Following heightened tensions between India and Pakistan in the wake of the 2019 Pulwama attack allegedly carried out by Jaish-e-Mohammed that killed forty-six servicemen of the Central Reserve Police Force , a group of twelve Mirage 2000 fighter planes from the Indian Air Force carried out air strikes on JeM bases in Chakothi and Muzaffarabad in the Pakistan-Administered region of Gilgit Baltistan . Furthermore , the Mirage 2000s crossed into Pakistan to strike a JeM training camp in Balakot , a town in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkwa . Pakistan claimed that the Indian aircraft dropped bombs in the forest area demolishing pine trees near the village Jaba which is 19 kilometers away from Balakot
2019 Pulwama attack
2019 Pulwama attack
Indian Air Force