Kambampati Nachiketa

Group Captain Kambampati Nachiketa Rao, VM is a serving officer of the Indian Air Force. As an IAF officer, he was captured during the Kargil War on 27 May 1999 by a Pakistani patrol led by Capt. in Kashmir after his aircraft was shot down by the same Pakistani patrol. Nachiketa ejected from his MiG-27L and was held in Pakistani custody as the first Indian prisoner of war of the conflict.

Kambampati Nachiketa

Group Captain Kambampati Nachiketa Rao, VM is a serving officer of the Indian Air Force. As an IAF officer, he was captured during the Kargil War on 27 May 1999 by a Pakistani patrol led by Capt. in Kashmir after his aircraft was shot down by the same Pakistani patrol. Nachiketa ejected from his MiG-27L and was held in Pakistani custody as the first Indian prisoner of war of the conflict.