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| Date: | Wednesday 7 May 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Dassault Mirage 2000 |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Air Force - IAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wuyan Kashmir, India -
 India
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
At least one Mirage 2000 lost near Wuyan, in India administered Kasmir, 150km from the international border with Pakistan. External fuel tank of a Mirage, plus accounts os a flaming aircraft in the region, show the likehood of a shootdown. Washington Post and New Zeeland Herald report.
Sources:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/09/fighter-jets-india-pakistan-attack/
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/india-loses-two-fighter-jets-in-pakistan-strikes-experts-confirm/W6SOOSNB6JHCTLJ23R2HORLTGA/
https://x.com/squatsons/status/1919902162508820933?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1919902162508820933%7Ctwgr%5Ea6fd891da2f37cd20ff14ddc78f194cce4da9263%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fsquatsons%2Fstatus%2F1919902162508820933
Media:
19 minutes video confirming my that at least one of the aircraft downed tonight was of Indian origin.
— ayden (@squatsons) May 6, 2025
At 14:10 the man literally says “made in India” pic.twitter.com/GCAcGIUjbG
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-May-2025 06:35 | Drone Insider | Added |
| 24-May-2025 08:35 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, ] |
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