Commemorating the shooting down of the Pakistani Air Force’s F-16 on the morning of February 27 during a dogfight in the aftermath of the Balakot air raids, the 51 Squadron of the Indian Air Force has come up with a new shoulder patch as a tribute to the heroic display of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.

These new shoulder patches named AMRAAM DODGERS and FALCON SLAYERS is, for sure, adding a sense of pride among the airmen of the No. 51 Squadron, also called Sword Arms, based at the Srinagar airbase. The squadron has a fleet of MiG-21s, one of which Abhinandan used to down the Pakistani F-16.