Two Years of Balakot Air Strike: A successful retaliation, know all about it
India TodayThe applauded 'Balakot Air Strike', completed its 2 years today. Balakot Air Strike is the first aerial shoot down carried out after the Indo-Pak war by India in Pakistan. The Balakot Air Strike was piloted in response to the Pulwama attack that took the lives of 40 Central Reserve Police Force jawans. The Balakot air strike piloted an array of 12 Mirage 2000 fighter jets that crossed the Line of Control and incinerated the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Balakot, Pakistan. Balakot Air Strike happened at pre-dawn on February 26, 2019, exactly 2 years from today as the Indian Mirage 2000 fighter jets crossed the LoC and took the enemy by shock giving them grave injuries and a message that India will never keep quiet with the deaths of its soldiers in hands and is well capable in retailing with a bigger force.