The Indian Air Force early on Monday scrambled its fighter jets after Pakistani jets were detected flying close to the Indian border in Punjab.
News agency ANI reported, quoting sources, that Indian radars detected a large-sized unidentified aerial vehicle (UAV) and a package of four Pakistani F-16 fighter jets flying close to the Indian border in Khemkaran sector of Punjab.
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The incident happened at 3am. Soon, the IAF scrambled Su-30MKIs and Mirage-2000 fighter jets in response. The Indian action forced the Pakistani jets to retreat further into their territory.
