so, who has been lying about this mysterious shooting down of f16? some of them didn't tell the truth. Indian authority needs to provide evidence more convincing than radar screen snapshot.
And Pakistan needs to provide some more authoritative evidence of SU-30 Shootdown other then propaganda photo shoots of its pilots posing with SU-30 kill patches.
Pakistani proof or presented evidence of shoot down--cloth patches:
Indian proof or presented evidence of shoot down:
Admittedly the Indian side has shown weak evidence, but then again most western countries and Pakistan has presented zero evidence of most of their past shoot-downs. I still find it comical that no one in the media have questioned the Pakistani claim which has become more comical by the day. In other words the west and people that operate western aircraft have a different set of standards for themselves and everyone else.
Let's look at the Pakistani claims. First they claimed they shot down 3 pilots, then 2, then 1. Then Pakistan claimed one died in the hospital. Knowing Pakistani they would parade any second Indian pilot just how they paraded the Mig-21 wreckage, the bloodied Indian pilot, the Indian pilots personal belongings, the R-77 and R-73 remains and the propaganda photo shoots and videos of Pakistani pilots posing with kill patches and being awarded for shooting down none existent SU-30s.
Then Pakistan claimed they didn't use F-16 in the entire operation, then they awarded kills to F-16 pilots and then inadvertently admitted to using F-16 by saying their entire Air Force was up in the air. Then India presented evidence of AMMRAM wreckage and Pakistani denied it claiming it belong to Taiwan, which Taiwan rebuked. Then Pakistan claimed Lockheed was suing India which Lockheed denied, then Pakistani generals cited an unanimous report that claimed all Pakistani F-16s were inspected and accounted for which appearently was denied by the US government.
There was also the incident were Pakistani aircraft flew into India and dropped their bombs in empty fields. Pakistan claimed it was planned like that, but logically who would risk all out war and the risk of getting its aircraft shot down and pilots killed or captured only to show off? Pakistan claimed it did not want to harm kill or harm anyone and that it was just a message to India yet Pakistani aircraft started wildly firing AMMRAMs at Indians and shelling the LOC. No one questions this madness from Pakistan and only focuses on India. It's very convenient.