<Li> 2014--15 </Li> <Li> 2016--18 </Li> <P> Operation Safed Sagar (Hindi: ऑपरेशन सफेद सागर, lit . "Operation White Sea") was the code name assigned to the Indian Air Force's strike to support the Ground troops during Kargil war that was aimed to flush out Regular and Irregular troops of the Pakistani Army from vacated Indian Positions in the Kargil sector along the Line of Control . It was the first large scale use of air power in the Jammu and Kashmir region since the Indo - Pakistani War of 1971 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Indian Air Force </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nabha Sparsham Deeptam "Touch the Sky with Glory" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Headquarters </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> New Delhi </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> History and traditions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> History of the Indian Air Force </Li> <Li> Future of the Indian Air Force </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Aircraft </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Active Indian Air Force aircraft </Li> <Li> History of Indian Air Force aircraft </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Installations </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Bases </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Exercises </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> List of exercises of the Indian Air Force </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Personnel </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Chief of Air Staff </Li> <Li> Ranks and insignia </Li> <Li> Garud Commandos </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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