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All Pakistani F-16s are accounted for: US Govt buries Indian propaganda.

Na, ever since feb 27 they’re gone man. I’m not talking one or two stragglers that pop up every now then. I remember they used to come out here in hordes, esp during the Zardari and NS times when bombings and targeted killing was norm in Pakistan, all you saw was Indians here posting and starting threads. It’s been a month and a half it’s just radio silence over here.

I remember those days. This place was infested with them and they made a million posts about how Pakistan was a failed state and India was a super power.


Oh how times have changed.
 
Now its high time, that Russians should count SU 30’s. Or they want Pakistan to release the video footage of SU 30 downing :pakistan:
 
Indian excuses I’ve counted in the last couple of minutes on Twitter:

1. US is Pakistan’s daddy and is keeping Pakistan happy (forget about all the weapons being sold to India)
2. US is beholden to Pakistan because of Afghanistan peace talks
3. US doesn’t want it’s F-16 reputation damaged
4. Some ‘brother’ Muslim country loaned an F-16 to Pakistan to make up the numbers

.... more to follow I’m sure.
Now they are saying on social media that abhinandan downed the F16 jet we bought from jordan and US officials only count the jets we bought directly from USA.Oh my god these people have no shame even after when they were caught with their pants down.
Be it from jordan or USA all the equipment is inspected by USA if it,s made by USA.There are also other sales agreements and technology transfer agreements of american made equipment as well which apply to all countries using american military equipment.And jordan as a third party sold F16,s to us with the permission of USA so americans also have count authority on those jets as well.
 
I am wondering why IAF never claim to shot down JF-17 but instead F-16 which can be accounted for by US?

They can even claim shot down 10 JF-17 since it is not able to account for by an independent third party? Are Indian stupid?
 
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It would be nice if this US report puts an end to Indian nonsense claims. One more arrow in Modi's behind.

Did India Shoot Down a Pakistani Jet? U.S. Count Says No.

New Delhi and Islamabad had conflicting accounts of a February dogfight.
By Lara Seligman | April 4, 2019, 7:50 PM

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at the public rally in Kolkata, India, on April 3. (Atul Loke/Getty Images)

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India’s claim that one of its fighter pilots shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet in an aerial battle between the two nuclear powers in February appears to be wrong. Two senior U.S. defense officials with direct knowledge of the situation told Foreign Policy that U.S. personnel recently counted Islamabad’s F-16s and found none missing.

The findings directly contradict the account of Indian Air Force officials, who said that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman managed to shoot down a Pakistani F-16 before his own plane was downed by a Pakistani missile.

It is possible that in the heat of combat, Varthaman, flying a vintage MiG-21 Bison, got a lock on the Pakistani F-16, fired, and genuinely believed he scored a hit. But the count, conducted by U.S. authorities on the ground in Pakistan, sheds doubt on New Delhi’s version of events, suggesting that Indian authorities may have misled the international community about what happened that day.

The news comes just days before the start of India’s general elections, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking another term in office. In the weeks leading up to the election, tensions between India and Pakistan escalated to levels not seen in decades after a Pakistan-based militant group killed more than 40 Indian security officers in a Feb. 14 suicide bombing in India-controlled Kashmir. Both sides have been accused of spreading disinformation and fanning nationalistic flames.

Although the news likely won’t sway Indian voters, Vipin Narang, an associate professor of political science at MIT, said the way the events have unfolded may affect India’s efforts to deter Pakistan in the future.

“As details come out, it looks worse and worse for the Indians,” Narang said. “It looks increasingly like India failed to impose significant costs on Pakistan, but lost a plane and a helicopter of its own in the process.”

The dogfight between the two nations occurred on Feb. 27, when India says a group of Pakistani jets entered its airspace in response to the first Indian air raid on Pakistani territory since a 1971 war. India scrambled its own jets and gave chase. During the aerial battle that ensued, Varthaman took a missile hit and ejected safely into Pakistani territory.

He was captured by the Pakistani army and released days later in an effort to de-escalate the crisis.

One of the senior U.S. defense officials with direct knowledge of the count said that Pakistan invited the United States to physically count its F-16 planes after the incident as part of an end-user agreement signed when the foreign military sale was finalized. Generally in such agreements, the United States requires the receiving country to allow U.S. officials to inspect the equipment regularly to ensure it is accounted for and protected.

Some of the aircraft were not immediately available for inspection due to the conflict, so it took U.S. personnel several weeks to account for all of the jets, the official said.

But now the count has been completed, and “all aircraft were present and accounted for,” the official said.
To all the Mods..., @PDFChamp deserves more Positive Ratings for this Jumma Mubarak news than anything.

I honestly thought @Windjammer was gonna be the one to break this news.

The fact that NDTV was/is the only Indian Channel that has covered this news is a clear indication that they're still in denial.
 
Now Indians have started to claim that it was an ADF which was shot down not our Block 52/MLU F16.

Did our ADF ever go through MLU? I thought we just bought them to use JDAMs in tribal belt?
 
This isn't going to be the end of the Indian farce. Mark this down. Indians will come back and cry out to the high heavens that they did shoot down a Pakistani jet. It was just that in the confusion of battle they misidentified it as F-16. "A" Pakistani jet was shot down. All we need now is a full inspection of the entire inventory of PAF.
 
If india want to save itself from further ashamed, than its time to accept that their 2 jets were down by mighty PAF , otherwise in coming days , we should release video of both IAF jets down and one of them was high value jet.
 
I am wondering why IAF never claim to shot down JF-17 but instead F-16 which can be accounted for by US?

They can even claim shot down 10 JF-17 since it is not able to account for by an independent third party? Are Indian stupid?

They wanted US intervention hence invented story of F16 shot down probably thought US would put sanctions on us.
 
Now Indians have started to claim that it was an ADF which was shot down not our Block 52/MLU F16.

Did our ADF ever go through MLU? I thought we just bought them to use JDAMs in tribal belt?
ADF we have are MLUd, capable of firing amraams
 
#BREAKING:
In the meantime, DG ISPR responds!

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Someone to tell me .

it is now confirmed that PAF didnt lose any F16.

Locals have seen 2 to 3 pilots coming down. We can see in many videos on youtube.

Where are the others pilots ?

What was the fate of the twin seat aircraft ?

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In the meantime, DG ISPR responds!

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Cheetaa...

Another strike by DG..
 

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