Times have changed since the ice age..
Put a dumb nugget in a F-35 and will get himself killed by cheap 23mm shells.
However...
As far as the claim of superior PAF pilots is concerned.. bringing on jingoistic records of one or two kills where Pakistan did not even directly participate is not a credible way to prove superiority.
Both AF's have tough training regimes.. in case of the IAF.. they pick out the cream of the crop while they are still playing on the school field. But that is due to their limited population.
We achieve it by looking at all those who come in.. usually via PAF lowertopa or Sargodha cadet colleges(as per the PAF's own claim).
Selection is not across the board.. but effective nonetheless..and fair for the pool they take.
The Israeli's train regularly with the American's.. participating in Red flag's.. co-procurement..etc.
That effects the training curriculum development.. and what is imparted to the students. The Israeli's maintain a regular aggressor squadron to train their pilots against enemy tactics and aircraft..not to mention they usually know about the newest eastern bloc jets before any export customer thanks to our Arab friends.
It is only recently that there has been talk of establishing a dedicated aggressor sq in the PAF to train all operational units and not just CCS graduates on enemy tactics and equipment.
Outside of the US.. the IAF holds the largest russian SAM collection for training.
That does not leave the PAF without a standing against the IAF.. since even today we are considered by them as the best they have met...
But no jingoistic claims will ever land PAF the title of best in kills..or whatever.
Put a dumb nugget in a F-35 and will get himself killed by cheap 23mm shells.
However...
As far as the claim of superior PAF pilots is concerned.. bringing on jingoistic records of one or two kills where Pakistan did not even directly participate is not a credible way to prove superiority.
Both AF's have tough training regimes.. in case of the IAF.. they pick out the cream of the crop while they are still playing on the school field. But that is due to their limited population.
We achieve it by looking at all those who come in.. usually via PAF lowertopa or Sargodha cadet colleges(as per the PAF's own claim).
Selection is not across the board.. but effective nonetheless..and fair for the pool they take.
The Israeli's train regularly with the American's.. participating in Red flag's.. co-procurement..etc.
That effects the training curriculum development.. and what is imparted to the students. The Israeli's maintain a regular aggressor squadron to train their pilots against enemy tactics and aircraft..not to mention they usually know about the newest eastern bloc jets before any export customer thanks to our Arab friends.
It is only recently that there has been talk of establishing a dedicated aggressor sq in the PAF to train all operational units and not just CCS graduates on enemy tactics and equipment.
Outside of the US.. the IAF holds the largest russian SAM collection for training.
That does not leave the PAF without a standing against the IAF.. since even today we are considered by them as the best they have met...
But no jingoistic claims will ever land PAF the title of best in kills..or whatever.
PAF second to none. 
