Washington, Dec 12 (UNI) The US had reprimanded Pakistan in August for misusing the F-16 fighter jets which amounted to a violation by Islamabad of the terms governing the sale of US fighter jets and a dangerous form of military escalation among nuclear powers, six months after Indian Air Force shot down an F-16 jet during an aerial combat over Kashmir, US News & World Report reported.
The newspaper said documents obtained by it showed that Andrea Thompson, then-undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, sent a written reprimand to the Pakistani air force chief Mujahid Anwar Khan, months after India claimed one such F-16 shot down one of its fighter jets during a days-long skirmish in February over Kashmir.
Thompson admonished Pakistan in the letter for having "relocated, maintained and operated" the American made F-16s and the AMRAAM missiles they use from forward operating bases not approved under the original terms of the sale.