Indian Air Force Mirage Jets Strike Pakistan - Why IAF picked Mirage 2000 for Surgical Strike in Pakistan Balakot - This video is about French-made Dassault Mirage-2000 fighter jets used by IAF for stike on Pakistan. The Mirage-2000 is without a doubt one of the Indian Air Force's (IAF) most flexible and deadliest air ship and it was first authorized in 1985.