IAF chief at Pearl Harbour during shooting, but safe

New Delhi: Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, Chief of the Air Staff, was attending a conference at the historic US base at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, where a US Navy sailor had opened fire Wednesday afternoon, killing two civilian workers before taking his own life. The IAF Chief, however, is completely safe

“The airbase and naval base are co-located there. The Air Chief was at the airbase and the incident occurred at the aval base. These two are not close. Everyone is fine,” said sources.

The joint base was formed by merging Pearl Harbour Naval Station and Hickam Air Force Base in 2010.

Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria was taking part in the Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium 2019 at Joint Base Pearl Harbour-Hickam.