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	[[Squadron leader\|Squadron Leader]] '''Prashant Kumar Bundela''' (14 December 1970 – 19 August 2002) was a [[fighter pilot]] of the [[Indian Air Force]] who shot down [[Pakistan Navy Atlantic shootdown\|Pakistan Navy Atlantic]] over the [[Rann of Kutch]] soon after the 1999 [[Kargil War]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=\|title=Abhinandan flies MIG-21 with IAF chief Dhanoa\|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/india/abhinandan-flies-mig-21---with-iaf-chief-dhanoa.html\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-08-08\|website=The Pioneer\|language=en}}</ref> He received the prestigious [[Vayusena medal]] for this operation on 26 January 2000.<ref>[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Awards/awavm1999.htm Vayusena Medal (VM)] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706123548/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Awards/awavm1999.htm\|date=6 July ~~2022~~}} Bharat Rakshak Retrieved on 22 July 2007</ref> He died in 2002 in a MiG-21 crash.<ref>{{Cite web\|title='Abhinandan is a typically aggressive fighter pilot'\|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/abhinandan-is-a-typically-aggressive-fighter-pilot/20190305.htm\|access-date=2020-08-08\|website=Rediff\|language=en}}</ref>		[[Squadron leader\|Squadron Leader]] '''Prashant Kumar Bundela''' (14 December 1970 – 19 August 2002) was a [[fighter pilot]] of the [[Indian Air Force]] who shot down [[Pakistan Navy Atlantic shootdown\|Pakistan Navy Atlantic]] over the [[Rann of Kutch]] soon after the 1999 [[Kargil War]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=\|title=Abhinandan flies MIG-21 with IAF chief Dhanoa\|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/india/abhinandan-flies-mig-21---with-iaf-chief-dhanoa.html\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-08-08\|website=The Pioneer\|language=en}}</ref> He received the prestigious [[Vayusena medal]] for this operation on 26 January 2000.<ref>[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Awards/awavm1999.htm Vayusena Medal (VM)] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706123548/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Awards/awavm1999.htm\|date=6 July 2008}} Bharat Rakshak Retrieved on 22 July 2007</ref> He died in 2002 in a MiG-21 crash.<ref>{{Cite web\|title='Abhinandan is a typically aggressive fighter pilot'\|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/abhinandan-is-a-typically-aggressive-fighter-pilot/20190305.htm\|access-date=2020-08-08\|website=Rediff\|language=en}}</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
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	== War Operations ==		== War Operations ==
	10 August 1999, two IAF [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21\|MiG-21]] [[interceptor aircraft]] of [[No. 45 Squadron IAF\| No. 45 Squadron]] took off from the [[Naliya Air Force Station\|Naliya air base]] at 11 a.m. to investigate an "unidentified" aircraft at India's side of the border. They identified the intruder as a Pakistani Atlantique reconnaissance aircraft. After a series of maneuvers, they got the clearance to shoot down the Pakistani plane.<ref name="indiaaccount">{{cite web\|title=The Atlantique Incident\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Kargil/Atlantique.html\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202195038/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Kargil/Atlantique.html\|archivedate=2 February 2007\|accessdate=9 March 2007\|work=1999 Kargil Operations\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak [[Indian Air Force]]}}</ref> At 11:17 am IST, Bundela fired an [[infrared homing]] [[Molniya R-60\|R-60]] [[air-to-air missile]] which hit the engine on the port side of the plane causing it to burst into flames and hurtle down into the [[Kori Creek]] wasteland.<ref>[http://armedforces.nic.in/airforce/fac.htm IAF Scores a Kill !!! Factual Account of Interception] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722043150/http://armedforces.nic.in/airforce/fac.htm\|date=22 July ~~2022~~}} – Indian Air Force official page Retrieved on 26 July 2007</ref>		10 August 1999, two IAF [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21\|MiG-21]] [[interceptor aircraft]] of [[No. 45 Squadron IAF\| No. 45 Squadron]] took off from the [[Naliya Air Force Station\|Naliya air base]] at 11 a.m. to investigate an "unidentified" aircraft at India's side of the border. They identified the intruder as a Pakistani Atlantique reconnaissance aircraft. After a series of maneuvers, they got the clearance to shoot down the Pakistani plane.<ref name="indiaaccount">{{cite web\|title=The Atlantique Incident\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Kargil/Atlantique.html\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202195038/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Kargil/Atlantique.html\|archivedate=2 February 2007\|accessdate=9 March 2007\|work=1999 Kargil Operations\|publisher=Bharat Rakshak [[Indian Air Force]]}}</ref> At 11:17 am IST, Bundela fired an [[infrared homing]] [[Molniya R-60\|R-60]] [[air-to-air missile]] which hit the engine on the port side of the plane causing it to burst into flames and hurtle down into the [[Kori Creek]] wasteland.<ref>[http://armedforces.nic.in/airforce/fac.htm IAF Scores a Kill !!! Factual Account of Interception] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722043150/http://armedforces.nic.in/airforce/fac.htm\|date=22 July 2009}} – Indian Air Force official page Retrieved on 26 July 2007</ref>

