Pakistan: Military airshow celebrates Indian fighter jets downing anniversary

W/S Officials and military generals, Karachi
W/S Three planes flying in formation
M/S General watching show
W/S Airplane formation flying through sky
W/S Airplane formation flying through sky
W/S Spectators looking at air show
W/S Planes performing tricks in air
W/S Plane formation flying through air
M/S Spectators viewing airshow and taking smartphone pictures
W/S Airplane shooting red smoke
W/S Airplane shooting green smoke
W/S Airplane flying through the sky
M/S Spectators watching the show
W/S Airplane formation with green, red, and white smoke
M/S Spectators watching the show
W/S Airplane shooting out special smoke
W/S Helicopters flying in formation
W/S Airplane flying through the sky
W/S Airplane flying through the sky
W/S Airplane flying through the sky
W/S Airplane performing corkscrew manoeuvre
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On an occasion known as 'Surprise Day,' military and government officials gathered in Karachi for an airshow on Thursday, intended to mark the date last year when Pakistan downed two Indian fighter jets within Pakistani airspace.
Jets spewed green and white smoke - the colours of Pakistan's national flag - across the sky and performed a series of manoeuvres as spectators looked on.
The so-called 'Operation Swift Retort' was deployed as a retaliation to a failed bombing and subsequent retreat by Indian fighter jets on February 27, 2019, leading to military honours for the victorious pilots.
The aerial dogfight was only one in a series of incidents over the contested territory of Kashmir, which has brought India and Pakistan to war on multiple occasions.