Q. In the 1971 war who was the only person from the Indian Air Force to have received Param Vir Chakra award posthumously.
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A. Gnat pilot, Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, was posthumously honoured with Param Vir Chakra (India's highest gallantry award) becoming the only IAF personnel
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