Just days after a US magazine questioned India’s claim that one of its MiGs had shot down a Pakistani F-16, the Air Force revealed this information. ️
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00:00One MiG-21 Bison of the Indian Air Force, piloted by Wing Commander Avinandan, shot down one F-16 of PAF.
00:30This is a test flight of the F-16 of the Indian Air Force, piloted by Wing Commander Avinandan.
01:00The Indian Air Force has irrefutable evidence of not only the fact that F-16 was used by
01:12PAF on 27th Feb, 19, but also that an IAF MiG-21 Bison shot down the PAF aircraft.
01:21PAF aircraft were identified by electronic signature, as we show you on this slide now.
01:27They were in three groups, one to the north, in the center and the southern sector, which were picked up by AVACS.
01:36And the northern group was JF-17s, and the central and the southern groups were the F-16s.
01:43The Indian Air Force aircraft were vectored to shoot down PAF aircraft.
01:48PAF aircraft fired multiple AMRAAM missiles, which were defeated by use of countermeasures and tactical maneuvers.
01:59In the aerial combat that followed, one MiG-21 Bison of the Indian Air Force, piloted by Wing Commander Avinandan, shot down one F-16 of PAF.
02:14There is no doubt that two aircraft went down in the aerial engagement on 27th.
02:18One of which was Bison, while the other was F-16 of PAF, conclusively identified through its electronic signature and radio transcripts.
02:27What has been stated here today is sufficient to prove that PAF has lost an F-16 on 27th Feb.
02:36IAF has more credible information and evidence that is clearly indicative of the fact that Pakistan has lost one F-16 in the air action on 27th Feb.
02:49However, due to security and confidentiality concerns, we are restricting the information being shared in public domain.