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Old 8th Mar 2019, 13:24
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So official claims are 2 fighters shot down by PAF. 1 mig21 and 1 Su30. Since there us a 2nd alive pilot held by the pakistan army which would mean it was either a 2 seat mig21 or 2 fighters shot down.

india claims 1 F16 which cant be proven as the inventory if the PAF has not changed.

Unofficially no loss to the PAF. 3 fighters shot down plus 1 mi17 which is now slowly being acknowledged as a fratricide by India during the PAF strike.

also the the 2nd pilot being held is neither Indian nor Pakistani. The existence of the captured enemy pilot is being acknowledged officially by the government of pakistan. However the identity has not been revealed. The sudden deployment of long range systems pointing west by pakistan, the THAAD to Israel plus the unofficial sources claim of the pilot being a Israeli are an interesting twist

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