| 1. Birender Singh Dhanoa’s grandfather, Capt. Sant Singh, served as a captain in the British Indian Army and fought in World War II. |
| 2. His ancestral village is Gharuan, District SAS Nagar (Mohali), Punjab, India. |
| 3. Dhanoa’s father, Sorain Singh, was an IAS officer and served as the Chief Secretary of Punjab and Bihar during the 1980s. |
| 4. Commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force in June 1978, he has flown various fighter aircrafts and completed more than 3,000 hours of fighter flying. |
| 5. He served as the Commanding Officer of a frontline ground-attack fighter squadron during the Kargil War. |
| 6. He planned and supervised the pre-dawn retaliatory strikes during the Balakot airstrikes. |
| 7. In July 2021, he started serving as a non-executive and independent director at Hero MotoCorp Limited. |
| 8. In 2026, his wartime leadership was portrayed by actor Jimmy Shergill in the web series Operation Safed Sagar. |
