Two Pakistan Air Force Fighter Jets Shot Down After India Fires Missiles From Srinagar Base

New Delhi: In a major early morning development, India shot down at least two fighter jets on Saturday, sources said. The Pakistani fighter jets were shot down during an intense dogfight in the Kashmir Valley around the Srinagar–Budgam–Baramulla region. Search parties of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, in collaboration with the Indian Army and CRPF personnel, are trying to locate the pilots.

As per sources, the crashed parts of the fighter jets were recovered from Lasjan bypass in Srinagar.

Meanwhile, Pakistan on Saturday claimed that its three airbases were targeted by Indian suicide drones and missiles. The Pakistan military spokesperson Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry, in a press briefing in Islamabad at around 4 am, said that airbases named: Nur Khan in Rawalpindi’s Chaklala, Murid in Chakwal, and Rafiqui in Jhang district’s Shorkot, of the Pakistan Air Force, were targeted. However, he refrained from providing more details in order to back his claims.