We discussed this, nothing came of it.
you want your answer mate?
For BVR combat.....
If you are Indian you will favour MKI, if you are Pakistani you will favour F-16.
For WVR combat....
The SU-30MKI undoubtedly is more maneuverable then the F-16 because of TVC and canards.
Probably the most maneuverable of the flanker family.
But.... the F-16 block 52 does have ways of holding it's own in WVR combat too, F-16 is already quite agile.
and the real game winner in WVR may be the JHMCS system.
And I take it you already know that once locked on and fired, the AIM-9 will kill the MKI, because it's higher maneuverability at that point will count for nothing, the MKI cannot out maneuver the AIM-9, in fact no plane can, a pilot subjected to those kind of g forces would simply die.
PAF F-16s are armed with JHMCS and AIM-9M for WVR combat
AIM-9X would be ideal, but it was not available to PAF, so the next best sidewinder AIM-9M was chosen.
AIM-9M is probably the closest thing you can get to a 5th gen WVRAAM.
The JHMCS + AIM-9M, remove the need for the pilot to maneuver the aircraft and put the enemy in it's line of fire.
the pilot can simply look through the helmet at it's target, get a radar lock and fire away.
(i know I posted this before, it's purely for demonstration purpose)
So..... WVR will most definitely be down to pilot training and skill. The winner will be, either the MKI and it's maneuverability or the F-16 and it's gadgets.
The 2 seater MKI means less work load for pilots, a sort of ease at all times.
This is a good advantage, but what's to say that the MKI wont come up against a twin seater F-16D block 52?
Certainly no point of debating it, there will be no clear winner this way.
Only time will tell which is better,