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What’s wrong with it?

He was promoted to G/Capt. afterwards didn’t see himself getting promoted further and retired I would say around 46-48. He still has to make a living.

I believe him to be a gentleman and didn’t go along with the propaganda that he shot down the F16. And that may have scuppered any chances of advancement he had.
You gotta give it to him that he never claim or come on media to claim that he shot F-16 down, unlike the current IAF Air cheap, who come on media and balatently lie, and other India military officials, its embarrassing.
That is indeed respectable that he kept his word. If he wasn't an honorable person...he would easily be trying to cash out with various interviews, writing a book, and selling movie rights, etc.
...but he didn't...kept his head down and continued in whatever capacity he could.
 
What’s wrong with it?

He was promoted to G/Capt. afterwards didn’t see himself getting promoted further and retired I would say around 46-48. He still has to make a living.

I believe him to be a gentleman and didn’t go along with the propaganda that he shot down the F16. And that may have scuppered any chances of advancement he had.

in the air force, when you get selected, you either go and become a SHERDIL in the skies or you will be relegated to irrelevance when failures happen, specially gigantic ones. There is little room for errors in battle.

His intentions were to do great harm to Pakistan, its just he failed and got captured and humiliated. So i can't be having soft spot for these saffrons.

That fantastic tea he will remember forever, along with the phainta he received upon capture from the Pakistani civilians.
 

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