Pakistan on Monday, for the first time, indicated that F-16s may have been used to hit Indian fighter jets on February 27 and said that Islamabad retains the right to use “anything and everything” in its defence.
Pakistan’s military spokesman Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor in his statement referred to what he said was “repeated Indian claims” about shooting down of a Pakistani F-16 by India and the use of an F-16 in the air battle on February 27.
“As regards Pakistan Air Force action for strikes across the Line of Control, it was done by the JF-17 from within Pakistan airspace,” he said.
