A very brief summation from my side:
1. 01 x Mig-21 downed - Clear.
2. 03 x Parachutes seen - confirmed by multiple sources.
3. 02 x IAF Pilots in custody claimed by DG ISPR and PM IK Niazi - Clear.
4. 01 x IAF Pilot in custody & 01 x Pilot at CMH - Clear
5. Revision of statement to only 01 x IAF Pilot - Clear.
6. The second 'captured' pilot disappears - Clear.
False
1. Another 01 x Mig-21 downed - False*
2. Mi-17 downed by PAF - False.
3. Su - 30 MKI downed - False*
4. Members here claiming a Mirage 2000 downed - False
5. F-16s not used - False**
6. Claim that AMRAAM is integrated to JF-17 - False
7. Claim SD-10 used to down the Mig-21 - False (see point #6)
* The wreckages would have fallen within Indian side of airspace as per claims here and officially. That would have resulted in at least so called pro-azadi guy making a video and posting it on the internet. There is absolutely no way that Indians could hide that in J&K, elsewhere? May have been possible - not in J&K.
My
personal comments: 03 x parachutes were seen as multiple witnesses and videos have confirmed. IA personnel confirmed same to our side. So, probability of 01 x single seater (confirmed - Mig-21; pilot captured) and 01 x (dual seater - pilots taken as per a video circulating on social media after Wg Cdr Abihnandan was taken away in PA Vehicle) is more or less likely confirmed. So, F-16? I have, seeing the data that I have been able to access, been convinced on the claim of bagging of F-16, but sans evidence, it is not a confirmation.
The insinuation that 01 x IAF pilot is being held by Pakistan as India did not claim a second pilot is not only laughable, but a downright dumb assumption, indicative of the intellectual ability of those who are holding the view.
India had more diplomatic traction to gain here (by claiming all Pilots if was true). So one can simply throw that out. Add to it, our media has a habit of butting in where it is not required to, so probability of the story being hidden is a laugh at best. Had there been another IAF pilot in your custody - the cat would have been out of the bag quite long back.
As for Mi-17, suggestion by Pakistani members of being downed by PAF is a joke. As for
@Osiris claiming a blue on blue, if the gentleman has more data access than the IAF, then he may share it, because the FDR and preliminary indications (including information being passed in grapevine network on 27 Feb 2019 with me) suggest a technical fault with the helicopter. It was premised that perhaps the Indian AD had downed it, a presumption that the Court of Inquiry, conducted for every accident even in Pakistan Armed Forces, is also taking into consideration keeping in view the heightened state of alert at the time. That too, was found to be flimsy. No MANPADs were active in the area either. And anyone who has a bit of knowledge of forensics and understands the beveling resulting of a shaped projectile, can understand what occurred by looking at the picture of the tail segment.
The question then remains of what may have happened? Perhaps DG ISPR jumped the gun in claiming something that was not there? Or reacted presumptively to initial news of landing of pilots before identity could be ascertained?
