With butterflies in our stomachs, but confident of our mission, we took off for Jaffna on the morning of 24 July 1987.
IAF Veteran Air Commodore Nitin Sathe recalls a conversation with Air Vice Marshal Harpal Singh Ahluwalia (retd), then a wing commander and mission leader for the clandestine operation.
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Sri Lanka's foreign minister Ali Sabry has emphasised on strong connectivity between the two countries highlighting how both ferry and aviation will increase people-to-people linkages. Speaking to our diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal from Colombo, FM Sabry on the proposal of land connectivity said, " Connecting with each other could be a good opportunity.