Here is a chronology of the shoot downs of the IAF planes by the PAF.
1) – 1 x Mig 21 Shot down – Abhi - 27th Feb 2019
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...21-bison-versus-pakistani-f-16-viper-bullshit
2) – 1 x Mig21 Shot down on 27th Feb 2019 and is later
covered up as a
training crash - Cover up date = 8th March 2019
https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...rajasthan-pilot-safe/articleshow/68318681.cms
3) – 1 x “2 seater Indian Jet" is shot down on the 27th Feb 2019 and covered up as a technical failure on the same day as the Mig 21 shoot down.
http://www.uniindia.com/news/north/...-jet-crashes-in-kashmir-s-budgam/1513057.html
Associated video :
4) – 1 x Mi17 Helicopter launched to rescue pilots of downed 2-Seater and is shot down in the process.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nat...ct-of-jammu-and-kashmir-two-dead-1944394.html
All crashes on the 27th Feb 2019 and India starts the great cover up operation.
Shoot downs number 3), 4) do stick out like a sore thumb given they were “also” on the same day as the shoot down of Abhi etc.
Artist depiction of the JF17 clash with the IAF on 27th February 2019.
Chances are items 1 & 2 were JF17. Items 3 & 4 were F16s. PAF denies Items 3 & 4 due to denying F16 use in that incident due to American pressure to save India further embarassment and threat of F16 related sanctions if PAF doesnot comply.
Modi would not have made his comments about poor IAF performance, if IAF had only lost 1 aircraft, 2.. maybe he would.. but 4 lost on that day, that was what his comment was about for sure. If you try to explain what happened that day(with eye witness reports + videos of parachutes + ISPR initial comments on muber of pilots + Imran Khans comments of 2 Migs shot down etc ) then all accounts sound inconsistent and contradict each other until you settle on the shoot down of 3 IAF Jets. It all clicks together when you correlate with 3 IAF jets( 2 x Mig21 + 1 x Su30MKI ) shot down that day.
I wonder how Airforces Monthly will cover this. Alan Warnes has good contacts inside PAF.