Islamabad: Rejecting the India’s claim of use of F-16 fighters jets  by Pakistan in retaliation to India’s pre-emptive strikes on a JeM terror camp in Balakot, Pakistan's military that JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft developed jointly with China were used in the operation.

Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor said the Indian jets violated the Pakistani airspace on February 26, dropping payloads without inflicting any casualties or damage to infrastructure. 

Earlier, A day after Pakistan's attempt to retaliate the Indian Air Force's air strikes at a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Balakot, the Indian armed forces displayed parts of an AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile) fired by an F-16, which fell in Indian territory. New Delhi had also underlined that electronic signatures captured by Indian radars had established the use of F-16 for the offensive.

The US State Department announced that it was seeking more information from Pakistan on the potential use of American-made F-16 jets against India in violation of the end-user agreement. 

Ghafoor told Russian news agency Sputnik International, "The aircraft which engaged those targets and fought them were JF-17. As regard to how to use F-16, in what context [they] were used or not because at that point of time our entire Air Force was airborne now it remains between Pakistan and the US to see how the MoUs regarding the use of F-16 have been adhered to or otherwise.”