President Kovind confers Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman with ‘Vir Chakra’

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Wing Commander (now Group Captain) Abhinandan Varthaman was awarded the ‘Vir Chakra’ for shooting down a Pakistani F-16 fighter aircraft aerial combat on February 27, 2019. The award was conferred by President Ram Nath Kovind in an investiture ceremony in Delhi on November 22.