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The downed F16 was borrowed from Jordan airforce. Gen Bajwa knows it well. Meanwhile Pentagon has punctured the balloon inflated by Foreign Policy magazine report for Pakistan
Read more at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
Not aware of any audit of F-16s in Pakistan, says Pentagon
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
This is probably how Pakistan is explaining that its F-16 fighter jet inventory is intact
Pakistan had said it purchased 12 F-16As and 1 F-16B from Jordan, but in a 2014 image released by its military’s publicity wing ISPR, 2 F-16Bs can be seen.
The RJAF deal
In February 2014, Pakistan had signed a deal with Jordan to purchase 13 F-16 aircraft, of which 12 were ‘A’ models and one was the ‘B’ model.
When the first batch of aircraft from Jordan was delivered to the PAF at Mushaf Air Base in Sargodha on 27 April 2014, a photograph of the ceremony was released to the press.
The picture showed five F-16 aircraft, but the models were not as per the inventory quoted by the Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations, the Pakistani military’s publicity wing and the entire Pakistani media. In fact, there were three F-16 As and two F-16 Bs.
The difference between the A and B variants is that the A is a single-seater while the B is a twin-seater. The F-16 A has a bubble canopy which reduces the RCS (radar cross section) by 15 per cent overall. The F-16 B has a canopy with bracing which increases the RCS.
The picture of 27 April 2014 at Sargodha shows clearly visible elongated canopy and braces on two F-16 aircraft parked behind the dignitaries.
The actual deal, reports say, was for 14 aircraft, with two ‘B’ models and 12 ‘A’ models.
Thus, the PAF had an additional F-16B, received from RJAF, in its inventory. That’s why today, it would be possible for Pakistan to claim that all its F-16 aircraft are accounted for.
https://theprint.in/defence/this-is...-f-16-fighter-jet-inventory-is-intact/217732/
PAF now has a total of 76 F-16s compared to 77 before. The downed one was Jordanian. Americans F16 are intact. Explains the no American F16 missing report by Foreign Policy magazine
Bro keep dreaming it never ever happened your media is a sack of shit and you know it as well. Stop wasting time explain a lie simply lolz.
