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India proves Pak used US-made F-16s to target its bases: Why it matters

Concerns that Pakistan would use these aircraft against India have been raised in the US in the past, and have held up the sale of such platforms to Islamabad

IAF officials show sections of exploded Amraam missile, said to be fired by Pakistan Air Force F-16s, at an IAF, Army and Navy joint conference in New Delhi 	Photo: PTI
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IAF officials show sections of exploded Amraam missile, said to be fired by Pakistan Air Force F-16s, at an IAF, Army and Navy joint conference in New Delhi Photo: PTI

BS Web Team New Delhi
Pakistan in all probability has breached US terms and conditions on how it can use the America-made F-16 combat aircraft by deploying them in an operation that targeted Indian military installations near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. 


At a joint news conference by the three defence services on Thursday, the Indian Air Force (IAF) displayed parts of an American-made beyond visual range missile, called the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, or AMRAAM, as evidence to "conclusively" prove that Pakistan