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Amid rising India-Pakistan tensions, a 1987 incident where Pakistan shot down its own F-16 resurfaces, exposing a costly error during Soviet-era conflict.
Indian air defence intercepted Pakistani drones over Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, triggering blackouts in Barmer, Jodhpur, and more amid cross-border escalation.
India's surface-to-air missile system downs Pakistan's F-16 fighter jet near Sargodha air base, escalating tensions between the two nations.
The SpiceJet flight was mid-air when two Pakistani F-16 jets flanked the commercial plane and asked its pilot to lower its altitude and report to them with the flight details.
While the single-seat, twin-engine F-22 is a 5th Generation stealth fighter and is in service with only the US Air Force, the 4th Generation F-16 is one of the most versatile fighters in the world flying with 26 air forces across the world. The F-22 first flew on September 7, 1997, and entered service with the US Air Force on December 15, 2005.
However, South Korea did not clarify if the shots and flares were fired by its F-15 jets or the F-16. The Russian and Chinese warplanes were undertaking a joint patrol in a sign of their growing bonhomie and assertiveness. The incident took place near South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo above the East Sea.
South Korean military accused the Russian bomber of violating its airspace near South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo above the East Sea twice on Tuesday. The F-15Ks and F-16Ks fighters were scrambled to intercept the bomber.
Pakistan on Wednesday had categorically said that no F-16 fighter jets were used in combat against India.
Wing Commander Abhinandan, flying a MiG-21 Bison, had engaged a PAF F-16 jet on the morning of February 27, 2019, and shot it down.
The IAF had displayed parts of an AMRAAM beyond visual range air-to-air missile as evidence to "conclusively" prove that Pakistan deployed US-manufactured F-16 fighter jets during an aerial raid targeting Indian military installations.
Pakistan had on Wednesday made an unsuccessful attempt to raid military establishments in India when its F-16 fighter jets violated Indian airspace.
Several Pakistani Army soldiers are seen near the wreckage.
Pakistan's chief military spokesman General Asif Ghafoor took to Twitter to announce that "there is only one pilot under Pakistan Army's custody".
Pakistani military spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor appealed the Indian government for dialogue so that peace is restored between the two nations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured the nation that the people behind the Uri attack would be punished.
India's External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said that India was "sensitising the world" about how Pakistan was sponsoring terrorism.
India on Thursday claimed diplomatic victory over Pakistan at the United Nations amid deteriorating bilateral ties following the killing of 18 soldiers in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
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