<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" id="mwAYE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan Air Force</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JF-17_Thunder" id="mwAYI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="JF-17 Thunder">JF-17 Thunder</a> downs Indian pilot <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhinandan_Varthaman" id="mwAYM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abhinandan Varthaman">Abhinandan Varthaman</a>'s <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mig-21" id="mwAYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mig-21">Mig-21</a> in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Jammu_and_Kashmir_airstrikes" id="mwAYU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes">airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir</a>.<sup about="#mwt127" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-24"}}' id="cite_ref-24" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_27#cite_note-24" id="mwAYY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 24;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAYc">[24]</span></a></sup>
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