Old video by US Air Force Pilot as an Indian colonel

A video of a female piloty In a fighter plane, online appeared in posts, in which he incorrectly shows an Indian colonel after the country's strikes in Pakistan in May 2025. The video was first uploaded in September 2021 and shows a US air pilot during a demonstration in the state Nevada.

“Colonel Sophia Kuraishi Greetings to this brave daughter of India!” Reads the Hindi-language caption of a video that was shared on May 8, 2025 X.

The clip shows a woman who style a fighter plane. It appeared online after India had announced that they had carried out strikes on “terrorist camp” in Pakistan, which led to four days of the fight until US President Trump announced an armistice on May 10 (archived links here and here).

The Indian Army Colonel Sophia Qureshi, together with two other officers, spoke the media about the operations of the army on May 7 (archived connection).

More than 60 people have been killed in the worst conflict of the arch -rivals for decades, triggered by an attack on the side of the controversial cashmere region led by India, in which 26 tourists were killed. Neu -Delhi accused the attack on Islamabad who denied this Indictment.

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The video also appeared on Instagram and X with similar claims that it shows Qureshi.

However, the film material comes from an air exhibition in the United States and has a pilot from US Air Force.

A Google Reverse image search with keyframes led to that The same Video posted on March 18, 2024 on Tikkok with a caption that identifies the jet as F-35A (archived link).

The F-35A is a combat aircraft used by the US Air Force (archived connection).

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Other keyword searches found a longer version of the same video that was uploaded to YouTube (archived link) on September 20, 2021.

The description states that Major Kristin “Beo” Wolfe during an air show in Reno, Nevada (archived link). She is the commander of the regiment's demonstration team, so her profile page on the website of the 388.

Towards the end of the video show Wolfe that carries a uniform with the name “Beo Wolfe”.

The US government's visual information distribution service also published a video of her demonstration during the Reno Air Races 2021 On his website (archived link).

The clip shows a woman who controls a fighter jet and makes maneuvers before landing again.

AFP has exposed a flood of misinformations in connection with the India Pakistan crisis.