IAF hits JeM camp in Pakistan The Dassault Mirage 2000

IAF hits JeM camp in Pakistan

combat jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) bombed terror camp .

Here's what we know so far about India's strike at Pakistan:

• As per sources, it was the Indian Air Force's Mirage-2000 fighter jets, 12 in number, that participated in the operation. 
• As per IAF sources, the operation was conducted at 3:30 AM on February 26.
• The operation involved dropping 1000 kg payloads on terror camps
• Jaish-e-Mohammed terror launchpads at Balakot, Chakoti and Muzaffarabad were destroyed in the operation
• Alpha 3 control rooms of the Jaish-e-Mohammed were also destroyed in the operation
• The strike involved a low-fly run by the Indian Air Force's fighters.

Three locations were targeted by the Indian Air Force. Here is the timeline:

• 3:45 am-3:53 am: The first strike was conducted at Balakot, 24 KM North West of Muzafarrabad.
• 3:48 am- 3:55 am: The second strike, as per top sources, was at Muzafarrabad
• Around 3:55 am: India's third blow was at Chakoti

The Pakistani F16s were scrambled to retaliate against IAF Mirage 2000s but turned back due to the size of the Indian formation, 

India was using Mirage 2000 -> details of Mirage 2000 are as given below . 

The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a French multirole, single-engine fourth-generation jet fighter manufactured by Dassault Aviation. It was designed in the late 1970s as a lightweight fighter to replace the Mirage III for the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air). The Mirage 2000 evolved into a multirole aircraft with several variants developed, with sales to a number of nations. It was later developed into the Mirage 2000N and 2000D strike variants, the improved Mirage 2000-5 and several export variants. Over 600 aircraft were built and it has been in service with nine nations.

Timeline of India-Pakistan tensions

October 1947: First war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir just two months after they become independent nations.

August 1965: The neighbours fight another brief war over Kashmir.

December 1971: India supports East Pakistan's bid to become independent. The Indian air force conducts bombing raids inside Pakistan. The war ends with the creation of Bangladesh.

May 1999: Pakistani soldiers and militants occupy Indian military posts in Kargil mountains. India launches air and ground strikes and the intruders are pushed back.

October 2001: A devastating attack on the state assembly in Indian-administered Kashmir kills 38. Two months later, an attack on the Indian parliament in Delhi leaves 14 dead.

November 2008: Co-ordinated attacks on Mumbai's main railway station, luxury hotels and a Jewish cultural centre kill 166 people. India blames Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba.

January 2016: Four-day attack on Indian air base in Pathankot leaves seven Indian soldiers and six militants dead.

18 September 2016: Attack on army base in Uri in Indian-administered Kashmir kills 19 soldiers.

30 September 2016: India says it carried "surgical strikes" on militants in Pakistani Kashmir. Islamabad denies strikes took place.