India's F-16 shooting down claim; report raises finger
Kalyan Ray, DH News Service, New Delhi, APR 05 2019, 11:34AM IST UPDATED: APR 05 2019, 11:34AM IST
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India’s claim of shooting down one of Pakistan’s F-16 combat aircraft in a dogfight on February 27 has now come under question. Foreign Policy – a reputed US journal on international relations – on Friday published a report in which unnamed US officials were quoted to note that each of Pakistan’s F-16 fighter jets were accounted for.
The officials were involved in an F-16 head counting exercise undertaken in the wake of the recent Indian Air Force-Pakistan Air Force aerial battle on February 27.
Foreign Policy now quotes senior US Defence official having knowledge of the headcount exercise to suggest that every piece of the aircraft is accounted for and protected.
Some of the aircraft were not immediately available for inspection due to the conflict. That’s why it took the US personnel several weeks to account for all the jets. But now the count has been completed and all aircraft were present and accounted for, the report says quoting the official. A second senior officer has also confirmed that US authorities on the ground found that no F-16 was missing.
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