India Says Pakistan Used U.S.-Made F-16 Jets in Kashmir Raid

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Admiral Mike Mullen (Ret.), former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discusses the India-Pakistan tensions.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Bibhudatta Pradhan and Nc Bipindra

February 28, 2019 at 2:25 PM UTC

Updated on

March 1, 2019 at 5:02 AM UTC

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India accused Pakistan of using U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets in its raid in Kashmir, opening up a potential diplomatic row over the aircraft’s deployment by one American ally against another.

India said it scrambled MiG-21 Bison, Su-30 MKI and Mirage-2000 aircraft to intercept Pakistan’s jets and has evidence, including the wreckage of an AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile fired by a Pakistani F-16.