Overview

• An image of a dinner menu linked to the Indian Air Force’s 93rd‑anniversary events went viral for listing dishes named after Pakistani cities tied to Operation Sindoor (2025) and Operation Bandar (2019).
• Retired Lt Gen KJS Dhillon and BJP figures including Shehzad Poonawalla and Kiren Rijiju shared the menu on social media, amplifying its reach and patriotic framing.
• Multiple outlets, including Business Today and Financial Express, said they could not independently verify the menu’s authenticity or confirm it as an official IAF item.
• WION later reported, citing a journalist’s post on X, that the menu was not official and was created for local, internal fun at a unit level rather than served at the Air Chief’s formal event.
• At the anniversary, Air Chief Marshal A P Singh praised Operation Sindoor as bold and precise, while some reports also noted aircraft over Agra using call signs interpreted as references to Pakistani targets.