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Yes, this is something that came in Indian media immediately after 27th Feb while Abhinanadon was still in Pakistani custody.
It may be before the aircraft got within the jamming range or the case of ground controller could hear him while he couldn't hear ground controllers voices as you know ground controller wasn't under the spell of Pakistan EW.
Also Abhi's wingman could hear the message from the ground control and return back to safety in time, That suggests effect of EW was most potent near the LoC and didn't extend beyond that deeper into India airspace.
Nope, As per IAF, He had locked a WVR not BVR missile, would not be much time between locking and letting it go. Matter of couple of seconds, so the it does not have anything to do with being in jamming range.It may be before the aircraft got within the jamming range
the case of ground controller could hear him while he couldn't hear ground controllers voices as you know ground controller wasn't under the spell of Pakistan EW
Radio jamming means the RF signals are deteriorated to the point that their SNR drops beyond recoverable thresholds, no matter uplink or downlink. if Abhi's comms were jammed, the RF signals from his MIG-21 to Base were also jammed.
Also Abhi's wingman could hear the message from the ground control and return back to safety in time, That suggests effect of EW was most potent near the LoC and didn't extend beyond that deeper into India airspace
Depends on how close they were, but again this is just another piece from the indian stories without any evidence. He probably just had better natural situational awareness than Abhi.
I believe the F-16 waited long enough for abhi to cross into pakistani airspace to make sure the pilot as well as the aircraft is claimed after shootdown. and that is why Wg Cdr Noman was awarded a higher medal in comparison to Sqn Ldr Hassan, despite shooting an inferior aircraft.
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