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Mi-17 was shot down at Badgam which is very close to Srinagar and PAF didn't come that deep which is why they couldn't claim Mi-17. Regarding Su-30, Ghafoor said he had 2 pilots in custody and reverted back to one.
While I neither believe IAF's claim of F-16 nor PAF's claim of Su-30, PAF shot down the Mig-21 while the only aspect IAF could claim is going deeper into Pak's territory while it makes sense why PAF didn't go that deep since it knows IAF's SAMs & fighter jets would be on high alert.
The biggest drawback is IAF's decision to use only 8x Soviet era Mig-21 and we don't know how many Su-30s were there in those 8 to counter 24x PAF jets which consisted a mix of F-16s & JF-17s
The other pilot was Israeli who neither India nor Israel can claim. 1 indian pilot escaped successfully as he landed on Indian occupied side of IOK.