Alfa-Fighter
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So you think your IAF has better standards than several dozen air forces around the globe which operate the F-16s.
Suffice to remind you that the MiG-21, which IAF flies till this day was rejected by PAF when offered by Soviets back in 1969. Every air force has it's ow requirements, the Eurofighter Typhoon didn't meet PAF's mission specification thus it was rejected , does that mean it's a low grade aircraft...... may i remind you the F-16 is the most successful aircraft of the modern day with an unmatchable combat record.... what battle honours does the MKI or others in IAF service have under their belt. !!!
Well..... same MIG-21 copy PAK bough from China isn't , Well the Fact is PAK was buying US sponsored plane that time and was in US camp that time.
Well , Typhoon was not rejected but PAK don't have simply money to buy, rejection was nearly face saving .
yes F-16 was good plane of last decade, but not it is not, Mirage -2000 have more proven track record , I have given you Mirage -2000 bombing on PAK in 2002 , where f-16 couldn't able to fly.
F-16 was tested on same 500+ point parameters where all aircraft was test, in Fact F-16 failed in single charge ignition in Leh winter test, what else i can say... IAF test parameters are benchmarks for other Af , SU-30 sales only after India bought the plane.