Last night IA MO on LOC called MO of PA and accused Pak for mutilating of IA soldier bodies this was the news that was in the media nothing else. Same old barking Indian bollywood media.
This the second time Mirages will be doing the bomb burst. First time they performed linear bomb burst was in 1997 on the 50 years celebration airshow in Islamabad it was one hell of a performance by PAF and RAF Red Arrows.
It was also stated in the documentry little dragon which was released after his death in 2014 by media relations Paf that he was the guy who tested and selected the F-16 to be the next generation fighter for PAF. If it was not for the politics he would became the Air Chief in late 80s and early 90s
Why we always compare ratio. You can't expect to loose half aircraft. Losses do happen its a risky business be it technical fault or human error its been the issue since the begining of flight we have to live with it.
From tail serial numbers 728 was delivered in 1986 last A model to be delivered to PAF and the person strapping in the of viper looks like the than Wing Commander Abdur Razzaq who rose to the rank of AVM before his shahadat in Kohat incident.
Its very funny indians mentioning that SU-35 costs $35k to operate an hour which means only 60% availability than their Super Fighter SU-30MKI will be only 10% availablity rates as they suffer from poor Quality issue lack of trainned crew and service from HAL even ejecting pilots in flight.[emoji28]