Siachen Glacier (1984-1999)

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Crew of Mil Mi-17 shot down in 1996
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Flt Lt Sandeep Jain
19534 F(P)

130 HU
KIA 26 Aug 96
Flt Lt Sandeep Jain was flying a supply mission to Hoshiarpur post in the Siachen Glacier area, when his Mi-17 Helicopter was shot down by hostile fire.
Plt Offr Vaibhav Bhagawat
23456 F(P)

130 HU
KIA 26 Aug 96
Plt Offr Bhagwat was the co-pilot to Flt lt Jain. The Mi-17 helicopter on the supply mission was lost to hostile fire over the Siachen Glacier.
Sgt R Murigappa
679914
130 HU
KIA 26 Aug 96
Sgt Murigappa was the flight gunner on board the Mi-17 shot down by hostile fire at the Hoshiarpur post in the Siachen Glacier area.
Sgt Krishna C Jha
678079
130 HU
KIA 26 Aug 96
Sgt Krishna Jha was the flight engineer on the Mi-17 Helicopter downed by hostile fire on the Siachen Glacier during a supply mission.
Crew of Cheetah Helicopter shot down in 1997
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Flt Lt Rajiv Juyal
21727 F(P)

114 HU
KIA 02 Jul 1997
Flt Lt Rajiv Juyal’s Cheetah helicopter was lost to enemy ground fire in the Siachen Glacier area during a forward supply mission.
Flt Lt V K Aggarwal
22185 F(P)

114 HU
KIA 02 Jul 1997
Flt Lt Aggarwal was the second pilot in the Cheetah helicopter that was lost to enemy ground fire in the Siachen Glacier area during a forward supply mission.

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