Irfan Baloch
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Cab any one please eaborate; these questions:
1. What is the nearest PAF air base to skardu with active pilots and jets in ready to fly state for interception.
2. Which fighter jets PAF might have use, as (F16 are far away in srgodha and jacobabad).
3. Could it be JF17 from peshawar squadron?
very likely and can be symbolic too, but I think F-7 interceptors could've been used.
if its JF-17s then people might tout that as the first soft kill .
the thing is, Khurmung and Olding are not on the borderline and one can understand a jet plane straying into Pakistani space that deep but not a helicopter. they were either on a recon operation and got caught or maybe transporting their senior passenger on a routine visit of the forward Indian posts.
there is another possibility as well, they are trying to suss out our air cover and surveillance and it will be better if the details are not elaborated to help them with something if they are planning anything more drastic. Air violations do happen sometimes deliberate and sometimes accidentally due to bad weather and lack of pilot skills. (the video at post #283 varifies my assumption)
It is a cause of celebration and comfort that our air defence systems are good enough for the Indians but lets hope that this event has a peaceful and graceful conclusion.
The captured aircrew and the PAF pilots and our air defence crew are all professionals and serving their countries.
Now our PAF / air defence systems have to be extra vigilant to ensure that the Indians don’t retaliate by targeting our unarmed aircrafts for the sake of revenge.