Flying Officer *Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon,* PVC, born on 17 July 1943, was an officer of the Indian Air Force. He was posthumously awarded the *Param Vir Chakra,* India's highest military decoration during war time, in recognition of his lone defence of Srinagar Air Base against a PAF air raid during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He was the only member of the Indian Air Force to be so honoured.