This is one of the stupidest things, I have read in a long time. Is having an international exercise a prerequisite for operationalizing a military aircraft? After PAF got the F16s in the 80s, they were hardly used in an international exercise for years, but they were used in combat shooting down quiet a few Soviet jets. So by the measure that is getting you so excited, It took 20 years or more to operationalize PAF F16s.Found this very impresive fact today:
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