another D!ck measuring contest i see?
after reading the first page of this thread i'm guessing the pages that follow after go like this
Pakistanis
AF better trained pilots 1 PAF pilot = 5 Yindu air force pilot PAF shot down Russian and Israeli 40 years ago so therefore we are better than Indians
Indians:we have better aircraft and more aircraft so therefore we are better and Pakistan
blah blah blah blah
lets be honest here guys if a conflict were to occur all IAF and PAF bases along the border would be wiped out in a matter of minutes
the PAF is a well trained force but lacks any dedicated air superiority fighters the only fighter that actually poses a threat to the IAF is the F-16 Block 52 which the PAF has only 18 of the rest of the F-16 fleet is whatever PAF procured in the 80's the IAF has the SU30MKI MiG-29 for air superiority missions the Mirage 2000 and Jaguar for strike missions/CAS
the PAF is indeed expanding with addition of JF-17 fighters which have BVR ability but remember during the Kargil war Indian MiG-29's from the black archers sqdn gained a missile lock on 2 PAF F-16 MiG-29's had BVR missiles whereas the PAF F-16's did not the PAF is a force that is almost unbeatable when it comes to dog fighting but when it comes to BVR combat the IAF is leagues ahead especially with the SU-30MKI a fighter that can carry 12AAM's and can act as a mini AWACS
this is indeed the Sher of the IAF
but i have no doubt the PAF will put up a good fight when it comes to air to air combat problem is the era of dog fighting is over modern a2a combat is all about BVR which the IAF is considerably more experienced and better trained in.