Pakistan Soviet air confrontations during the Soviet Afghan war
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Soviet Union and Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Air Force jet fighters and bombers would occasionally cross into Pakistani airspace to target Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan. To counter the Soviet jets, the United States started providing F-16 jets to Pakistan.[9] These F-16 jets lacked the capability to fire radar-guided beyond-visual range missiles, and thus they were required to get close to their opponents in order to use their AIM-9P and more advanced AIM-9L Sidewinder heat-seeking or their 20-millimeter Vulcan cannons.
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Pakistan–Soviet/DRA aerial conflict | |||||||
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Part of the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan and Operation Cyclone | |||||||
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Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan |
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Soviet Air Forces
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Per Pakistan [2] |
Per Pakistan[2]
Per Soviet union and DRA[2]
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300+ Afghan refugees killed [8] |
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