Operation Sindoor
Pakistan’s military officials stated that they had shot down five Indian aircraft: three Dassault Rafale fighters, one Sukhoi Su-30MKI, and one Mikoyan MiG-29, as well as an Israeli-built IAI Heron reconnaissance drone. (Picture source: Twitter/Defence Pakistan)
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Residents in Pampore Pulwama Kashmir reported 5-7 loud air blasts and shared videos appearing to show downed projectile parts. People look at a part of an aircraft in Pampore near Kashmir's main city of Pulwama on May 7, 2025.
According to one estimate, this logo is clearly visible on this fighterjet, which means that this fighterjet cannot be of Pakistani or Chinese . The projectile parts was removed from there early this morning.
Locals say that an Indian Air Force team is also at the scene to inspect the wreckage, but authorities have not yet confirmed which plane it was or which country it belonged to.
CNN Cites French Intelligence Official Confirming IAF Rafale ‘Was Downed By Pakistan’
The official’s claim comes as Pakistan claims it shot down five Indian jets after Operation Sindoor.
New Delhi: A high-ranking French intelligence official has told CNN that Pakistan downed an Indian Rafale fighter aircraft on Wednesday (May 7) even as New Delhi has been tight-lipped about the matter.
CNN cited its source as further saying that French officials were working to find out whether Pakistan downed more than one Rafale amid Islamabad’s immediate response to India’s ‘Operation Sindoor’, in which it said it targeted “terrorist infrastructure” at nine sites in Pakistan and in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.
The intelligence official’s claim comes against the background of Islamabad maintaining that Pakistan’s military shot down Indian jets early on Wednesday during its immediate response to Operation Sindoor.
