WE had bought into Indian HYPE of Russian jets. PAF simply busted this Indian HYPE on 27-02-19 with battle tactics similar to that of USAF in the Persian Gulf War (1991). But this was also a limited engagement so WE do not know for sure what would be the situation in an all-out engagement capacity.
USAF achieved multiple BVR kills back in the Persian Gulf War (1991), and against some of the most capable Russian and French combat aircraft of the time in Iraqi hands. And Iraqi were a battle-hardened force.
FYI:
https://www.rjlee.org/air/ds-aakill/By Range/
India enjoy numerical superiority over Pakistan but not in terms of equipment in every spectrum of warfare. PAF was always better than IAF as far as I remember.
Pit USAF against IAF today, and USAF will steamroll much of IAF without breaking a sweat. Heck, USAF will steamroll any Air Force out there - qualitative and quantitative disparity is too vast.