Man, it's getting silly at this point. Same media was saying JF-17 Thunder shot down Indian jets, our members here later showed that credit was due to F-16.
It won't add up. Why would an Israeli pilot, trained on American jets for years, sit in a Russian system that he has never seen or received training on, and fly for an operation on Kashmir in India thousands of kilometers from home where he is actually needed. Does India lack fighter pilots?
Some retired personnel speak way out of reality. There's a reason why not too long ago, ISPR put a ban on retired personnel giving interviews on News channels.
1. Damages repute of Army, since retired personnel are thought to be speaking an 'inside' perspective.
2. They talk hyperbolically, and sometimes way out of reality.
Edit: To answer GNN on who the second pilot was, ISPR clearly in an phone call interview to Geo News said that the second Indian pilot was dead.
So, koi sawaal bachta hai iskai baad?
Supposedly involved using their own jets, and on a matter which had biggest stakes than anything i.e. Nuclear tests. This was petty compared to that.