Vir Chakra (VrC)

During the operations against Pakistan in December 1971, as a pilot in a fighter squadron, Flight Lt. Shivinder Singh Bains flew fourteen operational missions in the Poonch, Uri and Kargil Sectors in close support of our ground forces. He led missions deep into enemy territory in the face of heavy enemy ground opposition. He destroyed two enemy convoys of trucks in the Haji Pir Bulge. In one of these missions in the Poonch Sector, his aircraft was hit by ground fire but he brought the aircraft back to base safely. 

Throughout, Flight Lieutenant Shivinder Singh Bains displayed gallantry, professional skill and devotion to duty of a high order.