The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday presented two radar images of the aerial engagement with Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on February 27 to prove that a Pakistani F-16 was shot down by a Mig-21 piloted by Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.
“The IAF has irrefutable evidence of not only the fact that F-16 was used by PAF on February 27 but also that an IAF Mig-21 Bison shot down a PAF F-16,” Air Vice Marshal (AVM) RGK Kapoor, Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Operations (Space) said, addressing the media.
The images from the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) show the tracks of PAF jets and one IAF jet in combat and in the second image one of the PAF jet disappeared. “In the aerial combat that followed one Mig-21 Bison of the IAF Mig-21 piloted by Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman shot down one F-16 of PAF,” AVM Kapoor said.
