No 2 MiG got caught in the leaders slipstream and began losing control and it's pilot proceeded to eject, the Indian air controller watching the out of control aircraft, panicked and gave the call for the pilot to eject without referring to the No-2, the MiG leader who was by this time airborne assumed that the call is for him so he also promptly proceeded to eject.
Whether an air violation by the PAF materialised on that day or not but it certainly caused the IAF the loss of two aircraft.
18th August 1999
Indian A. F. MiG-21Bis Srinagar AFB Take Off from Srinagar AFB No.2 in a two aircraft take off. Pilot was too close to No.1 and lost control in the slipstream and crashed after take off. ATC called out for him to eject. No1 in the formation responded to the wrong call and ejected Flying Officer G S Dhindsar
18th August 1999
Indian A. F. MiG-21Bis Srinagar AFB. Take Off from Srinagar AFB No.1 in a two aircraft take off. Responded to a misguided 'Eject' Call given by the ATC to Flying Officer Dhindsar who was the No.2 Flight Lieutenant K S Deswal
http://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/cheapest-kill.html
However it has now emerged that some years later during the period of Kargil hostilities, the IAF suffered a double mishap as it tried to respond to a PAF threat of air violation, however the second loss could have been avoided had the Indian air controller carried out the proper practice.
In August 1999, India / Pakistan hostilities were at a peak, a PN Atlantique aircraft had been shot down by India and the tension on the borders was at a knife edge. There were constant air patrols, each side was monitoring the other around the clock resulting in aircraft being constantly scrambled. One of these resulted in two IAF MiG-21s being scrambled from an airfield in Indian occupied Kashmir, in the heat of the moment, while baring down the runway, No 2 MiG got caught in the leaders slipstream and began losing control and it's pilot proceeded to eject, the Indian air controller watching the out of control aircraft, panicked and gave the call for the pilot to eject without referring to the No-2, the MiG leader who was by this time airborne assumed that the call is for him so he also promptly proceeded to eject.
Whether an air violation by the PAF materialised on that day or not but it certainly caused the IAF the loss of two aircraft.
18th August 1999
Indian A. F. MiG-21Bis Srinagar AFB Take Off from Srinagar AFB No.2 in a two aircraft take off. Pilot was too close to No.1 and lost control in the slipstream and crashed after take off. ATC called out for him to eject. No1 in the formation responded to the wrong call and ejected Flying Officer G S Dhindsar
18th August 1999
Indian A. F. MiG-21Bis Srinagar AFB. Take Off from Srinagar AFB No.1 in a two aircraft take off. Responded to a misguided 'Eject' Call given by the ATC to Flying Officer Dhindsar who was the No.2 Flight Lieutenant K S Deswal
