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Dude for real? U r an elite member here...at least act like the title u have. One would think that u have been on a defense forum long enough to have some common sense.@TOPGUN
The downed F16 was borrowed from Jordan airforce. Gen Bajwa knows it well. Meanwhile Pentagon has punctured the balloon inflated by Foreign Policy magazine report for Pakistan
Read more at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
Not aware of any audit of F-16s in Pakistan, says Pentagon
Read more at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
This is probably how Pakistan is explaining that its F-16 fighter jet inventory is intact
Pakistan had said it purchased 12 F-16As and 1 F-16B from Jordan, but in a 2014 image released by its military’s publicity wing ISPR, 2 F-16Bs can be seen.
The RJAF deal
In February 2014, Pakistan had signed a deal with Jordan to purchase 13 F-16 aircraft, of which 12 were ‘A’ models and one was the ‘B’ model.
When the first batch of aircraft from Jordan was delivered to the PAF at Mushaf Air Base in Sargodha on 27 April 2014, a photograph of the ceremony was released to the press.
The picture showed five F-16 aircraft, but the models were not as per the inventory quoted by the Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations, the Pakistani military’s publicity wing and the entire Pakistani media. In fact, there were three F-16 As and two F-16 Bs.
The difference between the A and B variants is that the A is a single-seater while the B is a twin-seater. The F-16 A has a bubble canopy which reduces the RCS (radar cross section) by 15 per cent overall. The F-16 B has a canopy with bracing which increases the RCS.
The picture of 27 April 2014 at Sargodha shows clearly visible elongated canopy and braces on two F-16 aircraft parked behind the dignitaries.
The actual deal, reports say, was for 14 aircraft, with two ‘B’ models and 12 ‘A’ models.
Thus, the PAF had an additional F-16B, received from RJAF, in its inventory. That’s why today, it would be possible for Pakistan to claim that all its F-16 aircraft are accounted for.
https://theprint.in/defence/this-is...-f-16-fighter-jet-inventory-is-intact/217732/
So u think that Jordanians and Pakistanis fooled the US...the country that keeps the most stringent control over its weapons? This low level journalist was able to spot the manipulation that the US couldn't? Pakistan put out pictures of what they were trying to hide? How retarded has the Indian population become?
Tell me this...if let's say the news that's refuting Indian claim instead said that US counted and indeed an F16 is missing. What would be the response of Indians then? Now be honest...
...u guys would be jumping up and down in joy...all of a sudden that same US would be believable simply bcuz it agreed with what u think is true. However just bcuz the count of F16s blows ur claims to dust...all of a sudden a thousand excuses were invented...one of those even claimed that US would obviously not want to say that F16 was shot down by Mig21 in order to not hurt its sales. That same US that's credibility was called into question would've been the most trusted source if their count would've been off just by one.
U guys are seriously too far gone...anything that doesn't fit ur narrative must be by definition wrong/made up/false.
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