25 years ago ... at the height of the Kargil war ... the Indian Air Force was involved in daring missions to take out Pakistani posts that they had built on Indian soil. The Indian Air Force .. along with the Army was tasked with evicting the intruders ... The role of the IAF, less spoken of than the Army, was also critical .. In this exclusive report, NDTV's Vishnu Som who flew on board IAF Mirage 2000s during the war, reports on the air threat that the IAF faced from Pakistani F-16s. IAF Mirages had locked onto these F-16s and were ready to pull the trigger if they felt threatened, details revealed for the first time, by the pilots who flew these missions.