Indian air force is far better trained and far better equipped than PAF that is not a fiction its a fact
The reason it is known fact is because for ten years running IAF has trained with USA French and RAF pitchimg the MKI against F15/F16 Typhoon & Rafale
There is a permanent base of F16/52 in india for DACT from singpore.
The amount of time money and man hours spent training by india THE PAKISTANIS can never ever match because they just cant afford the fuel the training ammo the cost of flying annualy overseas.
Indian training budget is probably 5 fold that of a Pakistani
your f16 are so close to end of their usful flyimg hours of 6000 hours you are barely flyinmg them in traning.
they are almost 3 decades old.
You canot afford a modern system like rafale so you go hunting for used falcons from USA OR Jordan etc.
So please spare us the bravado we are well aware of PAF ability and its huge coinstraints
really. no matter what you say PAF record has always been better w.r.t. kill ratio. IAF is also a good airforce but PAF pilots are more tougher and better trained. Many of them even trained alongside wester airforces. And for IAF exercises with other countries. PAF pilots training school in sarghoda is considered more better than even US top gun around the world. Here are few neutral views on PAF training and skills. War performances not included as I donot want another debate.
Article in the May 1993 issue (pages 46-47 by Sergey Vekhov)
An article in the May 1993 issue (pages 46-47) of Airforces Monthly, a reputable UK-based air defence magazine, written by a Russian aviation writer, Sergey Vekhov, for the first time in public, provided a first-hand account about the PAF's pilots:
"As an air defence analyst, I am fully aware that the Pakistan Air Force ranks today as one of the best air forces in the world and that the PAF Combat Commanders' School (CCS) in Sargodha has been ranked as the best GCI/pilot and fighter tactics and weapons school in the world". As one senior US defence analyst commented to me in 1997, "it leaves Topgun (the US Naval Air Station in Miramar, California) far behind".
Jane's International Defense (June 24, 1998)
The PAF, although outnumbered by IAF, has at least one qualitative edge over its rival: Pilot Training. The caliber of Pakistani instructors is acknowledged by numerous air forces, and US Navy pilots considered them to be highly 'professionals' during exercises flying off the USS Constellation (as co-pilots).
Every Man A Tiger:
"Iraqi pilot training came from three sources: France, Pakistan and the former Soviet Union. Lucky for us, Soviet training proved dominant, with their emphisis on rigid rules,strict command arrangements and standardized tactics. Coupled with this centralized
approach, the Soviets were suspicious of non- Russians and disliked Arabs. The Iraqi students were taught to take off and land their aircrafts safely, but otherwise their training was so basic, so lacking in advanced tactics, as to be useless. There was however a wild card. Not all Iraqi training came from the Russians.
Iraqi pilots, were trained well by their French and Pakistani instructors. Pakistan has one of the best, most combat ready airforces in the world. They have to; their neighbour to the east is huge, and the two nations, have a long history of hostilities. For Indian war planners, the Pakistan air Force is their worst fear. Pakistani pilots are respected throughout the world, especially the Islamic world, because they know how to fly and fight.
On one or two occasions, I had the opportunity to talk with Pakistani instructor pilots, who had served in Iraq. These discussions, didn't give me great cause to worry. The Russian domination of training prevented the Pakistanis from having any real influence on the Iraqi aircrew training program.
Still, there had to be a few Iraqi pilots, who had observed and listened to their mentors from France and Pakistan and the useless guidance of their inept leaders. It was those few, I was concerned about - the ones with great situational awareness and good eyesight, who had figured out how to effectively use their aircrafts and its weapons to defend their nation."
(General Chuck Horner (retd) and Tom Clancey. General Chuck commanded the US and allied air assets during Desert shield and desert storm, and was responsible for the design and execution of one of the most devestating air campaigns in the history. He also served as Commander 9th Air Force, Commander US Central Command Air Forces, and Commander in chief, SpaceCom. Book: Every Man A Tiger).
"Another way in which the PAF satisfies this requirement is in the pursuit of excellence with regard to its combat echelons. Paradoxically, though, that pursuit is by its very nature an expensive procedure and there is a high wastage rate as pilots progress through the training system, with individuals being weeded out all the way along the line. The end result is felt to be well worth the expense involved, however, and personal observations have certainly convinced the author that the average PAF pilot is almost certainly possessed of superior skills when compared with, say, an average American pilot. As to those , who are rated above average, they compare favourably to the very best in a host of western air arms. Standard of accuracy appear comparable to those of the west and may surpass them, one F-6 pilot of No. 15 Squadron having recently put 20 out of 25 shells through a banner in four successive passes. The author can vouch for this having inspected the banner at Kamra and even more remarkably, the pilot responsible for this impressive shooting was a 'frst tourist'."
(Lindsay Peacock. Journal: Air International, Vol 41. No 5)
Pakistan's Professionals:
"Overall the PAF are a highly professional air force and this is reflected in their high standards of instructions and flying training."
(Steve Bond commenting about PAF's flying training program. Journal: Air Forces Monthly, May 1990.)