	== Death ==		== Death ==

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{{short description|Indian fighter pilot}}
[[Squadron leader|Squadron Leader]] '''Prashant Kumar Bundela''' (14 December 1970 – 19 August 2002) was a [[fighter pilot]] of the [[Indian Air Force]] who shot down [[Pakistan Navy Atlantic shootdown|Pakistan Navy Atlantic]] over the [[Rann of Kutch]] soon after the 1999 [[Kargil War]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Abhinandan flies MIG-21 with IAF chief Dhanoa|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/india/abhinandan-flies-mig-21---with-iaf-chief-dhanoa.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-08|website=The Pioneer|language=en}}</ref> He received the prestigious [[Vayusena medal]] for this operation on 26 January 2000.<ref>[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Awards/awavm1999.htm Vayusena Medal (VM)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706123548/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Awards/awavm1999.htm|date=6 July 2022}} Bharat Rakshak Retrieved on 22 July 2007</ref> He died in 2002 in a MiG-21 crash.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Abhinandan is a typically aggressive fighter pilot'|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/abhinandan-is-a-typically-aggressive-fighter-pilot/20190305.htm|access-date=2020-08-08|website=Rediff|language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Bundela was born on 14 December 1970 in [[Jhunjhunu]], Rajasthan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sqn Ldr Prashant Kumar Bundela VM {{!}} Honourpoint|url=https://www.honourpoint.in/profile/squadron-leader-prashant-kumar-bundela/|access-date=2020-08-12|language=en-US}}</ref> On 14 December 1991, he was commissioned in the fighter stream and is posted to a Fighter Squadron in the Western Sector.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Service Record for Squadron Leader Prashant Kumar Bundela 21540 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/21540|access-date=2020-08-08|website=Bharat Rakshak|language=en-gb}}</ref>

== War Operations ==
10 August 1999, two IAF [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|MiG-21]] [[interceptor aircraft]] of [[No. 45 Squadron IAF| No. 45 Squadron]] took off from the [[Naliya Air Force Station|Naliya air base]] at 11 a.m. to investigate an "unidentified" aircraft at India's side of the border. They identified the intruder as a Pakistani Atlantique reconnaissance aircraft. After a series of maneuvers, they got the clearance to shoot down the Pakistani plane.<ref name="indiaaccount">{{cite web|title=The Atlantique Incident|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Kargil/Atlantique.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202195038/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Kargil/Atlantique.html|archivedate=2 February 2007|accessdate=9 March 2007|work=1999 Kargil Operations|publisher=Bharat Rakshak [[Indian Air Force]]}}</ref> At 11:17 am IST, Bundela fired an [[infrared homing]] [[Molniya R-60|R-60]] [[air-to-air missile]] which hit the engine on the port side of the plane causing it to burst into flames and hurtle down into the [[Kori Creek]] wasteland.<ref>[http://armedforces.nic.in/airforce/fac.htm IAF Scores a Kill !!! Factual Account of Interception] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722043150/http://armedforces.nic.in/airforce/fac.htm|date=22 July 2022}} – Indian Air Force official page Retrieved on 26 July 2007</ref>

== Death ==
On 4 April 2002, Bundela was on a sortie from Adampur to Halwara with Flight Lieutenant S.K. Nayak on a MiG-21 Bison. When they reached somewhere over Jalandhar his aircraft engine began sputtering due to fuel was not being pumped into the R-25 engine and it started flaming. They both ejected, but Bundela landed on his neck while Nayak parachuted safely.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|last3=|first3=|date=|title=Injured MiG pilot battles for life {{!}} Pune News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Injured-MiG-pilot-battles-for-life/articleshow/12105152.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-08|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> He paralyzed due to spinal injuries, after four months of struggling in the intensive care unit, he died on 19 August 2002.

== References ==
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