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The Rawalpindi Freefallers

This is a tidbit of no significance.

Somewhere in mid-2000s, it is rumored that two Generals of Indian Army, decided to have a private bet over the capabilities of the Special Forces. What transpired, remains probably one of the most closely guarded secrets of the Indian Army, something which exists only in myths and within the tightly knit community of Indian Army, with a few selective individuals. This operation officially never existed and has, officially, never been undertaken/acknowledged and probably will be denied as a figment of imagination.

Subsequent to the bet, a team was detailed from one of the PARA (SF) units (name withheld for obvious reasons) comprising of those who were qualified in Combat Freefall.

Cheekily, the operation was soon put in motion as a routine training mission, but the scope and intent of the same, impressed the powers that be, and it was decided to go ahead with it. "Training" exercise it was to be.

A platform from IAF was requisitioned. Even the IAF was on board quickly seeing the audacity and boldness of the plan. The team practiced it's deployments and planned for what was to happen next. The IAF identified it's ingress routes to the target points and created a diversion and planned for the imminent ingress.

At the last minute, it was decided to deploy the team for training - over the skies of Rawalpindi.

Needless to say, the IAF platform penetrated the Pakistani Airspace briefly, the team was deployed in a HAHO mode and the aircraft egressed before the PAF could detect the intrusion. The team was given general area Rawalpindi to land and assemble in.

The team not only landed successfully, but over the next 5 weeks, successfully evaded detection and capture and egressed.

Further details are neither known, nor required to be known.

But ever since then, the 'Rawalpindi Freefallers' were legends for those who know of them ...

Credit - @Hellfire

Oh, yes...... this one was just before Op Sentinel was launched, an overseas snatch and grab, a couple of months later :)
 

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Taking an airplane in the air is not like taking a Honda out of your garage.

Requires lots of approvals and planning.
And ... what kind of approvals do you get for mounting a SHBO for team insertion crossing into PoJ&K? :)Or launching a BAT action? Or doing a sonic boom along Lunda Ridge with Jaguars .... at the site of the "mini-Kargil" back in 2002? Am curious to get your insights


Seems like it came from someone who doesn't understand flying operations in IAF at all and wants to fool others.


Possible.But hey, the poor guy jumped in the "exercise" and was a "maroon" (and is a licensed pilot too).

The other day my friend was telling me about the lack of assets for para drop in Agra and now i am reading joke joke mein Rawalpindi that too for a bet.

Unbelievable!
Okay :)
 

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Yep, no way in hell they pulled this off. Just like that, on short notice, they just planned a freefall insertion deep into enemy territory in an area that happens to house the Pakistani Army HQ. Also, just like that, they happened to have an extraction plan to get them out of Rawalpindi. If this freefalling into the Pakistan side of Kashmir or Gilgit-Baltistan then I'd believe it, but deep in Pakistani territory where they can deploy the entire strength of the Pakistani military and intelligence apparatus? No way.

Sounds as fictitious as the whole"super commandos" op in 2013, where it was claimed that SF/SG commandos were undercover in Karachi to take Dawood out and the op was called off at the last minute when the commandos were already in position.

There is a routine "deployment" of Special Forces' operators for familiarization of their "op area" ..... holds for Garuds, Marcos, SF, SG & even certain designated "teams" from IA (for specific targets allotted as tasking for set of officers & men for a fixed duration of time (couple of years) for which they are designated strike teams in case of requirement, said officers & men drawn from across the length and breadth of the organization based on Intelligence and Professional assessment)).

Just for your info.
 

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And ... what kind of approvals do you get for mounting a SHBO for team insertion crossing into PoJ&K? :)Or launching a BAT action? Or doing a sonic boom along Lunda Ridge with Jaguars .... at the site of the "mini-Kargil" back in 2002? Am curious to get your insights




Possible.But hey, the poor guy jumped in the "exercise" and was a "maroon" (and is a licensed pilot too).



Okay :)
The ones that require a FIC and ADC number and require you to not even touch 10 nms of the IB.

Hope that solves your doubt.
 

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