New Delhi, 03 July 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, Speaking at an event organised by the Global Counter Terrorism Council, General Rawat said the “Air Force is required to provide support to the ground forces” and “do not forget that Air Force continues to remain a supporting arm to the armed forces, just as artillery support or the engineer support the combatant arms in the Army”. “They will be a supporting arm. But they have a charter, they have an air defence charter and supporting the ground forces in times of operations. This is the basic charter which they have to understand,” he said. Speaking at the same event later, Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria, without referring to the remarks of the CDS, said: “It is not a supporting role alone. The airpower has a huge role to play. In any of the integrated battle areas, it’s not an issue of support alone.”

Source - indianexpress.com
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