Foxbat
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Thats why Abinandan's F-16 kill is easy to believe despite not having 100% proof. The PAF has been lying about its losses since inception. When they officially do not name the type of aircraft that crashed in a non-combat related accident why will they admit an embarrassing combat loss to an inferior aircraft?They not even openly admitted it was a JF-17B
Reposting from another thread:
Even if a F-16 crashes its unlikely the PAF reveal it, unless it crashes in a populated area and is caught on camera.
The average annual attrition for the worldwide F-16 fleet is 0.33% for the PAF its claimed to be less than 0.05%. Despite having extended periods of no access to spare parts and heavy usage their attrition rate is 1/7th of F-16s users like the USAF, Israel, Norway ! The earlier Block 10/15 models which make up more than 50% of the PAFs fleet have even higher average annual attrition numbers in western nations!
Source: http://www.f-16.net/fleet-reports_article5.html
1 lost in 25 years with 70+ operational and 8 lost in 8 years with average of 40 operational.
Source:http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/mishaps-and-accidents/airforce/PAF/